Re: [APML] Another Shot from Hovenweep

[Steve Lindsey <stevelindsey@earthlink.net>]

Congratulations Jon.  Just beautiful and wonderfully processed!  Is spreading light around the brightest stars just what you get in that type of optics or a function of something else like film, weather conditions, moisture, seeing, etc.?  Also wondered about the diffraction spike on the lower right star.

Sorry if you already answered this.  I'm behind in my email and deleted a bunch to catch up.

Steve

>After playing with this one for three weeks, I'm not sure if I'm making
>it better or worse, so let's let the group have a look and offer
>comments and suggestions.  This is a two frame stack, one shot each on
>E200 and Provia 400F, both 75 minutes with the TMB152 at f/7.9, both
>pushed one stop.  Cropped slightly to remove vignetting and to improve
>composition.  I've been shooting at this subject for seven years with
>little luck, and this is the best I've been able to get by far, so no
>matter what it's a big success in my book.
>
>http://home.datawest.net/jkolb/ic_443_tmb152.htm
>
>  
>

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