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anthony2302749
15-11-2005, 09:35 AM
Hi all

Here is my latest image of Mars taken on the morning of the 14th of November.

Lumenera LU075Colour, 10” f10 Meade LX200 Classic, 5x Barlow. 500 frames with StreamPix @15fps, Stacked and processed with Registax 3 & additional processing with Photoshop

Anthony
iceman
15-11-2005, 09:43 AM
Very nice Anthony, I think that's one of your best!
acropolite
15-11-2005, 09:59 AM
Nice Work Anthony.:D
davidpretorius
15-11-2005, 10:51 AM
What i like about this one is the overall colour. Very Very lifelike so to speak.

Great work!
anthony2302749
15-11-2005, 11:24 AM
Hi Iceman

Considering the number of times I have imaged Mars this year, probably about 20 times in 5 months, I agree with you that this is my best yet.

Anthony
Hitchhiker
15-11-2005, 12:53 PM
That's a great shot. Well done!
bird
15-11-2005, 01:33 PM
Hey Anthony, it looked to me like you could pull a bit more detail out of that image without damaging it too much - I had a go with Astra Image and the Gimp, let me knowif you prefer your original or my tweaked version.

regards, Bird
anthony2302749
15-11-2005, 03:15 PM
Hi Bird

I like your tweaked version better, how do you do it? I ask because processing is my weak point at the moment.

Anthony
bird
15-11-2005, 03:19 PM
- Loaded the image into Astra Image, then split into separate colour planes.
- Used LR deconvolution on the red plane, that seemed to give the best results
- Used ME deconvolution on green and blue, they have a lot more noise in them and ME
deconvolution can smooth that out a bit.
- recombined the planes to make a colour image, saved it.

- Load the new colour image into the Gimp and use the "levels" and "hue/saturation" controls
to adjust the colour until I get it where I like it.

regards, Bird
bird
15-11-2005, 03:21 PM
The SPC (south polar cap) shows up a little clearer in the tweaked version, it's very small at the moment cause it's midsummer on Mars.

Bird
anthony2302749
15-11-2005, 03:35 PM
Thanks Bird
anthony2302749
15-11-2005, 03:56 PM
Hi Bird

Here is a reprocess version of the image from the original TIF file. How is it looking.

Anthony
bird
15-11-2005, 04:36 PM
Lookin good to me...

Bird
davidpretorius
15-11-2005, 04:48 PM
yup!
asimov
15-11-2005, 05:33 PM
Great image!.....or should I say images, lol.
Robert_T
15-11-2005, 06:17 PM
Hi Anthony, well hasn't that sharpened up nicely and started to show a range of shades in the main features; I mean it was good to start with but amazing what a little extra processing can bring out! :thumbsup:
Striker
15-11-2005, 06:25 PM
Great work guys.....keep the team work up.
anthony2302749
15-11-2005, 08:10 PM
Hi all

Reprocess the whole AVI again. What do you think?

Anthony
RB
16-11-2005, 12:05 AM
Very nice image Anthony.

Love the image scale too.