Thanks, Darren. I'll have to take a look at the Nebulosity demo. Good luck tonight--if the skies are clear, I look forward to seeing your new results.
On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 12:10 PM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. -- 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.
