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05/29/2008 05:24:56 PM · #51 |
Uhoh, the clock drive on my telescope mount doesn't seem to be working....NOOOOOO!!!!
Haven't had the damn thing out in a loooong time, Pacific NW is a tough place to do astrophotography unless you like images of the famous "Washington Nebula" (i.e. overcast clouds)
I have another idea for an entry though, we'll see....need some clear skies though
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05/29/2008 05:27:59 PM · #52 |
Got my dark sky site programed into my GPS have all the gear and remote power. I have my target set and tomorrow night god willing I will get the shot/shots for the challenge. Don't think I will be able to compete with  jlanoue or Pascal but I will get something on the sensor! :-)
Message edited by author 2008-05-29 17:29:51. |
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05/30/2008 01:28:35 PM · #53 |
| The ESA/ESO/NASA Photoshop FITS Liberator v.2.2 This is a photoshop plug-in for processing deep space images. It is kick butt and FREE! There are also free stacking applications such as deep sky stacker. Thought these might help for this challenge. |
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05/30/2008 09:08:34 PM · #54 |
I'm dying to enter this challenge but there have been clouds every night this week. And the Clear Sky Clock is forcasting them for the next 2 nights as well. :(
I did not realize that the rules allowed for stacking. That's cool.
Message edited by author 2008-05-30 21:09:58. |
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05/30/2008 09:20:24 PM · #55 |
| I've been wanting to enter this as well, however its been really hazy here lately, the sun is out, its hot and humid, however.. there is a steady...haze of clouds covering the sky giving the day a hot cloudy feeling sort of feel. Which in turns affects the night sky : / |
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05/31/2008 04:24:36 AM · #56 |
Well, got my shot, I think it didn't come out too bad but we'll see how it does...
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06/03/2008 11:20:52 AM · #57 |
| i am still having problems with my idiot telescope, so i think im out for this one... |
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06/03/2008 11:29:53 AM · #58 |
Those are PRECISELY why I went with Partners. :)
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06/03/2008 01:46:14 PM · #59 |
are panoramics allowed in the editing rules...i am wondering before i go out there and compose a pano, and then get DQed.
thanks,
madrush |
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06/03/2008 02:24:04 PM · #60 |
Originally posted by madrush:
are panoramics allowed in the editing rules... |
No.
Oh, and I'm in at entry # 26. Looks like it might be a super small challenge!
Message edited by author 2008-06-03 14:25:38. |
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06/03/2008 02:34:02 PM · #61 |
Originally posted by freakin_hilarious:
Originally posted by madrush:
are panoramics allowed in the editing rules... |
No.
Oh, and I'm in at entry # 26. Looks like it might be a super small challenge! |
Hope you make the top 27!
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06/03/2008 02:46:40 PM · #62 |
Originally posted by Bujanx:
Hmm, my sister has one of these Celestron nextstar 4SE
Shame I have no idea how to use it for pictures! =( |
i bought one of these 3 weeks ago, it's been cloudy and rainy ever since :( |
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06/03/2008 02:51:33 PM · #63 |
| Spent hours over 4 nights trying and got squat. It was visually stunning but photographically crappy. No entry but I learned what not to do and that I need more expensive toys to pull it off. Oh well the learning curve continues. |
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06/03/2008 03:02:35 PM · #64 |
Originally posted by thegrandwazoo:
Spent hours over 4 nights trying and got squat. It was visually stunning but photographically crappy. No entry but I learned what not to do and that I need more expensive toys to pull it off. Oh well the learning curve continues. |
May I suggest for "Partners" the telescope and its instruction manual? :)
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06/03/2008 03:40:26 PM · #65 |
Originally posted by HawkeyeLonewolf:
Originally posted by thegrandwazoo:
Spent hours over 4 nights trying and got squat. It was visually stunning but photographically crappy. No entry but I learned what not to do and that I need more expensive toys to pull it off. Oh well the learning curve continues. |
May I suggest for "Partners" the telescope and its instruction manual? :) |
Funny... |
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06/04/2008 06:23:54 AM · #66 |
You have rated 45 of 46 images (98%) in this challenge.
You have commented on 5 images (11%) in this challenge.
You have given an average score of 5.6000. |
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06/04/2008 07:57:57 AM · #67 |
I am feeling the need to point something out due to a comment left on my entry.
Sunsets do meet the challenge as the Sun is a star.
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06/04/2008 08:11:55 AM · #68 |
Originally posted by dd1989:
I am feeling the need to point something out due to a comment left on my entry.
Sunsets do meet the challenge as the Sun is a star. |
Only if I see the sun itself to me. |
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06/04/2008 08:24:45 AM · #69 |
Use the moon, stars or planets to create a photo that's out of this world!
It doesn't say that any of them have to be present in the photograph, merely using them within the desired effect, and I have used the Sun, as a star, to gain the effect of a sunset. |
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06/04/2008 08:26:08 AM · #70 |
Originally posted by dd1989:
Use the moon, stars or planets to create a photo that's out of this world!
It doesn't say that any of them have to be present in the photograph, merely using them within the desired effect, and I have used the Sun, as a star, to gain the effect of a sunset. |
And you should have called the sun and sky "Partners for Life"... no wait, that's the other challenge. :)
For all those "Masks" whiners, I guess in this challenge, even though it says "Use the moon, stars or planets to create a photo that's out of this world! The visual impact of your image should be heavily dependent on your depiction of the night sky."
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* In any sky, cloudy or otherwise, there are stars out there. It may just be their magnitude is eclipsed by clouds OR ambient city light.
* At any time of the day, it's "night" somewhere and we only have one sky -- so that sky is never just "day" or just "night" but a nice gradient between day and night at all times.
So despite the clever wording attempting to define the challenge, it's really wide open... so if there is no moon, stars, or planets "visible" we can imagine them because they are there, albeit hidden.
:):):)
Message edited by author 2008-06-04 09:20:09.
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06/04/2008 09:18:52 AM · #71 |
You have rated 46 of 46 images (100%) in this challenge.
You have given an average score of 5.7609. |
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06/04/2008 09:44:40 AM · #72 |
You have rated 46 of 46 images (100%) in this challenge.
You have given an average score of 5.2826.
3 3s, everything else higher.
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06/04/2008 09:53:12 AM · #73 |
Originally posted by dd1989:
I am feeling the need to point something out due to a comment left on my entry.
Sunsets do meet the challenge as the Sun is a star. |
Yes, the sun is a star. Did you miss the name of the challenge? Night sky?
You'll get some folks (possibly including me, depending on the shot), who'll go with you that sunset is night, but don't complain that people would call it out of bounds. As with all interpretations, the further you stray from dead center, the more likely you'll get hit by some folks. Nothing wrong with that approach; I take it myself pretty often. But I don't think it's right to push the boundaries and then complain.
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06/04/2008 10:17:41 AM · #74 |
You have rated 46 of 46 images (100%) in this challenge.
You have commented on 1 images (2%) in this challenge.
You have given an average score of 6.3913.
I for one, was pretty darn impressed with nearly all the entrys. Kudos to the lot of you for doing this |
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06/04/2008 11:41:41 AM · #75 |
| Well to be quite honest levyj413 I'd rather some one rated it a 1, and said it DNMC after the voting, because I look at that comment now and it pisses me off that I know I'm within the rules, yet some one has taken it upon themselves to say it isn't. |
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