Re: [APML] Machholz, Cassiopeia, and Double Cluster

["Stuart Heggie" <stuart.j.heggie@sympatico.ca>]

Good plan - I lose all perspective after a few hours on any image. 

Stuart
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrew Clegg" <andy@w4je.com>
To: "Discussion of Film Astrophotography" <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 9:52 PM
Subject: RE: [APML] Machholz, Cassiopeia, and Double Cluster


> Thanks John and Stuart for the comments on the Machholz shot. Stuart, I
> didn't use the sponge tool or anything. I did play with the red histogram,
> including the gamma setting in the red channel. That seemed to have the
> effect of "punching out" the red nebulae, without making the overall scene
> too red. I also had the impression that the red was just a tad too
> saturated, so I'm interested to hear someone else is thinking the same way.
> After you play with an image long enough, sometimes you lose perspective. I
> may fine tune the image slightly and back off on the reds just a bit, but I
> wanted to let it rest for a couple of days.
> 
> --Andy
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: astro-photo-bounces@seds.org
> [mailto:astro-photo-bounces@seds.org]On Behalf Of Stuart Heggie
> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 8:54 PM
> To: Discussion of Film Astrophotography
> Subject: Re: [APML] Machholz, Cassiopeia, and Double Cluster
> 
> 
> Andy, super shot! Nice histograms and the overall effect is really nice!
> 
> I wonder, did you use the sponge tool on the nebulae? It looks pretty
> intense on my screen. Maybe a
> bit too much saturation?
> 
> Stuart
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andrew Clegg" <andy@w4je.com>
> To: "Discussion of Film Astrophotography" <astro-photo@seds.org>
> Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 7:03 PM
> Subject: [APML] Machholz, Cassiopeia, and Double Cluster
> 
> 
> > Good weather in the Shenandoah Valley this weekend. I shot Machholz
> > piggyback with the 6x7 on Saturday night, and developed the film while
> > watching the Super bowl last night. Scanned the film this morning (using
> the
> > new Microtek ScanMaker i900) and did some processing in Matlab and
> Photoshop
> > at lunchtime. The results are at www.w4je.com/machholz.htm. Comments
> > welcome!
> >
> > Clear skies,
> > Andy
> >
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