Ahhh colour, yes. Any suggestions as to the approach on 140 segments are welcomed!
Quote:
Originally Posted by atalas
Wow! being able surfing around familiar and unfamiliar regions,zoom in,zoom out.... top stuff John.
Thank you! I am anticipating the rest of the segments will be grand as they go further south.
Quote:
Originally Posted by multiweb
Mammoth project. How did you handle the stitching of the panels and the distortion across such a large area? Did you use a wider field as a scaffold?
Photomerge in CS4/5. With careful preparation of each segment - orientation, levels, & curves so that the blend is seamless. Combining and blending on 64 segments took over 2 hours of CS4 processing time before the result appeared. Even with a a very powerful PC and lots of scratch disk and memory a lot of 0's and 1's are chugging away. Then I made a few individual adjustments to correct some incorrect blending. It's far from perfect. There are still some issues in this image that will be corrected when the rest of the segments get added.
Quote:
Originally Posted by gregbradley
A truly remakarble image and a great project.
The stitching and processing is superb, its seamless.
Very inspirational.
Greg.
Thank you Greg! I have lots of time and unlimited access to the remote, so why not! ;-)
(you are a bad influence...now I have to get myself an Epic Pro )
Hi Peter, I had one of the Epic Pros here on evaluation for a short time. Great little devices. Fabulous if you have a good sharp telephoto. Some of the best Gigapans are those that allow you to zoom in with little loss of detail.
Photomerge in CS4/5. With careful preparation of each segment - orientation, levels, & curves so that the blend is seamless. Combining and blending on 64 segments took over 2 hours of CS4 processing time before the result appeared. Even with a a very powerful PC and lots of scratch disk and memory a lot of 0's and 1's are chugging away. Then I made a few individual adjustments to correct some incorrect blending. It's far from perfect. There are still some issues in this image that will be corrected when the rest of the segments get added.
So you do all your star registration in PS with 4 corners stars one at a time? Sounds like hard yakka.
#!@$ this is getting good. It almost makes me wanna cry. Reminiscent (sort of) of a widefield DSLR shot zoomed right out, but as you keep going right in and, every, single, star is beautifully resolved. I can see enough DSO fields to keep me busy for years in there
#!@$ this is getting good. It almost makes me wanna cry. Reminiscent (sort of) of a widefield DSLR shot zoomed right out, but as you keep going right in and, every, single, star is beautifully resolved. I can see enough DSO fields to keep me busy for years in there
Hey, thank you Rob. I began again last night working on southern portions down around 16h, -50. Oh boy, there are many hours more work to do, now up to 105 segments. But for now I am glad you are all enjoying the zooms. It's really nice to present full res. BTW, Gigapan seems to go more than 100% zoom, so IMO the stars tend to get soft at full zoom. No sharpening done to this mosaic, but it could benefit from a slight touch.
Great to have a swim around the area John. Spent a good twenty+ minutes studying the scene the other night. Marvellous image. I wont give you stick about adding colour data. Some people just don't look good wearing a purple sweater, and this image is one such example. Keep it monochrome for the sake of fantastic contrast and dynamic range. It also makes for a great cosmic 'roadmap' with so many areas of interest. Will be sure to visit again as you continue to chart new territory.
Great to have a swim around the area John. Spent a good twenty+ minutes studying the scene the other night. Marvellous image. I wont give you stick about adding colour data. Some people just don't look good wearing a purple sweater, and this image is one such example. Keep it monochrome for the sake of fantastic contrast and dynamic range. It also makes for a great cosmic 'roadmap' with so many areas of interest. Will be sure to visit again as you continue to chart new territory.
Hi Jase, Thank you for the comments. I'm a monochrome nut, so I do indeed appreciate it when someone else recognizes the beauty of contrast and tones.
)
great stuff 
