Re: [APML] Transit, on :::film:::. !!!

[astropix@att.net (Geoff Powers)]

 Chris Cook writes:
> Nice going Geoff! 

 Thanks...   :-)   it was a scramble at the last minute when weather here was uncooperative... didn't quite get what I hoped for, but I got sumthin' -- anywho !!!

> What I'm finding so fascinating is how the same event can look so different 
> because of the individual photographer's eye, haze, clouds, fog, etc...

 Yup... the diversity of dedicated *film* users here at APML is a great resource... and our digital pals lend a hand, too!

 BTW... if you want to finish that 'Perfect Album Side' for the Transit, maybe Soundgarden's "Black Hole Sun" would fit the bill... there did seem to be a black hole on the Sun that day...   :o)

 Jeff Ball writes:
> Great stuff on APML...

 Ditto... see above... :-)

 Thom Iwancio writes (off-list):
> Geoff, great shots on your web page...

 Thanks... I probably would have fared about as well by joining you and Jeff at the campground... I did get out from under the clouds, but only to see a giant fog bank lift across the Sun just after sunrise... Oak Isle was my plan 'B', which was only 7 miles away from Southport, and gave me a great vista for 3rd and 4th contact. The event lasted almost an hour and 1/2 from this Lat/Lon! Will reply privately to your other responses, later...

 Chris Schur writes:
> Geoff,
>
> nice images,

 Thanks... I'd hoped to shoot telescopically from the familiar environs of Brasstown Bald, but it wasn't to be.

> Im jealous, we of course saw NOTHING here in Az...

 You guys get the next crack at it... 2012... may I join you then ?!? :-/

> Question, in
> the lower image, the image of venus appears as a black disk, with a tiny
> dark spot in the middle.  Any ideas?

 Uhmmm... now that you mention it... the Web download displayed in IE6 shows a dark 'dot' in the center, with a light ring around it, on my monitor screen. This is not visible in the TIFF originals.

 The larger image scale is a resized crop of the original frame, just less than full resolution. This has to be an artifice from either resizing or JPEG compression. The contrast of the original slide is quite good in this part of the frame... it seems that the clouds were thinnest in the area around Venus when I snapped this one.

 I could isolate the Venus disc, or use 'Blur' or even 'Paint' commands to deal with this, but with a 500mm mirror lens from tripod, with the clouds/fog/haze, this image has no scientific value... it just needs to be a 'Pretty Picture'... guess I'll leave it alone, for now... but thanks for looking, and pointing this out !!!

 Congrats To All Whom Captured This Celestial Event On Film !!!

 Best...   :o)

--
Geoff 

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