· 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 Aquarellia sage Reged: 10/27/12 Loc: Val d'Issole, Provence, France March 3 sun from Provence + GIF animation       #5710719 - 03/03/13 02:08 PM Attachment (11 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here is the result of a full day session at La Blaque in Varages. The nice provencal observatory here is very well placed, and not only for the sun ! Info on http://www.lablaque.com/index.php?page=astronomie Edited by Aquarellia (03/05/13 03:14 AM) Post Extras:       Aquarellia sage Reged: 10/27/12 Loc: Val d'Issole, Provence, France Re: Mars 3 sun from Provence [Re: Aquarellia]       #5710723 - 03/03/13 02:11 PM Attachment (11 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   And my sketch : Post Extras:       PeterDob professor emeritus Reged: 07/29/05 Loc: Carù, Italy Re: Mars 3 sun from Provence [Re: Aquarellia]       #5710831 - 03/03/13 03:14 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   You've for a beautiful observatory, Michel, and your sketches are getting better every time! You're lucky to live in such a wonderful place and under reasonably U spoilt skies... My compliments! Peter Post Extras:       Andrev Carpal Tunnel Reged: 02/08/11 Loc: Montreal, Quebec, Canada Re: Mars 3 sun from Provence [Re: PeterDob]       #5710997 - 03/03/13 04:59 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Michel. Very interesting observatory style. Your follow up of the sun is so interesting too. I agree with Peter, you are getting better everytime. Very nice presentation and sequence. Andre. Post Extras:       JeanB Pooh-Bah Reged: 07/11/11 Loc: Montreal, Canada Re: Mars 3 sun from Provence [Re: Andrev]       #5712580 - 03/04/13 01:49 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Michael, these are a very fine set of sketches indeed! Jean Post Extras:       niteskystargazer Carpal Tunnel Reged: 10/05/09 Loc: 41-43'-28" N 87-42'-39" W Re: March 3 sun from Provence [Re: Aquarellia]       #5712914 - 03/04/13 04:58 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Michel. Very good sketches of the Sun . CS,KLU, , Tom Post Extras:       Chopin Canis Insanus Reged: 02/03/05 Loc: In the doghouse. Re: March 3 sun from Provence [Re: niteskystargazer]       #5713213 - 03/04/13 07:47 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Wow, Michel! I'm sorry I haven't been around as much to follow your recent progress. Amazing set of sketches, here! Superb H-a color realism! Post Extras:       Andrev Carpal Tunnel Reged: 02/08/11 Loc: Montreal, Quebec, Canada Re: March 3 sun from Provence [Re: Chopin]       #5713589 - 03/04/13 11:19 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Michel Do you have a better view of the observatories ? They very strange but very interesting at the same time. Very simple way to build an obervatory. Andre Post Extras:       Aquarellia sage Reged: 10/27/12 Loc: Val d'Issole, Provence, France Re: March 3 sun from Provence [Re: Andrev]       #5713807 - 03/05/13 03:03 AM Attachment (6 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Hi André, thank you for your interest Our friends, Jean-Luc and Caroline owns a very nice astronomical oriented B&B, in a dark sky area, less than one hour from my home, 10km away of the village of Varages in Provence. There is a lack of cloudy-nights there. Jean-Luc and Caroline organise often events around the observatory. Twice a year we organise with them public events in the village as well. Anyway, the observatory layout is really perfect, with a very nice look and so easy to use! Jean-Luc is building a 5th shelter to place a brand new 50cm diameter telescope in the coming weeks. Here another sketch view of the observatory area. The B&B internet site is http://www.lablaque.com/ Edited by Aquarellia (03/05/13 03:06 AM) Post Extras:       Aquarellia sage Reged: 10/27/12 Loc: Val d'Issole, Provence, France Re: March 3 sun from Provence [Re: Aquarellia]       #5713811 - 03/05/13 03:13 AM Attachment (4 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thank you all for your nice comments. It’s quite difficult to make very precise sketch of the sun. The proms size and the relative proms position are one of the major issues we, sun sketchers have. My friend Jean-Luc made a quick mosaic of my 4 sketches in .gif. Here with no sketch adaptation, we can compare the 4 sketches in one view : Edited by Aquarellia (03/05/13 03:13 AM) Post Extras:       Andrev Carpal Tunnel Reged: 02/08/11 Loc: Montreal, Quebec, Canada Re: March 3 sun from Provence [Re: Aquarellia]       #5714000 - 03/05/13 08:51 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Michel. It's a very intriguing concept. Seems very simple to build. Thanks for sharing. And about you comment on sun precision, you are so right. I really admire you making time lapse of the proms because what I don't have the gust to do after sketching precisely the full disk, is to make another one 1 hour later. You have to reproduce everything the same way at the same position, it's very difficult. Even on a close up of a complex structural prom, it's hard to draw it again 10 minutes later. Just making one once is already a great challenge. Duplicating it is a greater challenge. Imaging is better in such case. Andre. Edited by Andrev (03/05/13 08:56 AM) Post Extras:       frank5817 Postmaster Reged: 06/13/06 Loc: Illinois Re: March 3 sun from Provence [Re: Andrev]       #5714068 - 03/05/13 09:52 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Michel, You do very unique sketching. Always impressive. Frank Post Extras:       Aquarellia sage Reged: 10/27/12 Loc: Val d'Issole, Provence, France Re: March 3 sun from Provence [Re: frank5817]       #5714290 - 03/05/13 11:55 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thank you Andre and Frank, I appreciate! Edited by Aquarellia (03/05/13 11:58 AM) Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 0 registered and 5 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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