cloudbuster

Hi everyone....i do hope that you are all ok during this heatwave!

So, I took this image of the moon rising last week over bristol. I have a mid priced sony bridge camera, which in the main i love, but for some reason when i zoom right out, this image gets pixelated (if this is what it is). mid range and closeup....no problems, but at the high end zoom range, this! anyhow, i was wondering if anti noise software, such as noise ninja might smooth things out a little (assuming Noise ninja is still available....if not then can someone kindly advise me as to what might improve things.....i currently have photoshop elements and pixinsight).

Anyhow, hoping very much that someone can help?

Kind regards

Bob

Hi everyone.

I'm just re-processing some of my old DSO images, that have in their mist, the odd dust bunny or two...

Can someone tell me, how to get rid of them using photoshop elements curves? I once knew how to do this, but have lost the touch!

Cheers

Bob

13 hours ago, Skipper Billy said:

More than one way to skin a cat 😉 

 

Love it Billy!!!!

thanx for all your help and processes peops....i've settled on this one tho...

my first effort peops...

No Carole...it is brilliant! will have a go myself after a cuppa!

cheers

bob

Ps I do hope you are keeping well Carole...it's been a long time since we last spoke!

42 minutes ago, Elp said:

Such a thing is quite difficult. What I would try is find an area in the photo which has a similar background feature, you have two free archways on that side of the building, select and area with rectangular or freehand lasso/marquee selection, copy and paste over the sign area onto a new layer above the original. Then scale/skew until the perspective matches the original layer. You might have to do this a few times until you've completely covered the sign. Then adjust the colours on each until they match, you might have to manually paint or feather the edge of each layer (or apply on a mask layer) so they blend better with the original.

The lit side of the building has the possibility of selecting the whole feature you need to replace, which could be used if you flip mirror the copied area, and can adjust the colours to match the dark side of the building.

Using the clone tool for this will be difficult.

thanx so much Carole and Elp...that is greatly appreciated...will let you know how i get on!

cheers

bob

Hi everyone...Help needed Please! though not sure if this is the correct place for this thread.

Anyhow, in the bottom left third of this image of Bristol's famous granary building, is a 'to let' sign, and yes you are right, it needs to be gotten rid of!

How can I go about doing this in photoshop elements please? I know very little about cloning or otherwise...

Thanks in anticipation of your guidance....

cheers,

bob

thats better than ive seen published elsewhere...well done you!

Hi Everyone!

So I gave up doing DSO imaging a few years back, but have recently re-processed a couple of oldie DSO's as a bit of fun....hope you like and as ever, comments welcome.

Cheers

Bob

BINGO.....thanku very much!

cheers

bob

11 minutes ago, Elp said:

Can you use layers in elements? If so and the software can, you'd select the black on the frame image, delete it or paint it black on a layer mask so it's not visible, then copy the whole image and paste on top of the other, the white frame should be visible and the black gone, blend mode normal.

Oooowh thanx!....will give it a whirl!

cheers

Hi Everyone!

Your expertise is needed please?

I have Photoshop elements, and want to know how i go about blending the attached border and image? sorry ive not rotated the border through 90%....but you get the idea...

Any help would be graciously appreciated....

cheers

Bob

airbus a380 and eclipse....wow!

Welcome back Ron I hope you are in better health and I think we have all missed you as well cheers Bob

4 hours ago, Shimrod said:

He should just be able to press the start/stop button to the right of the viewer. It's worth checking that he has not moved the switch to the red 'video' mode. In this setting the start/stop button acts as the control for shooting video on the camera. 

There is also a menu option 'Live View Shoot' which has an option of enable and disable. On my 7d mk2 this is in the first set of menus as indicated by the camera icon. If this is set to disable then the start/stop button will have no effect. I assume the same menu option is available in the 7d.

Thanx Shimrod....appreciated Muchos! i shall let my friend know!

cheers

bob

Canon EOS 7D Live view Help Needed Please....

Hi Everyone! Please can you help?

My friend has a Canon 7D, but after somehow switching it off, is unable to know how to activate the live view!

Please can one of you good peops tell us how to switch it on?

Kind regards

Bob

1 hour ago, newbie alert said:

I don't use noise reduction personally but Topaz has a de noise package

Many thanx...will look into it.

cheers

Bob

Noise reduction Help Needed Please

Hi Everyone!

Please is there any noise reduction software available that would reduce the noise in this 400asa image of the moon? In the past i would of used noise ninja, but i understand that this is no longer available?

Kind regards

Bob

8 hours ago, Rusted said:

Well done.

A difficult subject to pull off successfully but you managed it with "flying colours." 
Both subjects are at different distances and finding best focus quite a challenge. 
"Infinity" only applies with short focus lenses.

I would have stopped the lens right down [for maximum depth of field] and hoped to avoid camera shake.
Any handy surface can be used to steady the camera if a tripod is not available.
Aligning the wind vane with the moon is not one of those things you can plan in advance.
Lamp posts, sign posts and street furniture can help sometimes.
What are the chances of anything useful coinciding with such an alignment?

Thanks rusted for your reply why yes it was very difficult to frame accurately as the slightest wobble on the tripod would lose the composition also the lighter the sky got the more or I was losing the moon as it was fading fast.

please can somebody help me? I am a bit rusty at processing...

How do i both launch and use noise ninja in photoshop?

cheers

Bob

Hi Everyone...Hope you are all keeping well?

Please find attached a picture which I took last year, but which I have only just processed.

A fast setting moon, fading into the early morning light, and a weather vane on Spike Island Bristol.

640th sec P f6.3 400asa 7.6.20

Please let me know what you think?

Kind regards

Bob

9 minutes ago, michael8554 said:

Hi Bob 

gallery2021@astronomynow.com

Good luck, you don't seem to have a 20" RC, a Paramount, a 64Mpixel camera, and a foreign location ......... 😆

Michael

thanks Mike....appreciated muchos!

Hi All.

could someone kindly let me know the Astronomy Now email address for picture submissions?

would be most grateful 

kind regards

bob

1 hour ago, barkis said:

Much obliged for your posts guys.  I'm thankful that Covid has had no direct influence on my health issues, the wife and I have been careful to observe the behaviour necessary to lesson the risks of contact with this awful virus. Let's hope  we see the end of the nightmare soon.

Ron.

 

 

Welcome back ron!