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Kodak Colorplus 200asa
Tetenal C-41
Rho Ophiuchi region, there are 7 hours of integration in LRGB with Red Cat 51 Petzval Telescope, ASI6200mm pro 61-megapixel full-frame Mono camera on Paramount MX 6 mount, 146 shots of which in L 20x180 seconds, in R 45x180 seconds, in G 28x180 seconds and in B 53x180 seconds, processing with Pixinsight. All data and shots were acquired with SadrAstro. Rho Ophiuchi (ρ Ophiuchi / ρ Oph) is a star in the constellation Ophiuchus. 395 light-years away from the Solar System, it is associated with one of the closest star-forming regions to us, the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud. Rho Ophiuchi appears in the night sky as a star of magnitude +4.63, therefore visible to the naked eye as long as you have a perfectly dark and clear sky. It can be observed in the southwestern region of the constellation, almost on the border with Scorpius, three degrees north of the bright Antares and a little NE of σ Scorpii.
Located 23° south of the celestial equator, ρ Ophiuchi is a star in the southern hemisphere. Despite this, its possibilities of observation in the northern hemisphere are quite wide: it is in fact observable up to the 67th parallel N, that is, up to the Arctic Circle; only a large part of Greenland, the northernmost regions of Canada and Russia, as well as Iceland and part of Sweden and Norway are excluded. However, in the regions of northern Europe, southern Canada and central Russia, it will appear very low on the southern horizon and visible only for a few hours. The chances of observation improve as you move towards the temperate and tropical regions of the northern hemisphere. On the other hand, this same declination means that the star is circumpolar only further south than the 67th parallel S, i.e. only in the regions of the Antarctic continent.
The best time for observation coincides with the months of the northern summer, since the Sun is on the opposite side of the ecliptic; in particular in the weeks around the end of May and the beginning of June ρ Ophiuchi is visible throughout the night. On the contrary, in the weeks between the end of November and the beginning of December the star is not visible at all due to the very close sunlight; This period of invisibility lasts longer in the northern hemisphere than in the southern hemisphere, due to the southern declination of the star.
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A +333 megapixels view of Jökulsárlón, the large and popular glacial lake in southeast Iceland. In the background, the Vatnajökull's tongue Fjallsjökull.
Hops before harvesting - taken with an iPhone out of the passengers seat at 65mph, meant to capture the moment and not its megapixel quality.
This image is downsampled 3x. I strongly recommend looking at the full size gigapan here: www.gigapan.com/gigapans/228522. There, you can zoom and pan on the full size image, and see all those details for yourself.
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I don’t really think that words can effectively describe this image. There’s so much going on here that it almost seems wrong to try to simplify what’s happening, but here goes: At the top center lies a massive star cluster that’s putting out enormous amounts of energy. All the hydrogen gas around that star cluster is being ionized, much like a neon sign. The ionization and energy outflows create the beautiful knots and filaments that you can see. By looking at this region through a filter that isolates the Balmer alpha drop, we can see the nebula in all its glory.
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Normandy, France
2007 point and shoot camera, treated to the bounties of modern Lightroom and Photoshop, then DeNoise and Gigapixel. The latter two remove noise and then the last upsizes a paltry 3 MP [megapixel] photo into one that is 40 MP.
This is a 165 megapixel stitch of Mount Saint Helens. It would print at a 60x40 inch print with 260ppi or so. Again, the main reason for shooting a pano isn't for the end resolution (though that's nice). The main reason is so I can shoot it at 105mm @ f/4 for the compressed quality (as opposed to shooting it with a wider lens).
Unfortunately, I was again unable to be where the good light was. As you can see from the shadow under the tree, it's pretty much dead noon. Not a good time for color photography at all, but great for infrared. The downside here is that there's not a lot of chlorophyll to create contrast in this scene.
That said, there is a ton of great texture to be had and some nice marbled patterns in the background.
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• SRWE for Hotsampling
Some (almost) final edits for December's Los Angeles Gallery Show! Printing them on metallic paper at 13" x 19" and mounting and framing them on a 4mm 18x24 white mat and 2" dark wood frame. Also printing some 40" x 70" whihc is over three feet by five feet! Wish you all could come (and hang out with the goddesses)!
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Nikon D800E / D800 HDR Malibu Landscapes / Seascapes for Gallery Show!
Yay! I booked a major photography show at a major LA gallery in December! Will also be giving some lectures on the story--the Hero's Journey Mythology--behind the photography!
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Preparing for some gallery shows this fall to celebrate 100,000,000 views! Printing a few dozen photographs in ~ 30"x40" formats and mounting/framing. Here are some close-to-final edits. HDR photography 7 exposures shot at 1EV and combined in photomatix: 36 megapixel Nikon D800E with the awesome Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Wide Angle Zoom Lens. 45SURF Hero's Journey Mythology Photography!
Epic Scenic HDR Landscapes / Seascapes of the Malibu Canyons & Beaches Shot with Nikon D800: Hero's Journey Mythology Photography!
