The day before the image after, 15th Dec

[Luke]

I am jumping all over the place with my processing at the mo, this white light disc is from the day before my last image   I am not attempting time travel, the method in my madness is that I have a few processing things I am playing with so am picking on images I want to try those things on. Need to get back to some of my ED120 and Quark shots soon but gotta try some processing stuff on lunar next! Thanks for looking! Luke

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15th December, 2014

Tele Vue 60, Lunt 1.25" Herschel Wedge, 1.6x Barlow, Solar Continuum filter, UV/IR cut filter, Grasshopper 3 (ICX687) camera

[Davey-T]

Nice spotty day, what are you trying out ?

In view of the prevailing weather I took my Quark scope off the mount today to fit motorised focuser then couldn't find the spindle reducer and I've lost the grub screw out of one of the wheels LOL, had to reorder, hope they come before Christmas

Dave

[Luke]

Thanks, Dave. I am trying to preserve a bit more detail/lighter shades in the umbra (I blame Montana for this! Does the processing journey ever end?) Then for lunar I want to tinker around with the Shadows/Highlights adjustment in Photoshop to try and bring out more detail in shadows, sort of related, as I think I actually understand those controls now!! But am missing processing the Quark & 120 shots. Patience, I must have. I must unlearn what I have learned. I blame Yoda for that  

[Pete Presland]

looking nice, plenty of detail showing.

[Davey-T]

. Patience, I must have.

Yes young Luke, just don't try doing it with your eyes shut

Dave

[Iainp]

Niiiiice! I'm still trying to emulate your colour palette. 

[Steve Ward]

Superbly caught squire ... 

[Stardust]

Very nicely done, love the colour and the fine details

[David Smith]

Great shot Luke. Be sure to let us know when you figure out time travel.

[Montana]

That's a beauty!! :)

I have loads of processing to try out over Christmas too, so I'm hoping for rainy days to do this, but then I am hoping for sunny days to try out observing at my Mum's, which do I want?

Alexandra

[DrRobin]

Nice one Luke.  Forget Yoda and Darth, that will just lead to war [over the stars].

Alexandra - Sun, Sun, Sun, that is what we want over Xmas.  It can snow and rain when we have gone back to work.

Robin

[Luke]

Thanks, folks!

David, you'll know when I can time travel because I will have an 8 inch frac and a Sports Almanac

Alexandra, +1 for sunny days! [Checks Steve is not about] There will be lots of time for processing gymnastics during the minimum