Re: [APML] A few shots from last month

[George Anderson <georgea@cam.org>]

Hi Stuart

Yes the lowered saturation is intentional on the first one. My personal
preference goes against the grain of the current style and I tend to
pull back on the saturation so that image is closer to what a person
would see in a telescope. As opposed to the more accurate colour
renditions that are portrayed on almost everyone elses pages.
It may also be a sub-concious preparation for shooting tech pan.
I do like what you did with the Sag shot, I will probably make similar
changes to my web site copy.

George

Clear skies and good health 

Stuart Heggie wrote:
> 
> George, super shots! The first one seems almost B&W - that was intentional I am guessing - nice
> effect. The second one is great! I looked at the histogram in PS and it is very well balanced. I
> tried moving the mid-point (gamma?) down to 0.7 and the sky darkened noticeably without any loss I
> could detect in detail. Also, Supra tends to go a bit magenta on us in long exposure so I used
> curves and selected the red channel and pulled the lower part of the curve down very slightly and
> that removed the reddish tint in the background but again without any obvious impact on the real
> red highlights.
> 
> I then tried it again but first converted to CMYK colour space and this time, same adjustment in
> levels then in curves pulled the Magenta down a lot at lower left while fixing the upper half of
> the curve to keep the real magenta where it was.
> 
> Not sure if it helped but have a go and see if you like it more. I can send them off-line if you
> want to see what I got. For some reason the CMYK converted file is 3x the size of the original.
> 
> Beauty in things exists in the mind that contemplates them.
> 
> Stuart
> http://www3.sympatico.ca/stuart.j.heggie/Stuart.J.Heggie/
> Flesherton, Ontario, Canada
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "George Anderson" <georgea@cam.org>
> To: "APML" <astro-photo@seds.org>
> Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2004 12:20 AM
> Subject: [APML] A few shots from last month
> 
> > I finally have a few shots that I feel are worth sharing. They were
> > taken last month from a semi-dark sky environment near the Quebec USA
> > border.
> > I haven't tried any gradient removal yet, I have to sit down with
> > Gerry's CD and run through the steps.
> > http://www.angelfire.com/space/lunatic/walters.htm
> > After being used to five to ten minute exposures under my local skies I
> > was pleasantly surprised to find some very thin negatives. Next outing
> > I'll aim for four times+ longer exposures.
> >
> > George Anderson
> > Montreal Canada
> >
> > Clear skies and good health
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