Another night with the mono ATIK Infinity - Galaxies
Apr 4, 2017 16:50:08 #
A clear cold night of imaging with the mono Infinity until I was forced to shutdown because of very bright Aurora Borealis activity; light pollution at its best!
Added nine images to my Infinity testing album at:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/58664881@N02/sets/72157677051189070/
A few of my favorites from the imaging session below. Variations of these in the above album.
Enjoy!
bwa
P.S.: Liking the ATIK Infinity more and more as I get up to speed on its (and its software) operation!
Added nine images to my Infinity testing album at:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/58664881@N02/sets/72157677051189070/
A few of my favorites from the imaging session below. Variations of these in the above album.
Enjoy!
bwa
P.S.: Liking the ATIK Infinity more and more as I get up to speed on its (and its software) operation!
Whirlpool Galaxy (M1)
(Download)
M81 & M82 Galaxies
(Download)
Pinwheel Galaxy (M101)
(Download)
And a rather boring M87 & friends
(Download)
Apr 4, 2017 19:47:56 #
bwana wrote:
A clear cold night of imaging with the mono Infini... (show quote)
These are really nice!
Very well done.
I wonder if Sonny is starting to be tempted..
Jim
Apr 5, 2017 12:33:12 #
Very cool images, make sure you keep your raw files. The only issue I can see is mild color mottling that can be correcting in PP. While looking through your Flicker folder, I love your Rosette image. You really should try doing a mosaic to get the full nebula.
The Infinity looks to be a great little camera, from all the reviews I have read and the images from those like you who are doing stunning work with it.
Matthew
The Infinity looks to be a great little camera, from all the reviews I have read and the images from those like you who are doing stunning work with it.
Matthew
Apr 5, 2017 13:43:31 #
bwana wrote:
A clear cold night of imaging with the mono Infini... (show quote)
Great job Brian. I like the Flickr presentation you did.
Craig
Apr 5, 2017 19:15:38 #
Oknoder wrote:
Very cool images, make sure you keep your raw files. The only issue I can see is mild color mottling that can be correcting in PP. While looking through your Flicker folder, I love your Rosette image. You really should try doing a mosaic to get the full nebula.
The Infinity looks to be a great little camera, from all the reviews I have read and the images from those like you who are doing stunning work with it.
Matthew
The Infinity looks to be a great little camera, from all the reviews I have read and the images from those like you who are doing stunning work with it.
Matthew
The mottling you refer to (which is legitimate) was primarily due to the impact of the Aurora Borealis impacting each of the filter sessions in a different manner, to the point of ultimately shutting me down during M81-M82 imaging simply due to the brightness of the sky. Aurora "waves / clouds" show up faintly in a number of the final images.
I don't know about "stunning work" quite yet!? I'm still on a steep learning (relearning) curve with both the Infinity and mono image processing. But I don't think I could have chosen a camera system that is easier to use.
bwa
Apr 5, 2017 19:39:58 #
Yeah the northern lights are the bane of my existence. They either wreck a whole night of imaging, since my automation program isn't set up to cancel a session based on image quality, only on failure to guide.
On the flip side when I set up to image it specifically, it never shows. I have tried a few occasions using an app to predict it and have only gotten one night worth of keepers, sadly I wasn't planning for it so there was no composition with what I would deem a cool subject.
Which program do you use to process your images, I have used Pixinsight to eliminate this type of aberration, through various masks.
The amount of faint detail present in a system like the infinity is astoundingly high. Much higher than I would have expected.
Matthew
On the flip side when I set up to image it specifically, it never shows. I have tried a few occasions using an app to predict it and have only gotten one night worth of keepers, sadly I wasn't planning for it so there was no composition with what I would deem a cool subject.
Which program do you use to process your images, I have used Pixinsight to eliminate this type of aberration, through various masks.
The amount of faint detail present in a system like the infinity is astoundingly high. Much higher than I would have expected.
Matthew
Apr 5, 2017 20:57:34 #
Oknoder wrote:
Yeah the northern lights are the bane of my existe... (show quote)
I find http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/aurora-30-minute-forecast is pretty good a predicting good Auroras. I have several dozen Aurora imaging sessions I can thank for this site.
I use a combination of Lightroom and PixInsight for image processing. On occasions I also call upon ImagesPlus for star shape corrections and Photoshop for fine tuning. I also try not to overprocess. If there are clouds or Auroras or airplanes, they are simply unique items in the image for that imaging session... UFO's if you will.
I think the thing about the Infinity is I have no problem using 100% of full scale in a final image. With a number of other cameras I've found full scale is not very acceptable as a final result.
bwa
Apr 10, 2017 12:16:50 #
Albuqshutterbug wrote:
These are really nice!
Very well done.
I wonder if Sonny is starting to be tempted..
Jim
Very well done.
I wonder if Sonny is starting to be tempted..
Jim
I'm beyond tempted.
But I spent my inheritance...
It is good to see what the Infinity can do.
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