Posts for: nikonshooter
Dec 5, 2018 22:23:13 #
stepping beyond wrote:
No , I'm fighting a sinus infection . I was out a ... (show quote)
Good news on your progress with your "up imaging" - hate to hear you are fighting sinus issues. I have to deal with those too. I shot the Clemson/Pitt game last week....forgot my poncho and was drenched before the game started. Although the temps were not bad....low 50s that rain felt like it was freezing and the wind was miserable. It was one of my worst photo outings. I left at halftime - pissed the paper off as they wanted pics of Dabo after the win...along with Trevor Lawrence and Travis Etienne ...so far I have escaped getting sick. Get well!
Dec 5, 2018 21:48:12 #
stepping beyond wrote:
Awesome Ed , LOVIN THE NEBULOSITY .
Are you imaging tonight "Stepping" .....I just started back on the "Loop" and I am imaging away. Some pretty good data is streaming in now. I am shooting for 12 hours of total exposure time. I will finish the narrow band and RGB for stars tonight - looks like we will be snowed in or iced in for a few days. I just hope there are clear skies once the front passes.
Dec 5, 2018 12:04:15 #
Imaged last July 18, 19. A total of 50 ha, 50sii, and 50oiii NB images each 180 seconds on a Stellarvue 70T OTA + ASI1600MM-C camera. Processing PixInsight.
Dec 1, 2018 08:53:49 #
Europa wrote:
Hey, shouldn’t you be getting ready for a photo shoot? Do you know where you will be sitting and what you will be wearing...have to look for you.
Too bad you won’t get to watch the game, it kinda sucks having a camera stuck to your head. I guess sucks depends on your point of view, getting the shot or watching the game.
Hope you have a good time either way.
Too bad you won’t get to watch the game, it kinda sucks having a camera stuck to your head. I guess sucks depends on your point of view, getting the shot or watching the game.
Hope you have a good time either way.
I am on my way now - white hair - end zone and fighting for a corner. I will move from Clemson's end zone quarter to quarter. Rain is forecast so I may be camped under a black poncho! My credentials did not show up - Herald Journal waited too late to decide to send someone...so I will spend an hour or so getting vetted and credentials. I almost backed out as I hate that hassle and was sorta looking for an excuse not to sit in the cold rain fighting lens moisture.
Nov 30, 2018 09:30:37 #
I would imaging most of you have this or something similar but just in case ...this is handy software for gathering info and deciding on "sky targets" for your "neck of the woods" - when I had very limited views of the sky. This is where I spent my planning time.
What makes this software especially cool - tis FREE! Only Windows users though!
http://www.whatsup.ricksastro.com/?fbclid=IwAR3liNS4kHQohSddk46pLtZB3bc3QOCc5yvDgeEhRfbSghRLA6mlvpUDZOo
What makes this software especially cool - tis FREE! Only Windows users though!
http://www.whatsup.ricksastro.com/?fbclid=IwAR3liNS4kHQohSddk46pLtZB3bc3QOCc5yvDgeEhRfbSghRLA6mlvpUDZOo
Nov 29, 2018 11:02:40 #
Europa wrote:
That’s great, if you have any good shots left over to share, send them.
Any one player in particular?
Nov 29, 2018 10:59:27 #
Europa wrote:
That’s great news, very cool, congrats. Not that you have sooo much free time. 😀. Are you shooting any of the Clemson football games?
Nice color on Orion!
Nice color on Orion!
No sooner than I answered the (have you shot any Clemson games) question....I got a call to see if I would do the ACC Championship game in Charlotte NC...about 75 miles from home. So I will be in the rain on Saturday night for a few pennies.
Nov 29, 2018 09:06:19 #
This Monday and Tuesday were as clear as I will get. I doubled down on IC1848 for two nights. I will add a pic of my sequence with Sequence Generator Pro....I think that will cover all of the image info, other than the camera which was a ASI1600MM-C with Stellarvue ST70T scope on an Atlas Pro mount.
Nov 27, 2018 06:31:00 #
Europa wrote:
That’s great news, very cool, congrats. Not that you have sooo much free time. 😀. Are you shooting any of the Clemson football games?
Nice color on Orion!
Nice color on Orion!
I have not done any Clemson, Carolina Panther or USC games this year. The paper has decided to contract out all of their photography (budget) and they have let all of their salaried photographers go. I am and always have free lanced for them but they are now unwilling to pay - credential - and cover these events. They just pull images they need off of the wire. I expect the paper to go all ONLINE in the not too distant future and discontinue the print editions. The "Times" they are a changing! Pun intended!
Here is the link on the new Middle School https://www.goupstate.com/news/20170921/new-fairforest-middle-school-to-include-science-center-planetarium
Nov 26, 2018 08:29:52 #
I think I have taken more Orion and Andromeda images than I have pics of my own kids....at least that is my wife's perspective.
Well - it was there and I had a short night. The moon was full and following Orion through the imaging session and the effects of the moon's light are undeniable...but t'was fun doing it.
