I desaturated and inverted it to see if I was imagining things: https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7504/16304702892_377661408b_o.jpg
(also cropped slightly), On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 10:22 PM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. -- 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.