Shot with the Nikon Nikkor wide-angle 14-24 mm 2.8 lens!
Seven exposures @ 1EV finished in photomatix.
Enjoy the Hero's Journey Mythology Photography, and all the best on a hero's journey of your own making!
These were shot with Nikon's best D800 with the 14-24mm wide-angle Nikkor lens. 7 exposures were taken at 1 EV intervals, and combined in photomatix to bring out the shadows and highlights.
Rather large HDR (high dynamic range) photo--you can see great detail both near and far! View the detail at full size!
The Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Wide Angle Zoom Lens rocks!
High Dynamic Range (HDR) photos rock in capturing the full dynamic range of the scene!
Epic Malibu Sunset! Nikon D800 E HDR Socal Malibu Landscape / Seascape Photography 14-24mm f/2.8 G ED AF-S Nikkor Wide Angle Zoom Lens!
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Preparing for some gallery shows this fall to celebrate 100,000,000 views! Printing a few dozen photographs in ~ 30"x40" formats and mounting/framing. Here are some close-to-final edits. HDR photography 7 exposures shot at 1EV and combined in photomatix: 36 megapixel Nikon D800E with the awesome Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Wide Angle Zoom Lens. 45SURF Hero's Journey Mythology Photography!
Epic Scenic HDR Landscapes / Seascapes of the Malibu Canyons & Beaches Shot with Nikon D800: Hero's Odyssey Mythology Photography!
Shot with the Nikon Nikkor wide-angle 14-24 mm 2.8 lens!
Seven exposures @ 1EV finished in photomatix.
Enjoy the Hero's Odyssey Mythology Photography, and all the best on a hero's odysey of your own making!
These were shot with Nikon's best D800 with the 14-24mm wide-angle Nikkor lens. 7 exposures were taken at 1 EV intervals, and combined in photomatix to bring out the shadows and highlights.
Rather large HDR (high dynamic range) photo--you can see great detail both near and far! View the detail at full size!
The Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Wide Angle Zoom Lens rocks!
High Dynamic Range (HDR) photos rock in capturing the full dynamic range of the scene!
Wide field on the Heart and Soul Nebulae, 5 hours and 45 minutes of HSO integration with Red Cat 51 Petzval Telescope, ASI6200mm pro 61-megapixel full-frame Mono camera, mount
Paramount MX 6, are 69 shots of which in Ha 17x300 seconds, in OIII 12x300 seconds and in SII 40x300 seconds, processing with Pixinsight and Photoshop.All data and shots were acquired with Sadr Astro Observatory. IC 1805 (also known as the Heart Nebula or by the abbreviation W4) is a nebula spread in association with an open cluster, visible in the constellation Cassiopeia, towards the border with the Giraffe.It can be detected about 6 degrees southeast of the star ε Cassiopeiae, but it can also be detected starting from the Perseus Double Cluster and moving about 4-5 degrees in a north-northeast direction; it pairs with another vast nebula, known as IC 1848. To be able to locate it, you need a telescope with a large diameter, not so much because of its size, since the nebula is quite large, but because of its weakness. A long-exposure photo or a CCD camera, on the other hand, reveals the object with some ease. The entire complex of nebulae visible in this area is circumpolar from most regions of the northern hemisphere; The best months for its observation are from October to April. It is a very large HII region, whose distance is estimated at 7500 light years from us; Its main feature is the presence of two large, apparently empty areas, of different sizes, which make the nebula similar to a "heart". Inside there is a system of small, loosely concentrated open clusters, responsible for the ionization of the nebula. The most notable of these is Melotte 15, which contains some stars about 50 times more massive than the Sun, plus others smaller and a microquasar ejected millions of years ago.
This and nearby IC 1848 form a large nebulous complex known as the W3/W4/W5 or "Heart and Soul" complex; the "heart" is IC 1805, while the "soul" is represented by IC 1848. IC 1848 (also known as the Soul Nebula, Embryo Nebula or by the abbreviation W5 for Westerhout 5) is a diffuse nebula associated with an open cluster of young and hot stars of great mass, visible in the constellation Cassiopeia, towards the border with the Giraffe. This is one of the areas where star formation is most active. The nebula can be detected about 8 degrees southeast of the star ε Cassiopeiae, but it can also be identified starting from the Perseus Double Cluster and moving about 5 degrees in a northeasterly direction; it pairs with another vast nebula, known as IC 1805. To be able to locate it, you need a telescope with a large diameter, not so much because of its size, since the nebula is quite large, but because of its weakness. A long-exposure photo or a CCD camera, on the other hand, reveals the object with some ease. The entire complex of nebulae visible in this area is circumpolar from most regions of the northern hemisphere; The best months for its observation are from October to April. It is a very large H II region, whose distance is estimated at 7600 light years from us; its gas is illuminated by the stars of some clusters and associations of nearby stars, among which Cr 33 and Cr 34 stand out, two very large but unconcentrated open clusters, formed by blue giant stars born from the gas of the nebula. The light is then re-emitted by the nebula in the red color typical of H-alpha hydrogen emission lines. Star formation is very active within the nebula.
