gbeal
27-05-2006, 10:24 AM
A while since I have posted anything here so decided to sort this out.
Along with the less than ideal weather I have been experiencing some difficulty with getting what I wanted with Jupiter imaging. I think it is part technique, and part expectation. Jupiter IS difficult, but equally when I started three or four years ago there was no expectation, and certainly little to benchmark against. Now there is, and most is better than what the professionals were getting those three or four years ago.
So, with all this in mind I set about capturing a series of AVI's. As there was a transit and shadow transit occuring I decided to shoot a series starting at about 9:00 o'clock local time and finishing at about 11:30 local (2100 - 2330).
These AVI's were about 600 frames, and shot at 5 minute intervals. OK, I can hear you whinning "that's a lot of footage", and yes it was. The seeing came and went, mostly went. The idea behind capturing such a large amount was to produce an animation. This animation can be seen at my site, www.2fdesign.co.nz/zeissnut Once into the site, seek out the "Pictures" and then the "Animations". There is actually two animations, and the one from the other night (17th May) is "New Jupiter Animation".
You will now see how I mean "came and went".
I am reasonably happy with this latest string, but just wish the seeing had been better all the way through.
The second part of this posting is to show how a master at processing can change the finished result. In processing this heap of footage I selected a few of the better ones, and was happyish with the results. I decided to send a few of the raw AVI's across to Mike and see what he could extract. Two of these are below. I was blown away by the dfference. Mine is also attached. Mike has indicated he will be preparing a tutorial on how to, so I am eagerly looking forward to this.
Bottom line is get out there and capture, and then hope for decent seeing.
Gary
Along with the less than ideal weather I have been experiencing some difficulty with getting what I wanted with Jupiter imaging. I think it is part technique, and part expectation. Jupiter IS difficult, but equally when I started three or four years ago there was no expectation, and certainly little to benchmark against. Now there is, and most is better than what the professionals were getting those three or four years ago.
So, with all this in mind I set about capturing a series of AVI's. As there was a transit and shadow transit occuring I decided to shoot a series starting at about 9:00 o'clock local time and finishing at about 11:30 local (2100 - 2330).
These AVI's were about 600 frames, and shot at 5 minute intervals. OK, I can hear you whinning "that's a lot of footage", and yes it was. The seeing came and went, mostly went. The idea behind capturing such a large amount was to produce an animation. This animation can be seen at my site, www.2fdesign.co.nz/zeissnut Once into the site, seek out the "Pictures" and then the "Animations". There is actually two animations, and the one from the other night (17th May) is "New Jupiter Animation".
You will now see how I mean "came and went".
I am reasonably happy with this latest string, but just wish the seeing had been better all the way through.
The second part of this posting is to show how a master at processing can change the finished result. In processing this heap of footage I selected a few of the better ones, and was happyish with the results. I decided to send a few of the raw AVI's across to Mike and see what he could extract. Two of these are below. I was blown away by the dfference. Mine is also attached. Mike has indicated he will be preparing a tutorial on how to, so I am eagerly looking forward to this.
Bottom line is get out there and capture, and then hope for decent seeing.
Gary