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two shots on the bridge again...last time i attempt this place,(Didnt i say this last time ?) discovered the bridge isnt actually straight...think the local councils been done ;)
The Rosette nebula is one of my favorite targets. The shape and detail make it one of the most interesting deep sky objects in the northern hemisphere. Located in the constellation Monoceros, it also contain the open cluster NGC 2244. This cluster provides the solar radiation that is exciting the surrounding gas and causing the striking glow.
Takahashi FSQ-106
Software Bisque MyT
QSI 683WSG-8
Ha 18x30min
Sii 11x30min
Oiii 8x30min
Total Integration Time = 18.5hrs
Data from Deepskywest Remote Observatory
PI Workflow (each light):
Bias/Darks/Flats Cal
CC S2.5 / Star Alignment
LocalNormalization
Drizzle Integration
DBE
MMT Noise Reduction (Jon Rista method)
Deconvolution
Delinearize
LocalHistogramEqualization (150/1.5/0.5)
Curves (Sii and Oiii) to boost contrast
Pixel Math Medium Adjustment to Ha
SHO Combination
Invert/SCNR/Invert to remove Magenta
Luminance - Ha with only LocalHistogramEqualization and Curves (to preserve detail)
LRGBCombination (Lum / Chrominance NR)
Photoshop Workflow:
Selective Color - Tone Mapping
ColorEfex Pro (Detail Enhancer)
Burn tool (midtones) to darken edges
StarSpikes Pro (lightly to cleanup stars' shape)
This is the exact "Triple lignment" example with Super Blue Moon 2024.
From this particular Thread & Needle Spot, the Trans-America Pyramid Building Tip can be seen sitting inside the North Tower of Iconic Golden Gate Bridge. According to PlanIt App, there are only 4 times in 10 years that Full Moon cab be appeared to be link with the North Tower of the Bridge. 8/18/2024 was the 1st one in the next 10 years.
We were so lucky to have a clear sky when the supermoon was rising right at sunset. So this image can be taken in one shot with one expose.
Timelapse of this moonrise: youtu.be/XbnnCTpm6cM
We're being treated to a nice show in the night sky right now! From left to right, Mars, the the Galactic Center of the Milky Way, and Jupiter are all in alignment earlier in the night. Pluto and Saturn are in there too, but Pluto is too small to see, and Saturn is to the left and up from the Lagoon Nebula in the Galactic Center. It was dumb luck that I caught this scene, I was vaguely aware of the planetary alignment happening but I've been so busy with projects and preparing for teaching workshops that I had no idea I was going to capture such a beautiful sight until I was out shooting, so needless to say I was pleasantly surprised when I was able to get this composition of Mars and Jupiter flanking the Galactic Center!
Nikon D850, Nikon 14-24mm lens @ 14mm, f/2.8. The sky is a star stacked blend of 7 shots for low noise and pinpoint stars, stacked in Starry Landscape Stacker for macOS, but you can do this in Sequator for Windows (or other programs but those are the easiest for star stacking landscape astro images). The 7 shots were each at ISO 6400, 10 seconds. The foreground is from a 20 second shot taken less than 2 minutes before I took the exposures for the sky. The tide was going out and on the mudflats it goes out really fast, so the 20 second shot had more water in the foreground on the mudflats, so the reflection of the stars was better, and it was also a sharp reflection since the star stacking was just for the sky, so the star reflections in the water were not aligned with each other and thus blurred in the stacking. I could have done a separate stack for the water in Starry Landscape Stacker to line up the reflections and get low noise, but the 20 second shot had more water and a better reflection. I aligned the foreground star reflections with the reflections of the star stacked image in Photoshop, and masked in the foreground. Noise reduction in Lightroom (before sending the foreground to Photoshop) and Adobe Camera Raw (in Photoshop, which is the same underlying raw editor as Lightroom) was used to reduce the noise on the water.
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More than 10 years in Ghent and the city still keeps surprising us… As some of you may know Ghent used to have its own zoo. Regrettably, the zoo had to make way for the fast-growing city and was replaced by working class housing in the 19th century. The architect Charles Van Rysselberghe built the houses around an elliptical inner courtyard that became the playground of at least three generations of working-class children. Unfortunately, not much was invested in the site and after 100 years it was completely dilapidated. In 2001 this architectural gem was saved from destruction and the site was completely renovated in 2006 and converted into the Zebrastraat project: a place to be for events and meetings, in a vibrant setting of cultural activities, contemporary living surrounded by an impressive art collection – Zebrastraat, Ghent, Belgium.
