Re: [APML] comet pix

["Mike Unsold" <mike@mlunsold.com>]

Hi Dick

Very nice image!

Have you tried to reduce the grain in the background and increase contrast
with the comet?
Smoothing out the grain and increasing contrast can be difficult to do with
loosing the tail.

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dick Locke" <rlocke1@houston.rr.com>
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 11:13 PM
Subject: [APML] comet pix


> Greetings,
>
> Here's a picture of coment Ikeya Zhang.  I took this week in Wimberly, TX
last week.
>
> http://home.houston.rr.com/dtlocke/images/comet-I-Z1.jpg
>
> Technical Details:  Nikon F2 camera, Nikon 300 f2.8 lens wide open, ~4
minute
> exposure unguided, Losmandy G-11 mount, Kodak LE 400 film, Nikon Coolscan
IV ED
> film scanner, quick and dirty processing in photoshop.
>
> Regards,
>
> -Dick Locke
>
>
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