Re: Calstar's Milky Way from horizon to horizon

Very nice Rogelio!

That's my scope/campsite in the south part of the mosaic... But if
you look at the north section you will see that all the other scopes
are covered as well. It's still a great overall effect. :)

Dan

On Sep 25, 2009, at 4:17 PM, Alvin Huey wrote:

> Great shot(s) Rogelio!
>
> There is one problem...well not with your imaging...but that COVERED
> scope on the south side. Who leaves that scope covered under skies
> like that? Wassup with that! ;)
>
> CS,
> Alvin
>
>
>
> --- On Fri, 9/25/09, rba@No-Spam <rba@No-Spam> wrote:
>
> From: rba@No-Spam <rba@No-Spam>
> Subject: Re: [TAC] Calstar's Milky Way from horizon to horizon
> To: "TAC mailing list" <tac@No-Spam>
> Date: Friday, September 25, 2009, 4:01 PM
>
> > Incredible, Rogelio. You make this look so easy. I hope you
> realize,
> > a lot of people find this stuff to be pretty complicated.
>
> Actually I find that mosaics with more than two frames are a
> nightmare. I've tried mosaics before and failed. Putting that thing
> together took me well over 8 hours :-/
>
> > IN FACT -- I bet you're cheating somehow. OK that's it, buddy!
> > You're getting audited! Submit all your raw images and dark frames
> > etc. and I'll go over them myself, and decide whether you even did
> > this without faking it.
>
> Be careful. I'm known for getting free dinners from people who
> "audited" me, once they realize their mistake ;-) Fortunately I only
> have one of such experiences so far. I do keep my raws just in case
> another one comes along, you never know!
>
> Truth is... I did cheat! ;-) The horizons on both sides are separate
> shots that I pasted over the mosaic. You can't guide and get sharp
> horizons at the same time! But they do correspond to the same area
> captured in the "good" frames, including the inclination and all (I
> kept the warping out, though), so I think it's a fair license to
> take in the interest of, um, aesthetics. In fact, that's what most
> sky+landscape imagers such as Wally Pacholka do.
>
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