Re: [APML] Film/CCD collaboration: new images

["Bobby Middleton" <bobm@koyote.com>]

These are excellent images! Very smooth with excellent color balance. Very
technically correct with excellent guiding, resolution, and focus. Great
images Jeff and Mike!
Bobby Middleton

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Ball" <jeffball@zoominternet.net>
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2002 9:12 PM
Subject: [APML] Film/CCD collaboration: new images


> Hello all,
>
> About 2 weeks ago, Mike Halderman posted some great greyscale images taken
> with his ST2000XM on an Epsilon 130 scope.  The images really seemed to
> match some 35mm work I had with my 130EDT.  I asked Mike if we could take
a
> stab at doing an LRGB combine with his CCD and my film.  He agreed.  Mike
> really has some great greyscale images on his site.  The link is on all of
> the pages listed below.  Mike provided full resolution images for me to
work
> with and I just worked with Photoshop.  I used either 100% or 50% of the
CCD
> as luminance, depending on the brightness and how well it matched the film
> image.  The star sizes seemed to fit well from the two different systems.
I
> am definitely going this route with my imaging, CCD for luminance with RGB
> film.  I am also trying to shoot some 120 TechPan for widefield smooth
> luminances when I get a chance.  The net result is a smoother image for my
> film and a color image for Mike's greyscale.  The images did not quite
match
> up 100% for framing.  The M42 had the best match followed by M45 and then
> Horsehead.  Hope you like the images and thanks Mike for the
collaboration.
>
> http://www.astro-photography.com/horsehead_lrgb.htm
>
> http://www.astro-photography.com/m45_lrgb.htm
>
> http://www.astro-photography.com/m42_lrgb.htm
>
> Jeff Ball
>
>
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