[Hagar (Doug)]

[quote=Peter Ward;287395]From my short time on ISS, I have to say it is an very enthusiastic group, polite, but often not very critical. By critical I am not suggesting you go around calling someone a boof-head!

When I look at a deep sky image the things I like to see are, excellent focus (this is the one thing you can nail every time), excellent tracking (i.e. round stars) accurate colour balance.
There are other aspects, but for now the above three really are essential to a good image.


Hi Peter, Just reading your initial statement again (This has definitly gone off track) I notice you say we are not very critical and items such as round well tracked stars and excelent focus. This to some extent may be true but to some degree you are missing your own point. Most of us here are fairly new to imaging and rely on people such as yourself for constructive criticism. I would be most helpful if the likes of yourself were to actively criticise but also to give some pointers or ideas on how these faults can be fixed.
I for one have been trying very hard to produce good images. I have spent many sleepless hours attempting to get tracking and guiding correct. Focus is also a problem I have spent hours working on. I am now starting to produce reasonable images (fantastic for me) but from a semi professional view point probably quite poor.

I think the views and almost war scene in this thread are based on these facts.
1. We can't all afford the pro type setup.
2. We are all trying very hard to achieve our best.
3. We are all very proud of our improvement.
4. We find it dificult to get real help with the problems listed above.
5. Equipment is expensive and even the semi pro dealers such as yourself don't provide sufficient information or advise on equipment.
Most of us have equipment bought from retailers tha now lives in a box and will probably never be used again because it is not suitable for our equipment.
6. A lot of passed on knowledge on sites like this is from someone who knows as little as you do.

Peter it is pleasing to get criticism but please attempt to assist with a fix or some ideas of a fix.

To turn a thread like this into a war is of no benifit to anyone and some look back a previous posts could give some ideas as to why this has happened.

The knowledge you possess is what most of us are after. Please don't just be critical but try to help as well.