60, 20 second Red, Green, and Blue ....I also added 100, 10 second Luminosity frames. Supporting frames 20 darks, 100 bias, and 50 flats for each filter (200 total flats)
Asi1600MM-C camera cooled to -30 - astronomik 6nm filters.
I have gotten an order for 30 prints of different deep space and solar/lunar stuff to be hung in a new middle school. Fairforest Middle School will open in the Fall. They will have a planetarium (seat 700 and an observatory) so the prints will be on the hall walls and in the planetarium. BTW, as old as I am I have accepted the position to be their first director. I will at least do it for a year until they can get up and running. The technology that is going into this observatory - mounts and OTA's are going to be fun to work with. We intend to also open the planetarium to the public and other schools in other districts.
Well - it was there and I had a short night. The moon was full and following Orion through the imaging session and the effects of the moon's light are undeniable...but t'was fun doing it.
60, 20 second Red, Green, and Blue ....I also added 100, 10 second Luminosity frames. Supporting frames 20 darks, 100 bias, and 50 flats for each filter (200 total flats)
Asi1600MM-C camera cooled to -30 - astronomik 6nm filters.
I have gotten an order for 30 prints of different deep space and solar/lunar stuff to be hung in a new middle school. Fairforest Middle School will open in the Fall. They will have a planetarium (seat 700 and an observatory) so the prints will be on the hall walls and in the planetarium. BTW, as old as I am I have accepted the position to be their first director. I will at least do it for a year until they can get up and running. The technology that is going into this observatory - mounts and OTA's are going to be fun to work with. We intend to also open the planetarium to the public and other schools in other districts.
Nov 22, 2018 18:22:56 #
SonnyE wrote:
I like the frameless myself.
Matting can be added when the image is actually framed.
I think the PSD frame detracts for the beautiful image you've created.
Gimme more meat, and less parsley.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Matting can be added when the image is actually framed.
I think the PSD frame detracts for the beautiful image you've created.
Gimme more meat, and less parsley.
Happy Thanksgiving!
I am leaning that way for the same reason - you said it well!
Have a great Thanksgiving season too!
Nov 22, 2018 16:56:50 #
Harvey wrote:
I like the photo and I do like "matted & framed" images - my only dis-like is the size of the mat takes away from the image.
I like to use "increase canvas size" to create my mat and the frame using it allows me to choose the size and color of each very quickly. May I work on yours and share on PM?
Harvey
I like to use "increase canvas size" to create my mat and the frame using it allows me to choose the size and color of each very quickly. May I work on yours and share on PM?
Harvey
Sure...do you want the PSD file? If so, message me your email and I will send it to you!
Nov 22, 2018 09:47:34 #
bastro wrote:
This looks great. I love the detail you picked up. I looked out at the coast sky, but huge almost full moon, and open to not try anything. The narrow band filters made it possible I suppose!?
Forget the moon - image anyway. Just try more exposures with shorter times. I imaged with two kits last night - M42 and the Western Veil NGC6995.....I am shooting flats now but will process today or tomorrow but my point...the data looks good and I followed the moon most of the night. I am taking 10 second exposures in L and 20 in RGB or Orion and 45 seconds for L, and 60 seconds RGB for the Western Veil (much feinter)
If I am home and happen to have a clear night (which are rare rare rare) I am going to photograph something!
Nov 21, 2018 12:30:36 #
I made a Frame template in photoshop and sorta like it and sorta don't .....but the reason for the post is to add another stack of NGC1499 - California Nebula that I took last night
185 total exposures, 85 Ha, 50 OIII, and 50SII (one of our better nights - imaged from 6:30 last night to 4:00 this morning) - Supporting files, 100 bias, 150 Flats (50 each filter) and 20 darks. Processed entirely in PixInsight.
I tonemapped the colors using SHO - Hubble Palette - doing a lot of experimenting with Color Mask in PI and curves to tweak the colors captured....similar to luminosity masking in PS but faster/easier too.
If anyone wants the PSD frame template let me know....you will need a working knowledge of Photoshop - just add your picture - Link the layers - free transform the frame to fit the way you want around your image - leave room for text at the bottom if you want to add it.
185 total exposures, 85 Ha, 50 OIII, and 50SII (one of our better nights - imaged from 6:30 last night to 4:00 this morning) - Supporting files, 100 bias, 150 Flats (50 each filter) and 20 darks. Processed entirely in PixInsight.
I tonemapped the colors using SHO - Hubble Palette - doing a lot of experimenting with Color Mask in PI and curves to tweak the colors captured....similar to luminosity masking in PS but faster/easier too.
If anyone wants the PSD frame template let me know....you will need a working knowledge of Photoshop - just add your picture - Link the layers - free transform the frame to fit the way you want around your image - leave room for text at the bottom if you want to add it.
Nov 21, 2018 09:14:00 #
JimH123 wrote:
Looking good! I do see some red bleeding on some brighter stars.
Still, nothing but smoky haze here.
Still, nothing but smoky haze here.
There is a lot more Ha (red) in the dust lanes .....I was not very patient creating a Ha mask before adding the Luminosity image - a step that I will revisit when I get a chance. The data is much better than the processor on this one - which is me.