This butterfly (like so many others) have more than one name. One is the orange-spotted tiger clearwing (Mechanitis polymnia), but it is also known as the disturbed tigerwing.
For an extra-extra large version of this butterfly, have a look at this 57 megapixel shot: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53232336768/
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Just something slightly different from the usual Australia images I upload these days!
This was yesterday's sunrise about a 30 minutes drive north of Amsterdam. The weather was just perfect, it was slightly frosty without any wind. Resulting in ground fog as far as the eye could see :).
Originally this is a panoramic images with a total size of 74 megapixels. Unfortunately it's only one sixth of a megapixel you get here on Flickr..... But it is quite huge ;).
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Nikon FM
Nikkor-K 35mm F/2 AI
Nikon L1BC Skylight
Fuji Superia 400 X-Tra
Tetenal C-41
WARNING! 16 megapixels of the Moon!
Ambitions were high. I planned to make a panoramic assembly of almost full lunar disk @4750 mm of effective focal length. But I quickly ran out of fuel disk space and went astray at the same time. So to get some result, I have reduced EFR 2,5 times (falling down to 1500 mm) and made this one - ~16 megapixels of the Moon and a bit of cold void around, built of 21 GB of raw data in 32 panels :)
Aquisition time (start of the session) : JD2456851,36642361 (13.07.2014 00:47:39 MSK).
Image orientation: almost real
Equipment:
QHY5L-II monochrome CMOS camera via 2x Barlow lens Celestron OMNI XLT 150 mm Newtonian riding Skywatcher NEQ-6 Pro SynScan mount.
Aperture 150 mm
Native focal length 750 mm
Effective focal length 1500 mm
Tv = 1 ms
Av = f/10
ISO NA
Gain 47/1000
Software: FireCapture
Exposures: 300/600 x32
Processing: movies was processed in Autostakkert!2. Resulting images ware were stitched in Microsoft ICE. Resulting panorama was sliced in four 2500x2500 pix panels. AstraImage has troubles handling BIG images. So panels were separately subjected to Richardson-Lucy deconvolution in AstraImage 3.0 (Gaussian type PSF, size 1,6 units, 7 iterations) and deconvolved images were stictched back in ICE.
Of course, final touches were made in PS and involved some contrast stretching and tone curve adjustment.
Notes on QHY5L-IIm CMOS camera:
Most appealing features were eye-piece design (with dustcap on it looks like a 35 mm film canister for me :), 30 fps at full resolution of 1280x960 pixels, high QE and every-pixel-worthy monochrome sensor. Build-in guide port would come handy one day also.
Of course it fits nicely into PST's eye-piece port and gets the focus instantly without need of cumbersome adapters. Barlow lens can be used also. One just needs hi-class luxury lens with compression ring not to scar the camera housing with fixing screws (my Bresser 5x SA Barlow is of that class :).
Unfortunately, in combination with PST it appears to be vulnerable to Newton ring's pattern that originates somewhere inside the telescope. Interesting - where is this "somewhere"? The only way to get rid of it is to let the Sun drift across the field of view, so any steady patterns are lost in stacking, while moving details are preserved. It's a PST-Sun exclusive issue.
Of course it's neglectable size and miniscule weight make it easy to balance the setup but adds a need of having a computer nearby the telescope and thus some extra cables. Well, foldable table, a chair and mount's remote controller make the session rather comfortable.
Design and usability: cool!
Speed... Surprise! Some capturing softwares, like EZPlanetary (QHY's own) and FireCapture, support .RAW readout, that results in 16-bit .ser files. Really nice. Of course the speed is limited to about 6 fps in this mode. In normal mode - 8 bit monochrome - with some tweaking, including adjusting disk write buffer size (FireCapture provides a tool for determining optimum) and choosing proper port I was able to get 15 fps, which can be turned into 30+ by specifing region of interest say 800x600 pix. But still it's not promissed 30 @full resolution. A problem to be solved.
Speed and performance: satisfactory+ :)
Sensor's performance... 1 ms shutter speed and 47/1000 gain at f/10 with the Moon as the target. And no Baeyr's pattern that reduce the effective resolution twofold. I like it!
But! Nonetheless I'm still unable to capture solar prominances along with surface features. Needs to try couple more times.
Sensor: good!
Sorry for apparent wordiness :)
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Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness
Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun
Conspiring with him how to load and bless
With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run;
To bend with apples the moss'd cottage-trees,
And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;
To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells
With a sweet kernel; to set budding more,
And still more, later flowers for the bees,
Until they think warm days will never cease,
For Summer has o'er-brimm'd their clammy cells. --To Autumn. by John Keats
What it lacks in Megapixels it makes up for in the colors I get out of it! Even thought I have the new Nikon equipment I kept my antique Sony A700 with the Zeiss lens and just enjoy the richness of color that it is able to capture at time like this! I am still fascinated by how the light and colors can change in such a short period of time! Sunset taken at El Franco Lee Park!
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