Re: [APML] Orions Sword - Supra 400

["Robert Gendler" <robgendler@worldnet.att.net>]

Dave,
I like the color and composition. The image seems clipped
on my monitor as the sky background is about as black as
the HTML page.
Rob Gendler
Email: robgendler@att.net
Web site: http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/
----- Original Message -----
From: <dave.dockery@zianet.com>
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 2:18 PM
Subject: [APML] Orions Sword - Supra 400


> Hi All,
> I finally found some time to process my first TV85 images (taken last
month)
> and I feel like I'm making a little progress in climbing that steep
learning
> curve.  I used Jerry Lodriguss's procedure for combining two exposures and
> Matt BenDaniel's star shaping routine in processing the image and would
like
> to thank them for sharing their expertise on their respective web-sites.
> These routines were extremely helpful in both processing this type of
image
> and in learning my way around Photoshop.  I'm not sure I used Matt's
routine
> to the fullest due to hard saturation on a couple of stars but it
certainly
> helped.
> This image is a combination of two Supra 400 exposures; a 45 minute for
the
> faint stuff and and a three minute to recover the saturated core of M42.
I
> still have some saturation in the Trapezium region so I guess I'll try to
> capture and combine a one minute shot sometime in the future.
>
> More details with the image:
> http://www.zianet.com/dave.dockery/orionsword.htm
>
> I was a little unsure on the final color balance and background levels so
> any feedback on this (or anything else) would be greatly appreciated.
> Dave
>
> Dave Dockery
> Las Cruces, NM
> http://www.zianet.com/dave.dockery/AstronomyPage.htm
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