Re: [APML] Andromeda

["Stuart Heggie" <stuart.j.heggie@sympatico.ca>]

Scott - I'd be very proud of that image if I were you - getting help from
the experts in image processing on the list is a great advantage to those of
us back on the learning curve. Anyway, I think you did a great job!
Stuart
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Hammonds" <shammonds@creatorsview.com>
To: "Discussion of Film Astrophotography" <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 11:33 PM
Subject: Re: [APML] Andromeda


> John,
> Thanks! It really looks a lot better, I'll have to give some of that a try
> tomorrow. I'm getting a little tired.
>
> I wish I could claim that Tak as my own, but it belongs to New Mexico
Skies.
> It was sweet and I could get used to something like that, but I'd have to
> have a real mount first.  I've got a few more images I took with it to
> process, then it's back to the "real" world.
>
> Scott Hammonds
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John C. Mirtle" <spampit@shaw.ca>
> To: "Discussion of Film Astrophotography" <astro-photo@seds.org>
> Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 11:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [APML] Andromeda
>
>
> > Scott,
> >     It looked to me like there was more to the image than met the eye,
and
> > it was a bit too violet. So, I took the liberty of tweaking a bit - hope
> you
> > don't mind. I increased the green using curves until the core was a nice
> > yellow colour and the purple tint was gone. The blue curves I boosted in
> the
> > low levels and held the highlights constant so that they didn't go too
> blue.
> > I then adjusted fainter curves for the overall image and increased
> > saturation 15%. The image is at
> > http://members.shaw.ca/jmirtle/shammonds-m31.jpg for your inspection. It
> > took me under 5 minutes, but then I have done this before.... The sky is
> > still pretty dark, you may be able to tweak it further. If that Tak is
> > really cramping your style, I will even drive down from Canada to
relieve
> > you of it!
> >
> > That's a really nice shot!
> >
> > John Mirtle
> > Calgary, Ab. Canada
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Scott Hammonds" <shammonds@creatorsview.com>
> > To: "Discussion of Film Astrophotography" <astro-photo@seds.org>
> > Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 7:44 PM
> > Subject: [APML] Andromeda
> >
> >
> > I've been playing with this image off and on for at least a week now.
It's
> > time to get a second opinion.
> > There may be more there, but I'm always afraid of over doing it. Maybe I
> > have any way.
> > http://www.creatorsview.com/astrophoto/prime/andromeda.html
> >
> > This was processed using levels and curves. I then applied SGBNR very
> > lightly and finally made some slight color adjustments.
> > Once again, I only took one frame of this target. I didn't like what the
> > negative looked like and decided not to shoot M31 again with the
> Takahashi,
> > now I think it was a mistake.
> >
> > Comments are welcome, good and bad.
> > Thanks,
> > Scott Hammonds
> >
> >
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