Re: [APML] A little M31 & M45

[Chris Schur <comets133@yahoo.com>]

Scott, I like both images alot.  I am intruiged by C.
Cooks comment on the smoothing.  How much is too much?
I agree if the image looks like its made of plastic,
thats too far.  In your case it does not, but lacks
any grain at all.  Thats the way the true sky is!  Of
course there is no "grain" in the real nebula.  But
years of fast grainy films have hardened many of us to
expect SOME grain in every image, even if its not
really there in space.  As I have found by similar
comments on my images, I can satisfy most people if I
leave a small but visible amount of noise in the
picture after the grain smoothing process.  Can anyone
add to this, how much smoothing is the limit or
considered acceptable in film shots?

Chris Schur  (the other chris...)
--- Scott Hammonds <shammonds@creatorsview.com> wrote:

>  Here are two more shots from my trip to New Mexico
> in October, I'm almost
> through posting these, I promise.
> Both were taken with my 4" Tele Vue refractor using
> hypered RG200 select.
> Although not spectacular compared to some of the
> past posts here, they are
> probably my personal best on these targets. I used a
> mask blur technique
> from Jerry's book to help reduce the grain, which
> wasn't terrible with this
> film. 
> 
>
http://www.creatorsview.com/astrophoto/nms04/andromeda.html
> 
>
http://www.creatorsview.com/astrophoto/nms04/pleiades.html
> 
> 
> Comments, criticism and observations welcome,
> 
> Thanks,
> Scott Hammonds
> www.creatorsview.com 
> 
> 
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