That's terrific, Matthew! Nicely done! I know what you mean about the post-processing. I'm such a noob at it that I have the feeling that there is much more that can be unpacked from the data I captured last night. I'm hoping for another shot at some new subs this evening.
PS... Nebulosity from Stark Labs is an $80 program, but it appears to have a fully functional demo. It might be a bit easier to use than DSS. I'm planning on downloading the trial and purchasing when I have the moola. It seems to be one of the programs that a lot of the Big Boys use and it runs on either Mac OR Windows, which is nice. Stark Labs also makes the (free) PHD Guiding, which is pretty much the standard. So purchasing Nebulosity is also sort of a way for saying "Thanks for keeping that excellent program free!" http://www.stark-labs.com/nebulosity.html On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 11:03 AM, Matthew Hunt <[email protected]> wrote: > Here's what I've got so far: > > https://abattoir5.com/picture.php?/710/category/25 > > This is with the K5 II, O-GPS1, and Tamron 70-200/2.8 at 70mm, f/3.5, > ISO 80, 12x120s. I stacked in DSS but didn't use comet mode as I > didn't see a lot of comet motion relative to the stars. I'm finding > the processing kind of challenging in terms of showing the tail and > preserving the colors, without making the stars look crunchy. > > I ended up cropping substantially. I should have shot with a longer > focal length, but I had trouble seeing anything other than the > Pleiades in Live View, so I was keeping the framing loose to make sure > I didn't lose the comet. > > On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 11:22 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. >> >> -- >> 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.
