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Here is my first attempt of White Conte on Black paper. [image]C:\Documents and Settings\James\My Documents\My Music\2008_02_03\M45.jpg[/image]
M45 on 2/02/2008 3:28UTC
90mm fl500mm thru a 20mm ep for25x
scaling down the sketch blured it a bit, with some loss of detail
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Jim,
This is a cool sketch of M-45. I recognized it by that neat star chain to the right and below Alcyone and the other bright sisters in the sketch. It is a great deal better than my first sketch with the same media.
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Lookin' good on this end Jim!
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Excellent! Jim, that's a great job done and I'm really looking forward to seeing more.
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Thanks everyone. Just wish the weather would cooperate a little more so i could get more time at the ep. The "Conte" white crayon is fun to work with, but you need to be real careful about draging anything across the sketch. I used 'Artagain' series 400 paper, which has a nice bite to it. I'll be sure to bring the sketches to BEOTS, Erika so you can get a better look and give me some pointers.
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"It is well that war is terrible-otherwise we would grow to fond of it" Robert E Lee 13Dec1862 Battle of Fredricksburg
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Jim,
Very interesting and excellent sketch. At first I thought it was a converted photograph to pencil and then reversed (negative). LOL. I learned a new technique from you.
thanks!
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Jim,
An excellent observation of the Pleiades (M45) in Taurus. Your first attempt using White Conte on Black paper is a success. Thank you for sharing it with us all.
Carlos
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oldsalt
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Thanks , Stuart. It was a lot of fun trying out a new technique. Carlos, thanks, I still have a long way to go. I'm thinking of trying the area of Orion's belt next with binoculars. There is some interesting material there.Glad you all liked it.
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Great sketch Jim! The magnitudes and positions are beautifully realized. I like the wavy patterns of the low mag stars. Wonderful drawing! 
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Interesting way of going about it
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I like the way you captured the fainter stars in this really nice cluster.
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