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It has been an awful year here in Vegas for solar imaging. As a result, I've been pretty much dormant... Having only shot three images since last November.
With the Summer Solstice upon us (today), I figured I'd better sharpen up my Photoshop skills a bit. After looking at some images that are over-cranked a bit, I thought I'd take an old image from 2017 and hype it up a little. This image won something on AF, but I can't remember what.
Below is the original JPEG image and the "popped" one right above it.
Thoughts????
John (Urban Astronomer) Apertura AD10 Dob; XLT 150 Dob; XLT 120EQ; Lunt Solar 60 PT/B1200; ES AR102; SW Pro 100ED; 2 SW Pro 80ED's; 90mm Eq; WO Z-61; SW 90mm Virtuso Mak; 2 Orion ST-80's; Quark-C; Cams: Polemaster, ASI120MM-S, ASI174MM & ASI174MM-C
That is a great comparison. And that is quite a prominence! I assume it was stacked from a video. Did the video your images were made from show movement of the prominence? There are times I think I am seeing movement in my prominence videos. Because of that, I worry the stacked image may not show sharp details. Is there anything to my worries about that?
And yes I have definitely become aware (as your 2 images show) you have to up the intensity of prominence details. Otherwise things look rather flat. I am also getting wrapped up in trying to coax more details out of the surface so it looks "right". YIKES!
Bottom line, a great image comparison and hoping to see more from you soon!
Thanks Greg. I shoot my 1,000 frames so fast that any movement in a prom is negligible. I did shoot that "famous" loop at 5 o'clock a couple of years ago that was gone when I started my second capture... nothing left except two mid-sized proms.
*By "famous", I mean that only myself and one other imager were lucky enough to catch it... right time, right place.
John (Urban Astronomer) Apertura AD10 Dob; XLT 150 Dob; XLT 120EQ; Lunt Solar 60 PT/B1200; ES AR102; SW Pro 100ED; 2 SW Pro 80ED's; 90mm Eq; WO Z-61; SW 90mm Virtuso Mak; 2 Orion ST-80's; Quark-C; Cams: Polemaster, ASI120MM-S, ASI174MM & ASI174MM-C
Nice image from 2017 John. Hope the skies are a bit better so you can do some imaging. Are you seeing any signs of the Sahara dust in the atmosphere? I haven't noticed anything yet.
-Michael Refractors: ES AR152 f/6.5 Achromat on Twilight II, Celestron 102mm XLT f/9.8 on Celestron Heavy Duty Alt Az mount, KOWA 90mm spotting scope Binoculars: Celestron SkyMaster 15x70, Bushnell 10x50 Eyepieces: Various, GSO Superview, 9mm Plossl, Celestron 25mm Plossl Camera: ZWO ASI 120 Naked Eye: Two Eyeballs Latitude: 48.7229° N
Michael, I haven't seen any evidence of the Sahara dust yet. I was set-up for a shoot a couple of days ago when 5,000 acre fire started spewing smoke from atop Mt. Charleston... a 12,000 ft mountain directly west of the valley.
John (Urban Astronomer) Apertura AD10 Dob; XLT 150 Dob; XLT 120EQ; Lunt Solar 60 PT/B1200; ES AR102; SW Pro 100ED; 2 SW Pro 80ED's; 90mm Eq; WO Z-61; SW 90mm Virtuso Mak; 2 Orion ST-80's; Quark-C; Cams: Polemaster, ASI120MM-S, ASI174MM & ASI174MM-C
