Peter Shah in the Metro

[Space Bat]

sorry i know this thread must be getting tired now but i had to share this email i got

You sir are a liar, brilliant idea of yours to edit hubble pictures to

make them look a tad more amateurish.

On the horse head it is actually the same picture as the hubble, it is

slightly rotated a few color and constrast adjustments and voila...

otherwise how can you explain that none of the picture elements look

different, the shape of the horsehead, the nebula "smoke" etc... surely

this would have moved a little in between the two pictures would have

been taken.

Thanks for your attention,

Franz Kruhm

i did send him a reply thanking him for his comments. but for some reason i cant find it in my sent box

Only thing missing was a slap in the face with a glove and requesting satisfaction........

"smoke"

Without being flippant to mister Kruhm - I probably would have answered along the lines 'I don't own a black and white camera'

[NickH]

I'd have just sent him a defamation/slander letter... :-), but then...that's me

[AndyH]

sorry i know this thread must be getting tired now but i had to share this email i got

You sir are a liar, brilliant idea of yours to edit hubble pictures to

make them look a tad more amateurish.

On the horse head it is actually the same picture as the hubble, it is

slightly rotated a few color and constrast adjustments and voila...

otherwise how can you explain that none of the picture elements look

different, the shape of the horsehead, the nebula "smoke" etc... surely

this would have moved a little in between the two pictures would have

been taken.

Thanks for your attention,

Franz Kruhm

i did send him a reply thanking him for his comments. but for some reason i cant find it in my sent box

To use a local phrase.

'Whit a bawbag'

Deary deary me

Andy.

[rblunden]

My wife spotted you on tonight's ITV Wales news. Congratulations from a local from Llanfihangel.

[peter shah]

Thanks roger, your only down the road from me!

it was quite funny, they came over spent 2hours filming and i got 2mins of air time....but thats tv! i love the way the presenter said ive been taking pictures of the planets....

[Beulah]

i love the way the presenter said ive been taking pictures of the planets....

Sounds like they think it's like...point and click....

[yesyes]

didn't they ask you to demonstrate quickly how you do it?

[NickH]

what , you mean the steps Peter really uses...cus he's only reposting Hubble images?

HubbleSite -- Out of the ordinary...out of this world.

CTRL + C/Right click Save image as "Peter-HST1.JPG"

Launch Photoshop

CTRL + V

unsharp mask

about 10 seconds innit?

:-)

[yesyes]

LOL, but you have to be careful not to use an image of a southern hemisphere object ... ;-)

Besides, does your photoshop start up so quickly? For me it takes more than 10 sec to start photoshop alone.

[NickH]

On the multi core machines in work, it's pretty fast :-)

[laser_jock99]

Seeing Peter's photo's in the press has spurred me on to try and start my observatory project. As I don't live too far away from Meifod I'll be interested to see what results I eventually get.

[peter shah]

Seeing Peter's photo's in the press has spurred me on to try and start my observatory project. As I don't live too far away from Meifod I'll be interested to see what results I eventually get.

i think you have slightly darker skies than my location