My my my Corona....

[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by jjjnettie

We are our own worst critics.
I understand where you're coming from, but I beg to differ.

I did a repro with additional data (after finding a cunning way to register the frames more quickly). It has a bit more detail but it's not as subtle. I can't decide if it is better or not

[ozstronomer (Geoff)]

Rick

Sorry I missed this one, I'd be happy with either as both are sensational,really well done

[multiweb (Marc)]

Superb blend. Really cool.

[RickS (Rick)]

Thanks, Geoff & Marc!

[ChrisM]

Rick - that looks almost surreal - a bit like a cloth with folds. Anyway - a great result from you and your gear. I too would welcome more detail on how you did that in PI.

Chris

[Jen]

Haha rick I'm glad I wasn't the only one singing this every time I looked at eclipse pics nice shots by the way

[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by Jen

Haha rick I'm glad I wasn't the only one singing this every time I looked at eclipse pics nice shots by the way

Thanks, Jen

Originally Posted by ChrisM

Rick - that looks almost surreal - a bit like a cloth with folds. Anyway - a great result from you and your gear. I too would welcome more detail on how you did that in PI.

Chris

Thanks, Chris.

The only major change I made to my initial processing (which is described in an earlier post) for the second version of the image was that instead of manually registering my summed images in Photoshop, I calculated the X and Y shift between the first and last image by registering them manually in Photoshop and counting pixels. Then, using the timestamp information from the EXIF data I interpolated the delta X and Y for each intermediate image and did a transformation with PixelMath. That allowed me to register the images more quickly so i was able to include all of my data.

I have a couple more ideas to try. Once I'm finished playing I will try to write up my workflow in a bit more detail.

Cheers,
Rick.

[firstlight (Tony)]

You have captured quite a lot of subtle interaction in the corona. very nice smooth work.

[RickS (Rick)]

Thanks, Tony.