That time of year when the sun sets perfectly behind Wembley Stadium from my favourite vantage point across Brent Reservoir. One of those sunsets that just kept getting better
SD40-3 6926 an ex CN unit has stopped almost in alignment. They were spotting the passenger train and had run the 2 locomotive around to lead back to Candor. Only needed a couple feet to align the bridge logo with the locomotive logo.
Planetary alignment in the dawn of June 24, 2022. Mercury (as expected) is lost in the twilight (even if, with a lot of imagination and a little good will, one might see a tiny dot of light in the right place in the original RAW files), the rest of the planets are visible "in the correct order", i.e. corresponding to the actual distance from the Sun. The Moon (with visible Earthsine!) represents the Earth-Moon-system in this row: Mercury (Merkur) - Venus - Moon (Mond) - Mars - Jupiter - Saturn.
CURIOUS ALIGNMENTS (C)
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Not my tidiest work. The Moon was pretty bright and Venus wasn't visible until well into the dawn. I couldn't see Mercury at all, but it's hiding in the sunlight below Venus.
Jupiter, Saturn and Venus lining up in the evening sky above the Tihany peninsula (Lake Balaton, Hungary)
The gallery was created with Craiyon and scenes in the tinyplanets were all generated by text prompts in Skybox AI.
I've had this alignment in mind for some time ... and today I finally got around to having a dig at it..
Looking up at the sun coming through the trees. Cropped and digitally mirrored so the sun and trees appear to be looking back.
A Southern Pacific Brakeman muscles the bridge of the gallows-style, "Armstrong" turntable into perfect alignment as his crew prepares to turn Locomotive #18 in the yard at Laws, California.
This image was made during a March, 2023 photo shoot at the Laws Museum, near Bishop, California, which featured Southern Pacific, Baldwin 10-wheeler #18 on her second visit to the property since the completion of her restoration in 2017.
December 25, 2020 - Christmas Sunrise at Angel's Gate Lighthouse in San Pedro, CA. Sun alignment found and planned with Planit Photo App.
Nothing's been added or moved to get that shot. The only thing that was needed was a good deal of luck.
- www.kevin-palmer.com - The two brightest objects in the night sky appear side by side in front of the milky way in a rare alignment. Venus is the blue object, and the yellow object is the moon. Even though the moon was only an 8% crescent, it was brighter than Venus. The band of yellow along the horizon is from the last colors of twilight before it was completely dark. This incredible sky is framed over the Colorado River in Utah. The 2000 foot deep canyon is part of Canyonlands National Park. But this view was actually shot from the edge of a cliff at Dead Horse Point State Park.
To get this shot I combined 2 exposures. The canyon was shot at 8 minutes, f/4, iso 1600. The sky was a 4 minute, f/5.6, iso 1600 exposure. I used an iOptron Skytracker to track the stars for a longer exposure.
I don't think these are particularly good shots and I probably wouldn't have posted them except for the fact that I was shocked how well they lined up. Not only the angle but the wheel wells also. I wasn't even trying to do this. Funny how things like this happen. Maybe it says something about our internal levels. Or it's just random.
Zojuist kwam hier de Strukton G1206 303008 "Danique" in een zalig ochtendzonnetje voorbij, met voor- en achterop een videocamera gemonteerd (update: dit systeem heet RILA - rail infrastructure alignment acquisition platform). Wie weet hebben ze nu dan ook wel beelden van mij.......
12 3/8” x 12 1/4” x 2 3/4”
Mixed Media: Acrylic layered
painting stained and distressed.
Cut and Paste Collage, House
Paint, Oil Based Wood stain
& aged w/ a liquefied rust
With the Sun having risen in all its glory, an interesting play of light and shadow sets up across the vast, perfectly flat expanse of a flooded Badwater. Before us, the more than two mile high wall of the Panamint Range abruptly rises on the western side from alluvial fans to sheer mountain cliffs coated by recent snow. 11,049 foot tall Telescope Peak takes center stage here glistening in the sun. And a comparatively very short distance behind this photographer the Black Mountains rise even more abruptly more than a mile high. While the Sun has traveled all the way down the face of the Panamints, the vast saltwater lake here remains in shadow from the Black Mountains. As a result the salty water is reflecting nothing but deep blue sky and the salty ridges that stick up remain dark. By chance I found myself presented with an uncanny alignment of a salt ridge that very closely echoes the profile of the Panamint Mountain reflection. The dark, shadowed salty mud traces the contour pretty well, complete with a dip to account for Telescope Peak's tallest reflection.