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Wain Wath Force, Swaledale. A tad chilly. An awesome experience! 8 x 10s, iso2500, f2.5 sky 5 x 10s, iso 800, f4 foreground (light painted, ambient stack is soo flat). Canon 6D MkII, Sigma 24mm. LR, Sequator and PS. Still faffing with colours across different devices. Click time. Cheers Paul.
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Dusty Cocoon - RASA/Starless and question about artefacts...
clarkpm4242 replied to clarkpm4242's topic in Imaging - Deep Sky
Neither did I! Amazing what the starless processing enables. I may have introduced a new deep and dusty target. Thanks Paul -
Like many I've been revisiting old data to exploit starless processing. This is from 2 years ago. The Cocoon rendered for the dust..! May revisit with more data and flats. 40 x 120s lights. RASA 8 and ASI2600 MC. DSS and PS. This is as far as I pushed it, you can see the chess/checkerboard artefacts appearing. I've included an overdone starless version. Does anyone know what causes this?? Thank you, Paul.
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Beautiful @ollypenrice! What is the exposure info? I am keen to redo M45 with my RASA 8/ ASI2600 combo. Thank you. Paul
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Elan Valley...
clarkpm4242 replied to clarkpm4242's topic in Imaging - Widefield, Special Events and Comets
Yes, this one @davew ! Decided on a small reprocess and to crop out a big distorted Mars. About a five hour journey. Have been well over a dozen times. It is a middle point for a loose group of astro friends. I love it! Can be a tad wet, plenty of opportunity for reflections! Well worth a visit for a combination of day and night activities. Is darker than Yorkshire Dales. Forgot to mention the Twix, Yorkie and Double Decker consumption Paul -
...astro weekend. A mix of images taken between clouds, fog and rain. A light painted Nantgwyllt Church: early evening and a new wood sculpture. Finally the Garreg Ddu dam/reservior (ambient light). All Canon 6D MkII and Sigma 24mm. Combination of Lightroom, Sequator and Photoshop. Cheers, Paul. (much better when clicked...)
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I do like the new NGC891 and cluster pic. I am still experimenting with Star/NoiseXterminator combo. Usually duplicate the star layer (colour dodge blend) to get a greater star presence and haven't got the noise reduction balance sorted yet. Sometimes its just too smooth... ...starless processing is a revolution, especially with the RASA 8! Cheers, Paul.
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Early to bed and 01.00 alarm to grab available clear and moonless sky this morning. 65 x 120s, plus flats. RASA 8 and ASI2600 MC. Deep Sky Stacker and Photoshop with full suite of Russell Croman plugins. Happy with this. Paul.
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Had my RoR observatory for 2 years now. Still very, very pleased. Paul.
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Monday night. Clouds just cleared enough as the moon rose. SIngle sky, 5 lit foreground. Combined through lighten blend mode layers in Photoshop. Canon 6D MkII, Sigma 24mm. Mallerstang. Cheers, Paul.
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Aurora possible on camera this weekend for Northern UK
clarkpm4242 replied to Shimrod's topic in Celestial Events Heads Up
About 23.15 Sunday evening from Swaledale, N. Yorkshire. Obvious coloured beams as I turned off the car lights. had eased off by the time I got the camera set up... ...processed for impact. The colour was very pale. Paul. P.S. I see the video can be downloaded.... Project 4 avi.avi- 12 replies
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Kelling fish pond.
clarkpm4242 replied to davew's topic in Imaging - Widefield, Special Events and Comets
The Nikon Z6 does well with ambient foregrounds, in the right hands. My Canon has an iso-variant sensor and is one of the reasons for the light painting I'm doing. Hope you get more opportunities this season! Paul -
...in remote Weardale last Saturday. Weather forecast was good for ~4 hours so made the effort to get away from my local patch. This is the result of the only clear spell (10 mins) at the onset of dark... ...composition was somewhat rushed! Sky 8 x 10s, f2.5, iso2500, single light painted foreground 13s, f3.5, iso1600. Stacked in Sequator and combined using lighten blend mode in Photoshop. Cheers, Paul. P.S. Click...
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Sagitta and Vulpecula...
clarkpm4242 replied to clarkpm4242's topic in Imaging - Widefield, Special Events and Comets
Hi, the standard version with PEC playback running. -
The Plough...
clarkpm4242 replied to clarkpm4242's topic in Imaging - Widefield, Special Events and Comets
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...a.k.a. Big Dipper glows through clouds above Old Gang Smelt Mill. Last Friday. Single sky image. ~6 light painted foreground. Canon 6D MKII, Sigma 24mm. Photoshop layers, layer masks and lighten blend mode to combine images. The clouds really make the asterism stand out. Cheers, Paul.
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A Castle and a River...
clarkpm4242 posted a topic in Imaging - Widefield, Special Events and Comets
...two from August 30th. Both using static tripod and Sequator for stacking sky exposures blended with light painted foreground exposures in Photoshop. Pendragon Castle, bit of an ordeal as there is a big ditch/moat to navigate. The rock beds on the River Swale...composition hasn't really worked however it was fantastic in the middle of the flowing water under the stars Paul PS Canon 6D MkII, Sigma 24mm. Clicks for optimum viewing.- 5 replies
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10 min gap in the clouds. Single sky, ~5 light painted foreground. LR and PS. Canon 6D MkII and Sigma 24mm. Cheers, Paul.
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