Re: [APML] New images: Butterfly, California, Valentine, M31, EasternVeil

[Dean Jacobsen <deanjacobsen@earthlink.net>]

Hi Stuart,

I think that you are probably right about not using a laptop's LCD screen 
to process your images.  My advice would be to use a CRT monitor that you 
have calibrated.  The images that you post will look like they did in 
Photoshop.

Best,

Dean Jacobsen
www.astrophoto.net

At 06:37 AM 9/29/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>Rob, thanks but I think you are too kind. John Mirtle has pointed out that 
>the images are dark and badly clipped (and the Gamma Cygnus too red). I 
>may have older drivers than are available for the scanner too - will check 
>on that. I am thinking I should re-scan them and try NOT adjusting the 
>images in the pre-scan (Jerry L - am I crazy?). I may be clipping my data 
>before I ever get it to Photoshop.
>
>I think I had some forest for the trees too - should have given it a rest 
>and looked again before posting.
>
>Question for all: I'm doing this on a laptop and find that simple things 
>like orientation of the screen changes dramatically what I see and maybe 
>I'm making a mistake trying to use a laptop - given all the talk about 
>monitors and calibration I've seen, am I making a blunder using this computer?
>
>Also, Dominic, thanks for spotting the broken link.Not at all sure how 
>that happened or how to fix - same procedure for all the links gets one 
>pointing at my hard drive?
>
>Stuart
>
>Robert Gendler wrote:
>
>>Stuart,
>>Very cool widefield stuff. I like Andromeda the most. The widefield
>>gives a different perspective and the subtle colors are very nice.
>>Rob Gendler
>>Email: robgendler@att.net
>>Web site: http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Stuart Heggie" <stuart.j.heggie@sympatico.ca>
>>To: "Discussion of Film Astrophotography" <astro-photo@seds.org>
>>Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2003 9:50 PM
>>Subject: [APML] New images: Butterfly, California, Valentine, M31,
>>EasternVeil
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>Spent last weekend without my autoguider so guided these manually
>>>shooting my 180mm ED lens at f2.8.
>>>All on Supra 400, all 20 minutes and all scanned on my Minolta Scan Dual
>>>
>>II.
>>
>>
>>>All can be accessed from:
>>>
>>>
>>http://www3.sympatico.ca/stuart.j.heggie/Stuart.J.Heggie/Long_telephoto_pigg
>>yback_photos.html
>>
>>
>>>but the new ones are:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>http://www3.sympatico.ca/stuart.j.heggie/Stuart.J.Heggie/ltpb_photos/Gamma_C
>>ygni_wide.html
>>
>>
>>http://www3.sympatico.ca/stuart.j.heggie/Stuart.J.Heggie/ltpb_photos/Califor
>>nia.html
>>
>>
>>http://www3.sympatico.ca/stuart.j.heggie/Stuart.J.Heggie/ltpb_photos/Valenti
>>ne_Sept20_2003_180ED.html
>>
>>
>>http://www3.sympatico.ca/stuart.j.heggie/Stuart.J.Heggie/ltpb_photos/Androme
>>da.html
>>
>>
>>>now this one is pretty ratty looking but at least I tried it:
>>>
>>>
>>http://www3.sympatico.ca/stuart.j.heggie/Stuart.J.Heggie/ltpb_photos/Eastern
>>_Veil_June2003.html
>>
>>
>>>Comments and critiques most appreciated.
>>>
>>>Stuart
>>>
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