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Posts Made By: Mike Wirths

September 25, 2005 04:10 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Mars this morning

Posted By Mike Wirths
Really a superb shot Ed!! I don't know either how to maintain detail and avoid the edge, probably as Alan mentions the use of mask tools in PS but I'm too much of a software inept person to learn!!


well done!!

Mike

September 26, 2005 04:23 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Tycho at teatime

Posted By Mike Wirths
Wow superb resolution and processing Alan! No overexposed areas like in my image!

--Mike

September 28, 2005 01:34 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Mars under excellent seeing

Posted By Mike Wirths
Hi Ed, way to stick with it!! That persistence paid off in spades this time, a most excellent natural looking image!!

congrats

Mike

October 4, 2005 12:43 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Mars October 3, 2005

Posted By Mike Wirths
Beautiful Ed!! Very nicely processed! That SPC seems to have almost disappeared!

--Mike

October 4, 2005 12:46 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Longomontanus

Posted By Mike Wirths
Awesome image Wes!!! Just perfectly processed! Compared to your last Long image this one has about the same detail (a little deeper in shadow this time) but you captured it much better with the brightly lit crater side not being overexposed like in the old longo image. Perfect!!

--Mike

October 5, 2005 01:51 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Mars Monday AM

Posted By Mike Wirths
VERY nice detail John! I think Alans response about low and high contrast features response to certain processing steps is quite correct, but I also think the ring is a real feature that is just overemphasized. The blue channel also shows it because I think its the edge-on atmosphere of Mars we are looking through which in the blue channel widens near the NPR. Sometimes this dark ring near the thin blue strip of atmosphere is also a dark albedo feature rotating into view. So my opinion is that its both real and overemphasized by the steps we need in processing the details of Mars.

--Mike

October 5, 2005 01:53 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Mars RGB 2005/10/4 Richard Bosman

Posted By Mike Wirths
Really excellent Richard as usual!! grin

--Mike

October 5, 2005 01:56 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Gomer Sinus

Posted By Mike Wirths
Beautiful Alan! looks like you got some of the same reasonably good seeing I had too! That pesky jet stream has shifted far to the north for a change!

--Mike

October 7, 2005 05:48 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Comparing mars over 56 million kilometers

Posted By Mike Wirths
Great comparison Alan, really puts it into perspective!


--Mike

October 9, 2005 03:34 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Schiller and Bayer

Posted By Mike Wirths
Hi Wes,

grin I agree with the others!! This ones a work of art! How in the world did you acheive this richness and depth of tone? Its beyond me shocked

--Mike

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