Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/05/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Howard, I certainly will! I would like some more enlightenment on the tracking mechanism you are using. Cheers Jayanand On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 6:35 PM, Howard L Ritter Jr <hlritter at twc.com> wrote: > Thank you, Jay. You're so well traveled in India, you should think about > trying the same next time you spend the night at a remote site in the > Himalayas, where many excellent astroimages have been made. This is the > intuitive workflow I developed with a little tinkering ? primitive, but > quick and easy, and results in an image that?s 90% of the way to the best > that can be achieved with the most sophisticated techniques (an ?Ansel > Adams factor? of 0.9): > > 1. Use wide-angle lens wide open, ISO 3200, shutter 30 sec. > 2. Put camera on tripod or firm surface. > 3. Use magnified Live View and manual focus to get stars as pinpoints. If > no LV, use infinity stop. If neither, start with estimate, then experiment. > 4. Trip shutter gently. > 5. Open image in Photoshop, apply appropriate lens correction, then in > Image > Adjustments > Levels, move white-point slider to brighten stars and > black-point slider to darken sky. Experiment. > 6. Enjoy result! > > > ?howard > > > > On May 11, 2017, at 5:59 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Just superb! > > Cheers > > Jayanand > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information