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A 4X5 crop that includes 3 pillars and creates the perspective that leads the eye to the distant bathers. A slight rotation was made to correct the horizon.
Someone asked me how I processed my photos which led me to write my workflow out on my "About" page. After some confusion, I decided to do a visual as you see in the attached image.
During the pandemic, I've been using my cell phone for almost all my pictures. I just wanted to pass along my workflow for others who haven't tried their phones yet. Just remember that a RAW file gives you much more room to adjust contrast.
Do you have a photo-taking workflow?
Before I pull out the “big camera,” I sometimes snap a quick iPhone pic to check composition and lighting. Sometimes it tells me everything I need to know, like whether to shift left, crouch down, or just give up and go get some eggs benedict for brekky at a cafe. And when my wide-angle lens isn’t quite wide enough, it's iPhone panorama to the rescue! It’s quicker than taking multiple shots with the OM-1 and stitching later. Lazy or efficient? You decide.
Fun Fact Time - The Goldfish Edition!
Have you ever wondered how long goldfish live? Most pet goldfish clock in around 5–10 years. But some have gone the distance......
The oldest was Goldie (45 yrs). A very solid name choice in my opinion. He never made it into the Guinness Book of Records due to a lack of official paperwork. While he was alive, Goldie garnered international media attention, and his family the Evans family donated any money earned by Goldie’s appearances to charity to help children with physical disabilities. How cool is that, a philanthropist goldfish!
Other notable characters in the geriatric goldfish club include:
Tish (1956-1999) – the official Guinness title holder at 43 years old. In 1988 Tish had a brush with death when he leapt out of his bowl and landed on the carpet. His mum Tilda wasn't home but luckily, when she found him & placed him back into the water, he resumed swimming as if nothing had happened. I wonder if he remembered or if every trip around the goldfish bowl was new to him! Over the years, as he aged, Tish’s scales turned from bright orange to silver, matching the colour of Hilda’s hair. That's kinda sweet.
Fred (42) and George (44). Keith & Mary Allies from Worcester UK won the pair of fish at a fair in 1974, when they were only dating. Since then, the married couple kept the goldfish, who outlived two of their dogs. They passed in 2017 & 2019. Fred & George that is, not Keith & Mary! My takeaway - a couple who raise goldfish together, stay together!
Splash (38) and Splish (36) - Haley and Matthew Wright never did anything particularly special to care for Splash. He swam around his tank all day, ate regular fish food, and fed on live plants in his tank. Splish and Splash were funfair prizes won by the Wrights in 1977 (bit of a common theme there). Mr. Wright believes that Splash mourned for Splish when he was no longer around. PS If it is annoying I listed splash before splish you may be OCD ;)
Sharkey (24) – I reckon best name, hands down! Another goldfish who survived a near death experience. His owner Paul's mother found him belly up in his bowl. She thought he was dead and flushed him down the toilet. However, Sharky was still alive and swam back up the pipe and was saved in time. I guess he felt a bit shitty about that ;)
Bob (20) from the UK – well, it's a solid name for sure. I wonder if it is because he "Bobbed" up and down in his bowl? Bob experienced his 15 minutes of fame in 2017 when his family noticed that he was struggling to swim and developed a lump on his fin. They decided to spend $250 on an operation to save his life. I'm pleased to report the operation was successful and Bob fully recovered. The doc said that his family was very pleased with the outcome as Bob was older than their children and considered part of their family.
I hope these goldfish ramblings brighten your day. Thanks kindly for any likes/comments, they are always appreciated.
Waterscape 34/100 in 2025
This image was shot using a Fujifilm x100t, wirelessly transferred to an Android device (then slightly edited in Snapseed) and then uploaded to Flickr. It’s a workflow test for a coming trip where we want to travel as light as possible but still be able to take and publish a lot of images to Flickr, blogs etc without loss of quality and hopefully without messing up the exif data
- Thanks to everyone who looked at my picture, favors and have commented. Please press "L" or "Z" for a large view - an absolute must to fully enjoy this picture!
Said Bear has had a word with me about improving my workflow - whatever that means - and we published this picture directly from within Shotwell (a photo manager for Linux).
Said Bear has definitely settled into his new home, and I think he is actually taking over. No bad thing tbh.
SH-2 132 Lion Nebula HOO
SH2-132 Lion Nebula has always been an image I wanted to capture and actually look a little like a Lion.
Not sure if it made the grade this time but pleased with the colour contrast and details in the Oiii and Ha regions.
In this image I made some changes to the editing workflow to leave the colour control and blending to PhotoShop and used PixInsight for the image pre-processing and stacking.
A high resolution image with imaging details can be found on my Astrobin page at: astrob.in/4pj3m2/0/
Technical summary:
Captured: 8 Nights in August 2024
Location: Turismo Astronómico, Los Coloraos, Gorafe, Spain
Bortle Class: 3
Total Integration: 38 hours 20 mins
Filter: Optolong L-Ultimate
Location: Green Springs Park, Deltona, Florida.
Workflow: Film era lens, with a Soft focus filter, then edit on free Nik Color Efex Pro 4 for film simulation contrast.
(Press "L" or "Z" or Click on the image for a large view).
Image ID: _MG_4510
Email: photobysamuel@gmail.com
Thank you for your visits and comments & faves
We enjoy winter sunsets for their unique beauty: the crisp, clear air enhances vivid colors, while snow reflects and amplifies the glowing hues. The contrast between the cold environment and the warm tones of the setting sun evokes a sense of comfort and wonder.
Winter sunsets also feel fleeting and rare, offering a tranquil moment of reflection and connection to nature, especially during the quieter, slower pace of the season.
