Re: [APML] A Pair of Bradfields

[Brian larmay <power_windows4789@yahoo.com>]

Excellent shots John....especially the current TP
image.

Maybe you should submit that one to the APOD and
spaceweather!

Brian

> 	We have seen some great comet images over the last
> week - thanks for
> posting everyone! I am a bit surprised that the
> Schmidt camera guys have
> been so unusually quiet during this comet. What
> happened to Kent, Robert and
> Chris? I gave it a shot this morning - what a tough
> shot! The moon is really
> interfering now, the comet really seems to be fading
> going by the posted
> images from earlier in the week. I was also
> surprised by how fast the sky
> brightens at this time of year and didn't have time
> to load any colour film.
> Bracketing was also a challenge but at least one
> shot turned out well.
> Processing was a pig! Gradients are huge, you can
> even see different layers
> of "stuff" near the horizon. There was a scratch on
> the film, a
> satellite/meteor, water marks (oops!) and some
> artefacts from the scanner
> trying to pull an image from such a dense negative.
> Still, I hope you enjoy
> the image, taken with an 8" Schmidt camera.
> 
> 	I also included an older colour image from another
> Bradfield
> discovery, from almost 17 years ago. That equipment
> list might bring a tear
> to the eye of the older imagers in the crowd.... ;-)
> 
> http://members.shaw.ca/jmirtle/bradfields.htm
> 
> John Mirtle
> Calgary, Ab. Canada
> 
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