Re: [APML] February New Moon Photos

["Bobby Middleton" <bobm@koyote.com>]

From: "Ulrich Beinert" <analemma@gmx.de>

> How are you coming to the conclusion that those
> shots are not perfectly focused? I thought those were among the best -
> remember that they're crops of probably less than 10% of the original
frame.
> And I think that's quite a bit of detail on M51 for 500mm.

I knew you were at short focal lengths for some of these targets but Ididn't
realize you were cropping in so small. So it may be that you were in focus
Ulrich

> I didn't scan at
> maximum resolution, and I think several problems may have arisen from this
> (such as the "stairstep" star trails in the North Trails shot (which I
only
> noticed after putting the photo up on the website). I'll see if rescanning

I always scan at high resolution then downsize for the web images. You might
see some improvements at full scanning resolution. Let's see some more!
Bobby Middleton



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