Re: [APML] A few shots from last month

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

Thanks George. I look forward to the updates - I like the way you are thinking about the artistic
factors.

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: "Discussion of Film Astrophotography" <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2004 10:52 PM
Subject: Re: [APML] A few shots from last month


> 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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