Thanks Matthew. Yes, I used the Comet mode and tried to preserve both stars and comet (most processing time). First time I had tried that. You should have something GOOD with that much integrated exposure time. Looking forward to seeing it!
On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 10:11 PM, Matthew Hunt <[email protected]> wrote: > Nice work. My darks are firing now... we had an unexpectedly clear > (and relatively warm) evening so I gave it a shot. Something like 12 x > 120s, O-GPS1 Astrotracer, Tamron 70-200mm f/2.8 at 70mm f/3.5. We'll > see how it turns out. > > Did you use the comet-stacking mode in DSS? I've never needed it, but > I may try it out if I see comet blurring tonight. > > On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 10:06 PM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/16303458981/ >> >> This image is the result of using my Tokina AT-X 90mm f2.5 Macro on a >> decidely non-macro subject this evening. I took several images and >> stacked them using DeepSkyStacker and then did some more messing in >> Photoshop with the resulting TIF. I lowered the contrast to pick up >> the tail (which, unless it is just my wishful thinking/imagination, >> can be seen all the way back to nearly beneath the Pleiades)! >> >> Most of the images were 30 seconds or less at different ISOs and the >> camera and lens were mounted on a (roughly) polar-aligned Vixen >> Polarie for tracking during the exposures. >> >> -- >> Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
