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Originally Posted by JohnG
Another beautiful photo, Jase, I will have to borrow some of that patience off you  .
Cheers
John G |
Cheers John. Appreciate the kind words
Waiting for some more ST4k posts...
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Originally Posted by leon
Totally agree, yea It's not bad, I suppose,  , sorry Jase just fooling around, seriously now, it is a beauty, you seem to paint master pieces each and every time, some very professional work indeed. 
Leon  |
Thanks Leon. Nothing like a bit of processing to soothe the soul (or stress you out and leave you scratching your head as to why it turned out like so!).
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Originally Posted by richardo
Hey Jase,
excellent image considering how low it would be in your sky.
Here it doesn't even get a look in, down below the horri.
For the time invested you sure pulled some nice detail out.
Lovely colour and an almost silky appearance to the overal galaxy.
This is one of my favourite galaxies the northerners have.... swines!.
I'd love to get onto some of those in Draco and Ursa Major, but we do have Eta and Omega, plus many others they can't get to 
Ah ha, so that's what you're up to.... getting pro prints done.
Sure beats the crap out of my A4 Glossy PP on a $65.00 Canon printer I send off 
Seriously, with some of the stuff you've been doing, considering you don't own an Astronomy shop with all the go gear  , , surely that will raise David M's eye brows.
All the best Jase
Rich |
Hi Rich,
Thanks for the comments. It was taken remotely from the pristine dark skies of New Mexico in the US. No way could I collect it down south. I think the layer masks for noise control worked reasonably well on this target. Something different to the usual two step approach I do - heavy noise reduction on background, then a lighter one over the entire image so the background gets two iterations.
Yes, the fine art prints were done on a Canon 44" 12 colour pigment printer - spells expensive. The prints were down scaled to meet the CWAS size requirements. I spent a lot on digital proofing the work to ensure the colours were right, even though the RIP was quite accurate at converting Adobe RGB to CMYK profiles - I didn't trust it! The colour representation isn't perfect, but close. I'm reasonably happy with the results. I may upload the reprocessed panel being present on the website in due time.
A few of the digital proofs I have were glossy. I don't like the finish for astrophotos (my opinion). Matte or satin is my preference.
Not sure if I'll get a "look in" this year. There was plenty of great images last year. I didn't enter last year as my work in my opinion was sub optimal. Nearly didn't enter this year for the same reason. I know I can do better. Thanks again Rich. Look forward to seeing your entries.
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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
Very nice indeed Jase. You really are acumulating a nice selection of images from all over the sky
Mike |
Cheers Mike. Yes, the collection is progressively growing. No Messier imaging marathon, but some interesting targets none the less. Thanks again.
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Originally Posted by Alchemy
link not responding 8.21 am Wednesday 21st.
i will come back later.
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Sorry Clive. Web hosting provider grief. It appears to be now back online. This was not related to the mySQL problem earlier, just coincidental.
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Thanks all.