Thanks for your faves and comments 👍
hybrid workflow Mint SLR670S/instant Lab, Polaroid bw 600 film film, Bonn Germany, day one 1/2
Happy PolaroidWeek to you all! so looking forward to see your great polas this week. this community is so inspiring, glad to be a part of it.
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A wide-field 2 panel mosaic, of the cosmic dust clouds that cross the rich field of stars of Corona Australis (Latin for the Southern Crown).
Gear:
William Optics Star 71mm f/4.9 Imaging APO Refractor Telescope.
QHY163M Camera Sensor cooled to -30°C.
Technical Card:
Integration Time: 18 hours total (9 hours per panel).
L = 9 hours total (Binning 1x1).
R = 3 hours total (Binning 2x2).
G = 3 hours total (Binning 2x2).
B = 3 hours total (Binning 2x2).
Calibration frames:
Bias, Darks & Flats.
Image Acquisition:
Guiding in Open PHD.
Image acquisition in Sequence Generator Pro.
Plate Solving in Platesolve 2 via SGP Framing & Mosaic Wizzard.
Processing:
Pre-Processing and Linear workflow in PixInsight,
star separation with StarNet++ Pi Plug-in,
and finished in Photoshop.
Astrometry Info:
Center (RA, Dec): 285.970, -37.530
Center (RA, hms): 19h 03m 52.739s
Center (Dec, dms): -37° 31' 46.701"
Size: 3.63 x 2.86 deg.
Radius: 2.312 deg.
Pixel scale: 8.17 arcsec/pixel.
Orientation: Up is 162.5 degrees E of N.
View an Annotated Sky Chart of this image.
View image in the WorldWideTelescope.
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This image is part of the Legacy Series.
Flickr Explore:
Photo usage and Copyright:
Medium-resolution photograph licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Terms (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). For High-resolution Royalty Free (RF) licensing, contact me via my site: Contact.
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Sometimes I wish I had recorded my workflow especially when the results are like this. I tried very hard to replicate it with another similar image but got nowhere near.
Selati Game Reserve
Gravelotte
Limpopo
South Africa
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IC 434 is a bright emission nebula in the constellation Orion. The Horsehead Nebula (also known as Barnard 33) is a dark nebula silhouetted against IC 434.
The red glow originates from Hydrogen gas predominantly behind the nebula, ionized by the nearby bright star Sigma Orionis. Magnetic fields channel the gases leaving the nebula into streams, shown as streaks in the background glow. A glowing strip of hydrogen gas marks the edge of the massive cloud.
The nebula is located just to the south of the star Alnitak, which is farthest east on Orion's Belt, and is part of the much larger Orion Molecular Cloud Complex. The Horsehead Nebula is approximately 1,500 light-years from Earth. The darkness of the Horsehead is caused mostly by thick dust blocking the light of stars behind it. This stellar nursery contains organic and inorganic gas and dust, including complex organic molecules.
The bright blue stars are still surrounded by nebulosity (gas and dust that they form out of), as they are still "young" energetic hot stars. You will notice that star colors differ from blue to yellow, orange and red. This is an indication of the temperature of a star's Nuclear Fusion process. This is determined by the size and mass of the star, and the stage of its life cycle. In short, the blue stars are hotter, and the red stars are cooler.
The nebula in the bottom left corner is called the Flame Nebula (NGC 2024).
Gear:
William Optics Star 71mm f/4.9 Imaging APO Refractor.
William Optics 50mm Finder Scope.
Celestron SkySync GPS Accessory.
Orion Mini 50mm Guide Scope.
Orion StarShoot Autoguider.
Celestron AVX Mount.
QHYCCD PoleMaster.
Celestron StarSense.
Canon 60Da DSLR.
Astronomik Clip-In CLS Light Pollution Filter.
Tech:
Guiding in Open PHD 2.6.2.
Image acquisition in Sequence Generator Pro.
Lights/Subs:
24 x 180 sec. ISO 3200 RGB (CLA FITS)
Calibration Frames:
40 x Bias/Offset.
25 x Darks.
20 x Flats & Dark Flats.
Pre-Processing and Linear workflow in PixInsight,
and finished in Photoshop.
Astrometry Info:
View the Annotated Sky Chart for this image.
RA, Dec: 85.182, -2.419
RA, hms: 05h 40m 43.606s
Dec, dms: -02° 25' 07.910"
Size: 2.91 x 2.05 deg
Radius: 1.780 deg
Pixel scale: 6.55 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: Up is 94 degrees E of N
In Flickr Explore:
Photo usage and Copyright:
Medium-resolution photograph licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Terms (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). For High-resolution Royalty Free (RF) licensing, contact me via my site: Contact.
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I was just here last Wednesday but I never actually climbed down to the bottom of the falls before. It was pretty slippery but worth the climb. The last time I was here I got some OK shots from above but I didn't really get the sharpness out of the leaves etc that I would have liked due to wind (and lack of realizing it at that moment)… So, this time I made sure to get some faster shutter speeds to blend in to my focus/blending stack… This meant higher ISO for those faster shutter speeds.
But the big thing for me on this image, was revisiting the Ted Gore tutorials that I purchased a while back. I won’t lie, the first time I watched, it was a bit over my head, and wasn’t really conducive to my workflow… I actually brushed it off and forgot about them.
But out of curiosity, I decided to re-watch them and I was surprised at how much easier I picked things up this time…I guess a few extra months of Photoshop experience helps ;-). I seemed to grasp things better now and had an easier time trying some of Teds techniques. Obviously I have miles and miles to go, but this is a step in a very exciting direction for me.
In the end, this was a number of images blended together. I had a series of 5 or 6 images, solely for focus stacking of the foreground. I then used another image for the water (as the focus stacking makes it a little choppy), and lastly, I used an image with a higher ISO to freeze the leaves blowing in the wind. This was blended in sparingly, only for really blurry areas of the leaves.