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Re: [APML] New year? New images! ;-)
Marco,
You have mastered the art of aesthetic imaging. From the standpoint
of color and composition the images are perfect.
Rob Gendler
Email: robgendler@att.net
Web site: http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/
----- Original Message -----
From: "Juan Conejero" <skycad@ctv.es>
To: "Discussion of Film Astrophotography" <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 8:05 PM
Subject: Re: [APML] New year? New images! ;-)
> Hi Marco,
>
> Your Witchhead image is an easy target for SGBNR. Just leave all
parameters
> at their default values except bright sides edges protection; set
threshold
> = 0.070 and strength = 0 (for bright sides only, don't touch dark sides).
> After smoothing with SGBNR there is a small segment of unused dynamic
range
> at the dark end of each histogram so you can darken background somewhat
> without data loss. You get something like this:
>
>
http://www.astrosurf.com/pleiades-ap/APMLTmp/wh_300_45_2x45m_P400F_SGBNR.jpg
>
> BTW, your new images are wonderful, as usual.
>
> Regards,
> Juan Conejero
>
> At 19:18 02/01/2004 +0100, you wrote:
> >Dear Stuart, thank you for your suggestion! I didn' use it simply because
I
> >am not used o this program and therefore I don't know how to use it
> >properly. I will check it out anyway. Yes, this image is quite noisy.
What
> >parameters do you use for SGBNR?
> >Marco
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Stuart Heggie" <stuart.j.heggie@sympatico.ca>
> >To: "Discussion of Film Astrophotography" <astro-photo@seds.org>
> >Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 2:45 PM
> >Subject: Re: [APML] New year? New images! ;-)
> >
> >
> > > Marco - they look great! So much equipment! Do you carry all that with
you
> > > or is there a facility there that supplies some? Three mounts at least
> >plus
> > > an array of scopes and camera lenses - wow!
> > >
> > > I was struck by the noice level in the Witchhead. I opened it in PS
and
> > > applied an unsharp mask then opened in SGBNR and smoothed it over.
Looked
> > > better to me. Not sure if it is. Your skills in this area exceed mine
by a
> > > lot so maybe I'm off-base.
> > >
> > > Stuart
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Marco Lorenzi" <lorenzi70@tiscali.it>
> > > To: "Discussion of Film Astrophotography" <astro-photo@seds.org>
> > > Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 8:27 AM
> > > Subject: [APML] New year? New images! ;-)
> > >
> > >
> > > > Happy new year to everybody... I took advantage from this holiday to
> > > process
> > > > some shots I did last September from La Palma. so I have just
uploaded
> > > NINE
> > > > new pictures to my page.
> > > > Direct link is:
> > > > http://www.astrosurf.com/lorenzi/images/newshot.htm
> > > > These shots are:
> > > > 1) Witch Head Area, with a 300mm telephoto lens.
> > > > 2) Orion's Belt and Sword, a completely redone shot using the Pentax
> > > SDHF75
> > > > with its reducer (360mm final FL). Unfortunately most of the images
> >taken
> > > > with this set-up suffered from a little tracking problem, not really
> > > > annoying at web resolution.
> > > > 3) Wild Duck M11
> > > > 4) Horsehead IC434 again a completely reworked one (I removed the
former
> > > > one)
> > > > 5) M45 Area, a tentative to shot IC353, not very successful (this
nebula
> > > is
> > > > unbelievable faint!!)
> > > > 6) Heart and Soul, a classical, again with the SDHF75 reduced, again
> >some
> > > > little tracking problems
> > > > 7) Flaming Star IC405 area
> > > > 8) Orion's Head SH2-264 (using the usual diffusion filer technique)
> > > > 9) Dawn at ORM, showing Jupiter and Mercury rising behind the ORM
> > > telescopes
> > > > rim.
> > > >
> > > > Comments are as always welcome!
> > > > Marco
> > > >
> > > > Home Page http://www.astrosurf.com/lorenzi
>
>
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