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clarkpm4242

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  1. This is a fake. The sky is from a session last Thursday. The foreground a phone pic on a walk this morning. The night sky would appear like that from that location however, I wasn't there Outrageous behaviour! Paul
  2. Thanks @FenlandPaul nature will sort the landscape... Orion will need some tracked sky me thinks...
  3. Cow'us - cow house is the local dialect for an old field barn. The last of the summer Milky Way nightscapes for this season. 8 x 8s, f2.2, iso 2500 sky, multiple 6s, f4, iso800 for lit foreground. LR, Sequator and PS. Planned a landscape composition with the river however, cloud cover and topography got in the way. Cheers, Paul.
  4. ...just had to try these. What a contrasting pair! 72 x 300s, RASA 8, ASI2600MC, IDAS NBZ filter, DSS and PS (StarXterminator & GradientXterminator). Northern Yorkshire Dales. Need to revisit after some sleep! A bit faint. Paul
  5. Giving the plugin a trial on PS. 13 x 5 mins, RASA 8, ASI2600MC, NBZ filter. Interesting colour palette...blown it in a couple of places. Cheers, Paul.
  6. Hi I've been revisiting old data to try out the new StarXterminator plugin for Photoshop. I have a grid appearing on some of the images. This did *not* appear without the plugin. Have browsed and not really come up with a definitive answer. Especially on how to avoid and fix in post. The original stack didn't have darks or flats. Starless version and previous version processed without StarXterminator attached. Any thoughts?? Thanks in anticipation. Paul.
  7. Definitely a strawberry! Very, very much improved. I'll be trying out the StarXterminator plugin. Thanks for leading the way. Paul
  8. I wish I had taken that! Just up my street. The best of yours that I can remember Paul (though memory is wanting). Nice composition, balance, execution. Magic Definitely needs a click! Suggestions, something I do. Leave it a few days and come back to it, you may want to change something, maybe not.
  9. Hi all I have the standard AstroZap flexible shield on my RASA. I will be checking the next clear spell however, has anyone noticed vignetting due to the shield length and fast scope? Thanks, Paul. @tomato @gorann @ollypenrice
  10. ...set the alarm to get up and check repaired mount. Excellent FLO service. 25 at 120s, 30s and 10s. DSS and PS. RASA 8 and ASI2600MC. Soft and dusty? Paul
  11. @Zummerzet_Leveller I really like your reprocessed image!! Hopefully I can get similar improvements in some that I have taken. I find my first pass, often when tired are often disaapointing. Something to do on cloudy nights Cheers, Paul.
  12. @Knight of Clear Skies reassuringly similar to my approach to these things Hope you manage to get the s/w to play ball. Paul
  13. @FenlandPaul thank you Paul. I must get some prints/posters etc. sorted. Haven't really managed to get satisfactory results so far. Do you have any recommendations? Cheers, Paul.
  14. @Knight of Clear Skies That is very nicely done!! Smooth Are you able to give any pointers or an appropriate YouTube how to?? I have a 6D and 14mm Samyang... ...cheers, Paul.
  15. 2 pane Miky Way pano. Each 10 x 180s, f4.5, iso800. 2 darks each pane. DSS, MS ICE and PS. Canon 6D MkII, Sigma 24mm. Click and adjust screen brightness to suit. 58N, Bortle 1 sky. Paul
  16. ...02:30 ish Tuesday. Sky 3 x 30s tracked to tame the cloud movement f2.2 iso1600. Numerous light painted foreground 6s f5 iso800. LR, Sequator, PS. Cheers, Paul.
  17. ...less than 200 y.o. Bortle 1 sky at 58N. Sky 2 panes, tracked, each 6 x 120s iso800, f4.5. Foreground ~8 x 6s, f5.6, iso800 and light painting. Hoping for more clear sky! Paul
  18. Hi Paul. I fudge my way through whatever seems to work the best for a particular composition. I've tried the PS Sky replacement feature, worked great first time then not so since. Also just select sky. More fiddling with masks than I'd like. Just try to get the full set of raw images to work with. Sky only stack set, sky with ground stack set, painted ground set, unpainted, ambient light. This is the basic stacked sky and focus stacked foreground approach.
  19. Last night 20:30 - 22:30. Lime Kiln and internal of Old Gang Smelt Mill. Both 2 x 16 x 8s at F2.2 and iso2500 for sky. Approx 10 x 6s at f5 and iso800 lit foreground. Canon 6D MkII, SIgma 24mm. LR, Sequator, MS ICE and PS. A couple of sky bodges, Kiln image repositioned after camera movement, me kicking tripod. Smelt Mill sky taken outside building behind position for internal shots. Only half the frame used...zzz. A tad breezy but very nice to be out under the Mily Way. Paul PS click into for better view
  20. I'd keep an eye out for a used fast, wide angle prime lens e.g. https://www.wexphotovideo.com/used-dslr-lenses/#p=categoryPath%3A"used>used-dslr-lenses"&facet.multiselect=true&filter=CameraLensType_uFilter:"Standard Prime"&filter=CameraLensMount_uFilter:"Canon EF"&fields=&pagetype=boolean&rows=12&start=0&version=V2&viewType=LIST&facet.version=V2
  21. Stunning!! You must be delighted with the twin setup. Paul
  22. Thank you @gorann ! I've spent a few hours since my question and have got nearer your outcome. Still a little too magenta. Many thanks. Paul
  23. Emission nebulae and star forming regions in Cepheus. Another 'full moon' effort under a very clear sky. 4 hours -120 x 120s, RASA 8, ZWO ASI2600MC and IDAS NBZ dualband filter. DSS and PS. Still much to learn about processing!! Cheers, Paul. (edit - looks really poor on my phone...oh well)
  24. Hello @gorann a great image for the phase of the moon! I have just acquired 4 hours of data of the same area using a RASA 8, ASI2600MC and NBZ dualband filter. How do you process to get the colour? I have PS, I can see there is plenty of signal however I have a white/red image. Many thanks, Paul. (updated - I need to sleep on it! Also might be time to progress to PI..)
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