Re: [APML] Another processing challenge

[Juan Conejero <skycad@ctv.es>]

Hi Monte,

Last night I downloaded your tiff. You bad boy shouldn't post things like 
that! Of course I were unable to resist the temptation. Today I'm a zombie, 
but it's worth the effort. You have an outstanding shot. Perfectly 
executed, with no significant vignetting, and virtually no field rotation. 
A high-quality scanner output as well. A great one!.

This is our processing:

For 1024x768 resolution (350 KB):
http://www.pleiades-astrophoto.com/APML/MonteWilson-ScoMW/en.html

For 1280x1024 (584 KB):
http://www.pleiades-astrophoto.com/APML/MonteWilson-ScoMW/en.1024.html

For 1600x1200 and higher (806 KB):
http://www.pleiades-astrophoto.com/APML/MonteWilson-ScoMW/en.1200.html

We have applied a contrast reduction mask to this image. We love masked 
Milky Way images. See for example A Manual of Advanced Celestial 
Photography, page 197 (Fig. 9.6), for a shot of the Theta Ophiuchi region 
very similar to yours.

Hope you like it!
Best regards,
______________________________________
Juan Conejero, Pleiades Astrophoto Lab
skycad@ctv.es
http://www.pleiades-astrophoto.com/en.html

At 11:31 22/05/2002 +1000, you wrote:
>Hi Guys,
>            Following on from Matt's LMC. I thought I would throw this one 
> in for anyone who is interested.
>
>It is a shot of the Scorpius Milky way taken with a 6x7 Pentax on E200, 
>200mm lens @f5.6 60 mins - push 1/2 stop.
>
>The scan is a monster file so I am posting a small JPG version of it. A 
>pro lab did the scan so I don't know the type of scanner used but I guess 
>it is reasonably good one.
>
>The detail is good but the colours are a bit dull and when I try to bring 
>them up with PS 5 the shot becomes a bit to contrasty and loses it's detail.
>
>The file is 587kb and is about 2000x1600 in size.
>
>Go to 
><http://www.tradepart.com/techinfo/origmilkyway.jpg>http://www.tradepart.com/techinfo/origmilkyway.jpg
>
>I only have PS but if someone has some real whizbang software that does 
>the trick, I would love to see the result and know what was done.
>
>Many thanks
>
>Monte



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