Re: [APML] New Image of Deneb Region

["Bert Katzung" <katzung1@attbi.com>]

Hi Kevin:

A very nice panoramic widefield! That is indeed a very good lens. On my
monitor, however, I found the contrast too low. I tried increasing it with
just a single application of Photoshop/Curves to the RGB layer and it
brightened right up:
http://www.astronomy-images.com/images/Denebregion.kevin.htm
Does it look too contrasty on your monitor?

Bert

Bert Katzung
katzung1@attbi.com
www.astronomy-images.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Wigell" <kwemail@twcny.rr.com>
To: "APML Discussion List" <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 3:24 PM
Subject: [APML] New Image of Deneb Region


> Hello, I mostly lurk here and rarely post because I have so much more to
> learn than to offer. However, I have produced a wide-field image of the
> region around Deneb with which I'm fairly pleased.
>
> After much trial and tribulation, I am finally *beginning* to get more
> consistent results when imaging (all film). I am still very much learning
> how to process images in RegiStar and Photoshop however. This image is a
> combination of three separate raw images combined in RegiStar. I then took
> the combination and did some basic manipulation in Photoshop. My only
> modifications in Photoshop were to darken it using curves and to boost the
> red channel just a bit using levels.
>
> I'm very pleased with the quality of the star images using the 50mm Zuiko
> (Olympus) lens. The star images are round and free from chromatic
aberration
> right into the corners of the image.
>
> The image is here: http://home.twcny.rr.com/kevinwigell/Deneb_Region.htm
>
> Comments please.
>
> Kevin Wigell
>
>
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