Re: [APML] First Results from southern France

[Bert Katzung <katzung@pacbell.net>]

Great shot of M51, Philip---IMHO one of the few film images that equals Bill
McL's famous CCD LRGB image. The feathered streamers from one spiral arm to
the next are gorgeous!
Bert

Bert Katzung
San Rafael, CA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Philip Perkins" <philip@astrocruise.com>
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Wednesday, 14 June, 2000 1:52 PM
Subject: [APML] First Results from southern France


> Hi Folks,
>
> A lot of interesting discussion while I've been away!  Southern France was
> wonderful this time - a total of 9 nights that were usable out of which 5
> nights were excellent.  I have just uploaded the first result - after 3
> years I decided it was time to redo my M51 image:
>
> http://www.astrocruise.com/m51.htm
>
> A combination of good seeing and the AP 900 mount mean that this image has
> the highest deep space resolution that I think I can achieve with the 10"
> LX200.  I look forward to seeing what the 12.5" RCOS will do! :)
>
> This is a combination of 3x 150 minute exposures on PJ400 - a fairly
> 'subdued' image enhancement wise - I decided to go for the smoother look
> with more natural colours. The original base stack has a lot of faint
> detail that could be punched up a bit with curves but I used no curves and
> no contrast stretch - it was a straight 3-stack using Screen mode.
>
> I developed all the negs myself while remote - it's *wonderful* to be able
> to just take the negs and scan them right away - no dust or scratch
> removal.  They are immeasurably cleaner than the 1 hour lab negs I was
> getting!  Thanks again for all the great help with the C-41 processing
> questions!
>
> All of the other images I obtained are Summer Milky way objects with the
> focus on the low elevations which I cannot reach from the UK.  More will
> follow soon..  though progress may be a bit slow owing to some intervening
> business trips..
>
> Regards, and thanks for the interesting discussions over the last couple
of
> weeks!
> --Philip
>
> Philip Perkins - philip@astrocruise.com
> Wiltshire UK & Luberon France
> Astrocruise - http://www.astrocruise.com
>
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