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Posts Made By: Charles Hakes

February 11, 2010 04:08 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

M108 and M97

Posted By Charles Hakes
Great use of those few hours. About a jillion galaxies in the background of the full sized image. Definitely worth the browse.

Charlie

February 17, 2010 12:01 AM Forum: Digital SLR AstroPhotography

Omega Centauri

Posted By Charles Hakes
Nice shot of a really cool object. I have seen this one (best view through binoculars), but it sure is low.

Charlie

Nice horse too!

February 28, 2010 02:54 AM Forum: Digital SLR AstroPhotography

hercules etc.

Posted By Charles Hakes
And just for fun, I added some diffraction spikes for that zoom lens. I tried all sizes available with the Carboni actions and liked the way some of the star colors are more evident. I am typically not a big fan of extra spikes. Thoughts?

Charlie

March 3, 2010 02:07 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Web site comments wanted

Posted By Charles Hakes
Thanks for the comments - I will pass them along to the gurus. Although I have been fiddling with html since the first version of Mozaic, these pages are done in Dreamweaver, which is new for me and has about as many buttons as Photoshop. So in 6-7 years I might be able to explain what it does. I just add content to the template given to me.

Charlie

March 5, 2010 12:50 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Vela Supernova Remnant

Posted By Charles Hakes
Very nice. The color balance looks a little different than the "standard" palette (?), but very pleasing. Maybe I always expect more H-alpha?

Charlie

March 5, 2010 12:54 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Cable management

Posted By Charles Hakes
Velcro is great. I had to get an extension cable on our SBIG power supply just to route everything in one flexible bundle.

And I still really like your "third" rings.

Charlie

March 9, 2010 03:41 AM Forum: Digital SLR AstroPhotography

A Late M42

Posted By Charles Hakes
Great contrast control here. (And not too late for 42.) I like that you could use all the various exposure times. Is that something you just plug into a program and it compensates automatically? Or do you have to layer tediously in Photoshop? I have tried somewhat successfully with only two different times, but you have lots there.

Charlie

March 9, 2010 03:51 AM Forum: Digital SLR AstroPhotography

Late Winter Mosaic

Posted By Charles Hakes
Nice. Thats obviously how to get rid of edge distortion/chromatic aberration on the ultra-wide shots! What was your final picture size? (I am assuming more than 1024x768?)

Charlie

March 9, 2010 04:14 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

NGC 3158 Galaxy Group

Posted By Charles Hakes
I think the question would be - is anything in there NOT a galaxy? Nice job. Color coming?

Charlie

March 25, 2010 02:51 AM Forum: Digital SLR AstroPhotography

M 46

Posted By Charles Hakes
Nice catch. I like the color processing.

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