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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 82 |
Apr 26 |
Reply |
Thanks so much, Laurie. Seeing Saturn through a telescope hooked me on astronomy and astrophotography over 20 years ago. After retirement, we made the decision to upgrade the Observatory for sharing with the public and for our own use. The tradeoff is that we are unable to take exotic trips, which makes me appreciate the photos others share all the more. |
Apr 2nd |
| 82 |
Apr 26 |
Reply |
Kathleen, thank you very much for your comment. We are very fortunate to have a large aperture telescope under dark skies, or we would not be able to achieve this depth with so few subframes. Anyone using a small telescope or capturing subframes with narrow band filters would require many hours of exposure. I have seen captures in excess of 40 hours integration. The processing also takes a lot of times, using programs like Deep Sky Stacker and Pixinsight.
I am by no means an expert, but I do enjoy pointing the telescope and firing away, especially when there is a relatively rare occurrence like a supernova or a comet. |
Apr 2nd |
| 82 |
Apr 26 |
Comment |
Laurie, I thought at first glance you had imaged a glacier. Those blues are really beautiful. Glad you were careful venturing out on the ice. I don't think I would be that brave. The composition is fantastic, with the clouds swirling down in the left portion,balanced on the right by that ice tower. It's a lovely image! |
Apr 1st |
| 82 |
Apr 26 |
Comment |
Harrison, really wonderful macro capture. It sounds like you considered all the pertinent technical aspects in your setup, and it shows. Well done! |
Apr 1st |
| 82 |
Apr 26 |
Comment |
Kathleen,this would be one of those "happy" accidents. Really cool action shot on this spoonbill. I'm surprised it turned out as well as it did, at 1/200 sec, which seems a bit slow for this action,but I have had those incidents too.
Perhaps some sharpening could help? I just love to see images of these beautiful birds and I wish I could have the opportunity to photograph them. Thank you for sharing. |
Apr 1st |
| 82 |
Apr 26 |
Comment |
Hi, Arabella. This looks like a peaceful spot, but the image is so busy, I am unable to focus on a clear subject. Also, the edges are really soft and it seems not uniformly, like perhaps the phone wasn't being held steady? I have a little tripod for my cellphone, which comes in handy when I need steadiness. Do you think this would be helpful? There are pink color casts on the trees, which detract from the overall scene. There are some beautiful red tulips (?) on the left bottom corner. It looks as though one or more of them could have been a nice subject for your photo. |
Apr 1st |
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