· Get a Cloudy Nights T-Shirt · Submit a Review / Article Click here if you are having trouble logging into the forums Privacy Policy | Please read our Terms of Service | Signup and Troubleshooting FAQ | Problems? PM a Red or a Green Gu… uh, User You are not logged in. [Login] Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar Astrophotography and Sketching >> Sketching Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 | 2 | (show all) Bill Weir Carpal Tunnel Reged: 06/01/04 Loc: Metchosin (Victoria), Canada Re: First ever go at Saturn [Re: Jeff Young]       #3043648 - 04/14/09 02:59 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   That's nice Jeff. Personally, I like the preprocessed version better. Never seen brown sky before, that is except when I was in down town Bangkok at rush hour. ; ) Myself, I will blacken the background but I'm out of practice with the lasso tool. Gotta work on that. Bill Post Extras:       Jeff Young Post Laureate Reged: 08/04/05 Loc: Ireland Re: First ever go at Saturn [Re: Bill Weir]       #3044838 - 04/15/09 06:51 AM Attachment (51 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Encouraged by Carlos' and Bill's results I decided to have another go at processing this one. (Geez, I feel like a real imager now. I might even call the original my "data set". ) Anyway, the planet's disk was fairly easy, but the rings were a real bear. After finally getting the rings into shape I squashed the disk at bit at the poles to more faithfully protray what I viewed (the "data set" was sketeched within a coin outline, which is of course more round than Saturn). Post Extras:       Jeff Young Post Laureate Reged: 08/04/05 Loc: Ireland Re: First ever go at Saturn (new images) [Re: Jeff Young]       #3047281 - 04/16/09 02:53 PM Attachment (37 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I like the inverted version, but the planet is a bit too overpowering at that level of contrast. So I got rid of the "field not to scale" disclaimer and resized the planet to true field size: Post Extras:       Jeff Young Post Laureate Reged: 08/04/05 Loc: Ireland Re: First ever go at Saturn (new images) [Re: Jeff Young]       #3047287 - 04/16/09 02:55 PM Attachment (37 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   But you loose a lot of the detail at that size (or at least make it harder to see). This last one is sort of a tweener: Post Extras:       Pages: 1 | 2 | (show all) Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 1 registered and 5 anonymous users are browsing this forum. Moderator:  Undermidnight, cildarith  Print Thread Forum Permissions       You cannot start new topics       You cannot reply to topics       HTML is disabled       UBBCode is enabled Thread views: 2431 Jump to *Announcements and News* -----   Cloudy Nights Announcements   Discussion of CN Articles, Reviews, and Reports   Celestial Events*General Astronomy* -----   Beginners Forum   General Observing and Astronomy   Outreach   Light Pollution*Equipment Discussions* -----   ATM, Optics and DIY Forum   Binoculars   Binoviewers   Cats & Casses   Classic Telescopes   Equipment   Eyepieces   Mounts   Observatories   Reflectors   Refractors    Video and Electronically Assisted Astronomy*Astrophotography and Sketching* -----   Beginning and Intermediate Imaging   Film Astrophotography   DSLR & Digital Camera Astro Imaging & Processing   CCD Imaging & Processing   Solar System Imaging & Processing   Sketching   Astro Imaging/Sketching Contest *Observing* -----   NEO   Planetary and Solar System Observing   Lunar Observing   Deep Sky Observing   Double Star Observing   Solar   Variable Star Observing and Radio Astronomy*Telescope Specific Forums* -----   Celestron NexStar    NexStar GPS / CPC Telescopes   Questar Forum   Meade ACF/RCX / LX / GPS    Meade ETX*Speciality Forums* -----   Arizona Science and Astronomy Expo   NEAF (Northeast Astronomy Forum) and NEAIC (Northeast Astro Imaging Conference)   AstroArt   Astronomy Clubs and Star Parties   Astronomy Software & Computers   AstroWebsites   Science! Astronomy & Space Exploration, and Others   Space Rocks   Stellar Media*Swap and Shop* -----   Shop and Swap Audio Components*CN Feedback and Vendor Announcements* -----   Vendor and Group Announcements*International Year of Astronomy 2009 - Forums are now closed.* -----   IYA Archive Info CN Forums Home

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