ISS close up

[Stargazer Jack]

This is my second attempt I believe at trying to capture the station. My first go ended with a white blob with no detail due to not the best settings. After looking around more, I have managed to find some better settings although they still aren't the best. I can't remember the settings off the top of my head but will have a look tomorrow. This is just one of many other frames I have with some wavelets being used.

Any help would be fantastic and also feedback

[StarlightKnight]

Jack

My 2nd image wasn't half as good !

It would help if you could say what your settings were - I always take a screen shot, paste it into Paint & save it as tweaking the settings slightly is essential to improve the capture

Could you post one of the frames before the wavelets - preferably a full frame Tif if thats possible

I also wondered why the image was so blue ?

Don

[Stargazer Jack]

Hi Don,

I am a bit busy at the moment so I am unable to post the image and settings. I will try and do it tomorrow if I have some free time. Sorry for the delay

[SDM]

Hi Jack, That is an amazing shot. I'm currently try to find a way of tracking the station so no plans on using a camera just yet!

[Stargazer Jack]

Hi Don,

The settings used are as follows:

Brightness-55/100

Gamma-48/100

Gain-39/100

Shut-1/1500

FPS-30

Also, I am not sure why the image is slightly blue.

Hope this helps,

Jack

1187.tif

[StarlightKnight]

Jack

I've tried reprocessing the image but don't think I've improved it.

I think its worth experimenting with a higher gamma and lower gain - that usually tends to reduce the contrast which means that the fainter parts are not overwhelmed by the brighter parts - there's a lot of variation on the ISS - the radiators are always really bright whereas the solar panels and the rest of the body are much fainter.

hth

Don

[Stargazer Jack]

Thanks for that and I will try the settings when I do it again