Yes excellent photo Phil! The prominences are nice and clear and sharp! Congrats on the APOD.
I need to process mine too still. Any tips or suggestions on how? Will have to do some reading up I reckon.
All I've realised so far Wayne is that I have a lot to learn about processing corona images! Mine are compromised by high cloud but there is some data in there that I've just got to learn how to get out.
Russell Brown from Adobe has made the attached composite from my images. It's a Smart Image stack in Photoshop with 'mean' blending mode. Haven't tried that myself yet but he's going to be demonstrating the technique in some Adobe seminars this week..
I agree 100%. I was lucky enough to see first hand the effort and dedication required to get this image.
Attached is a snap of Phil (on the left) hard at work on the morning of the eclipse....
It was a great spot and an unbelievable experience.
James
All I've realised so far Wayne is that I have a lot to learn about processing corona images! Mine are compromised by high cloud but there is some data in there that I've just got to learn how to get out.
Russell Brown from Adobe has made the attached composite from my images. It's a Smart Image stack in Photoshop with 'mean' blending mode. Haven't tried that myself yet but he's going to be demonstrating the technique in some Adobe seminars this week..
Phil
Your outer corona is very well defined. I have to go through all my images and see how much outer I can get. I have several that I thought were over blown but in fact contain data that I did not include in the original compilation. Might I suggest using selective sharpening for your inner coroner?
Hindsight is a stern teacher,a few more km's would have paid off and eliminated the few clouds we had .However I was talking to the bloke on the plane who stayed in Cairns and saw zilch!!Your shot is epic and I would be proud to hang it on my wall !!
Congrats on the APOD, Phil, and the images too! We must have driven past you. My wife and I were with a bunch of people in a paddock about 20km further on.
That's an incredibly sharp image Phil, congratulations!
The composite you posted is also very cool. I'm always amazed at how awesome corona composites look, even with just a couple of exposures.
Another step you can try, is to radially blur the corona, subtract it from the original composite, stretch/sharpen the result, and then "overlay/multiply" it on the original (try varying the opacities etc for optimum results). That will exaggerate the fine structure of the corona.
Thanks Dave, Shah, Petra, Marc, Zubenel, Al, jjjnettie and more..
Sorry I was processing images rather than at the IIS after party to meet some of you. That is one of my regrets! Two minutes and one afternoon is too short!
