2021 May 27 - LS80

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2021 May 27 - LS80

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AR12826 and AR12824 is looking real sharp today!
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The bronzey-gold colouring is a fabulous addition to your excellent captures Simon.

Thanks for sharing
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Just fabulous images , as Terry says the colour is Fab , very nicely done

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Lovely captures Simon, thanks for sharing.


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Honestly, i really dont like color in solar images, or any astro images to be honest.

I color them because some people have that expectation. Its like look at CalK/H and seeing ti purple. We know why its purple, but generally, the public doesn't understand why. Dont get me wrong, if someone is genuinely interested, I do explain it. I get tired of people telling me the sun isnt yellow, red green, pink or blue, yet they dont know the color either and end up pointing to same article over and over again.

Rant over... :lol: :lol:
EGRAY_OBSERVATORY wrote: Thu May 27, 2021 6:33 pm The bronzey-gold colouring is a fabulous addition to your excellent captures Simon.

Thanks for sharing
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Very nice to see Simon.


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Very nice images Simon. How do you use the curves to obtain that bronze color ?

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Beautifully done, Simon. Great images.

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Post by EGRAY_OBSERVATORY »

Ha Ha Simon. Excellent comments about colouring, but in the very-old days when films were just B&W and then they were able to introduce colours into those oldies, it did seem a little less boring.

So tonight I will also provide one of my coloured CaK images in grey-scale too - just to keep you happy !!!

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Beautiful images, Simon.
Like you, I prefer uncoloured images. They rarely add anything and, in my opinion, generally detract.
That being said, the first image uses a colour scheme like Alan Friedman’s which is quite nice!
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Exceptionally fine images from the LS80, Simon. My LS80 must need a tune up.

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Ver nice images Simon, as usually!
Thanks for sharing.
I am also fun of the B&W, but only aesthetically speaking, I like to see some well adjusted colour sometimes.
And you always have some very special personals colours that you use, that I like a lot.
In another opportunity I will ask you to reveal your three magic numbers. ;-)

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Without creating a video showing it, here's a screen shot of it. If your a Photoshop user, this should be enough to understand.
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ffellah wrote: Thu May 27, 2021 7:39 pm Very nice images Simon. How do you use the curves to obtain that bronze color ?

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Alan's images are just unreal. a lot of his captures put my stuff to shame. One of his best shots is the WL of sunspots.

https://avertedimagination.com/img_pages/maelstrom.html - for those of you whom have not seen it before.
p_zetner wrote: Thu May 27, 2021 10:44 pm Beautiful images, Simon.
Like you, I prefer uncoloured images. They rarely add anything and, in my opinion, generally detract.
That being said, the first image uses a colour scheme like Alan Friedman’s which is quite nice!
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If you haven't before, i suggest releasing the pressure from it. Make sure you do it indoors as to not get dirt into the pressure chamber. You dont need to unscrew it completely out, enough so the seal is opened. You'll feel a pop when it does.


Astrophil wrote: Fri May 28, 2021 1:27 am Exceptionally fine images from the LS80, Simon. My LS80 must need a tune up.

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Here's a colour scheme that ive used. Its not super popular and I always get people saying something about how incorrect it is which just boggles my mind when they say stuff like that. I use it in advertising as its so striking that people have to double take. Next thing they realize, i got them interested in whatever im doing. Sometimes if im mega bored, i say its Planet Hulk.
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H-Alpha wrote: Fri May 28, 2021 2:28 am Ver nice images Simon, as usually!
Thanks for sharing.
I am also fun of the B&W, but only aesthetically speaking, I like to see some well adjusted colour sometimes.
And you always have some very special personals colours that you use, that I like a lot.
In another opportunity I will ask you to reveal your three magic numbers. ;-)

best wishes,
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Simon,
In monochrome or in color your images are among the best. You are truly the ace of inverted images as well! For accurate documentation of the Sun I would agree that monochrome is the best rivaled in my opinion by red if in Ha ( for visual-view accuracy ) . BUT color makes the images so pleasing to look at, it's so aesthetically pleasing. It's artsy and if your images are not top-par, like mine, color is more forgiving than monochrome. But that certainly doesn't apply to you since yours is top-notch. And I do love the bronze coloration!

Your Quark stands up against any Solar Spectrum, Solarscope or DayStar Quantum images I've seen. It's exceptional!

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Post by Montana »

Terrific images Simon :bow :hamster: we all have our favourites and if everyone did the same it would make solar astronomy pictures boring. We each add our own individual art in the post processing :)

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Outstanding images Simon...well done :bow

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Excellent! Seems you're about to reach the utmost limb detailing from the Lunt 80. I'll try to repeat it with my new Lunt 80 MT.
thanks for sharing

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Great detail, awesome!


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I canny keep pushing her captain, she just can't take any more Jim!!


LeoD wrote: Sat May 29, 2021 5:16 pm Excellent! Seems you're about to reach the utmost limb detailing from the Lunt 80. I'll try to repeat it with my new Lunt 80 MT.
thanks for sharing

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