Re: [APML] Site update and this years Leonids

["Mike Cook, AF9Y" <mwcook@concentric.net>]

Leo,

     Excellent photos but I have to tell you that the red text on gray background
is really terrible on the eyes.  I could not begin to read it and my eyes still
hurt from looking at it.

Mike Cook
AF9Y


Date sent:      	Wed, 18 Dec 2002 00:17:34 +0000
To:             	astro-photo@seds.org
From:           	"Leo S." <l.stachowicz@btinternet.com>
Subject:        	[APML] Site update and this years Leonids  
Send reply to:  	astro-photo@seds.org

> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I recently updated my web page with images from the Canary Islands,where i 
> went for this years Leonids. As far as the Leonids went photographically,it 
> was a washout for me,and i only ended up with a single shot of a Leonid on 
> film,which can be found here:
> 
> http://www.btinternet.com/%7El.stachowicz/pics/Leo2002_AM003.htm
> 
> OT - but i did at least get some nice landscape/sunset shots,which can be 
> found in the Sunsets & Scenic Gallery :)
> 
> I also added one of last years Leonid earth grazers,which i originally had 
> on my page,but took it down since i felt the trailing of the stars was not 
> very attractive ...but i recently realized that i had in fact caught the 
> whole length of the meteor's visible flight on a single frame - before,i 
> had originally thought that the end was past the edge of the camera 
> frame,but going over my original scans i found another frame form a second 
> camera,which had caught the end of that same meteor,and from the 
> surrounding stars,i could see that the meteor had burnt out just before the 
> edge of the frame! This i thought made it a worthy image of displaying on 
> my page,despite the stars ;) The image is here:
> 
> http://www.btinternet.com/%7El.stachowicz/pics/leo009.htm
> 
> 
> + i added an equipment page,featuring a few shots of my GP-DX with camera 
> platform mounted here:
> 
> http://www.btinternet.com/%7El.stachowicz/pics/equipment.htm
> 
> 
> Leo
> 
> 


Mike Cook, AF9Y
http://www.af9y.com
mwcook@cris.com





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