Re: [APML] Palomar - winter 1949

["Chris & Jennifer Cook" <ccjd@ix.netcom.com>]

Hi John -
Thanks!
I used the poster edges filter to create a more granular appearance to the
sky and stars.  This suppressed any of the extended nebulosity and gave a
more realistic look.
Glad you like it!  Thanks for giving me the gradient idea.......  :-)

Chris

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Chris Cook
Astronomical Photography
www.abmedia.com/astro



-----Original Message-----
From: John C. Mirtle <jmirtle@shaw.ca>
To: astro-photo@seds.org <astro-photo@seds.org>
Date: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 12:18 AM
Subject: Re: [APML] Palomar - winter 1949


Excellent Chris!
    B/W gives a neat feel to the image, and the "horizon haze" adds that
final touch of realism. :-) Your composite must give a very close
approximation of how the site looked to the dark adapted eye, all those
years ago. Did you use the blue or green layer from the PPF exposure? There
seems to be a distinct lack of nebula, which PPF picks up so well. I noticed
that you got a hint of the Lambda Orionis cloud, yet Barnard's loop, the
Rosette etc. are all missing, which are brighter. This is great, as the end
result better approximates the dark adapted eye's view which appears to be
your intent. How did you do it?

John Mirtle
the Great White North
(yup - we have snow!)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris & Jennifer Cook" <ccjd@ix.netcom.com>
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 8:43 PM
Subject: [APML] Palomar - winter 1949


Hey all -
Well, forget the Moon, now I think there's something in the water..... <g>
I've put together a new composite.  This one is different than all the
others I've done before.  I went with classic B&W.
Here it is, the 200" Hale dome on Palomar Mtn.

http://www.abmedia.com/astro/current/palomar-composite.html

I let my artistic side flow on this one.  I wanted to try and create what it
might have looked like on the mountain back in the winter of 1948/1949.  I
can tell you that the sky certainly does not look like that anymore.....
:-(
I did use a very mild gradient to lighten the horizon area just a bit.....
Per John Mirtle's nice composite the other day.
Let me know what you think.

Enjoy!

Chris


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Astronomical Photography
www.abmedia.com/astro



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