Quote:
Originally Posted by jase
I see you haven’t lost that dinner party chef apologetic attitude.  If the weather is as bad as you indicate, its time to relocate again.  I’m afraid having an observatory doesn’t push the clouds away – does make imaging easier though.
Your image is developing fine structure, work its way up into something grand. To be honest, I was hoping not to see any further developments until you added the chrominance data. You need to work on building the suspense and amazement so when you post your final LHaRGB image you deliver an almighty WOW factor. So… don’t leave us flapp’n in the breeze with entrée dishes for too long. Looking forward to tasting the main course when you feel it is appropriately cooked.  |
Ah Jase, love your honesty man but building suspense and then anouncing a suposed "grand" image is just not my style...I'm too impatient. Sure RJ Gabany likes to do this, spending eons processing an image until it is just right then releasing it to the SBIG list and the WORLD with an acompanying irrelevent but colourful prose... but please, he is a one of a kind and any attempt to model one's self on him (and a couple have tried) becomes very obvious and a tad pathetic IMO, somehow he gets away with it..? He is a genuine nice guy though and I enjoy his unique style very much.
I'm affraid that I usually just don't have the patience to wait for perfection to share my work with my fellow imagers. I am not out to only post perfect images, truly, I just want to share my experiences with like minded people even if my latest image isn't a masterpiece.
The trouble invloved in setting up and pulling down a complete imaging system each night is just not an attractive option, this is probably why I notice my new fickle weather and seeing conditions more than most
. Bet you wouldn't look forward to setting this kit up each night you wanted to image...
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/81003751
..only for high cloud and bad seeing to taunt you?
The massive benefit of an observatory, particularly in a fickle weather environment like Newcastle, is that you can duck out when there is a clear spell and be up and running in minutes to quickly grab a bit of data and then do this over a couple of nights and hey presto a long exposure image! So please cut me some slack
and just humour me
...lest I go
I wish I had not been exposed to the superior and more stable climate of Canberra becasue then I wouldn't know any different
Cheers big ears and I'll put together a decent long (ish) exposure eventually I am sure....
Mike