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Subject: [OM] Re: Solar eclipse photo advice
From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2006 22:13:27 +0100
Exciting stuff, Piers, thanks.

Kale Uçhisar looks a little more eroded than when I climbed it; but I  
suppose it was crumbling in 2000.

Chris
~~ >-)-
C M I Barker
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On 8 Apr 2006, at 21:37, Piers Hemy wrote:

>
> Chuck, refresh your memory here:
>
> www.hemy.me.uk/Eclipse/index.html
>
> Just a few of totality, one of the all-round "sunset", a couple of  
> local
> crowd scenes and a couple of local scenery.  Specially for Chris,  
> the last
> is Uçhisar.
>
> All images on Fuji Provia 100, and the multiple images of totality  
> represent
> exposures at five-second intervals with the shutter speed varied by  
> one stop
> each frame.  Keep in mind that a mirror lens was used, so  
> everything was at
> f/8.  The first near-totality image was imaged through a solar filter,
> everything else unfiltered.
>
> These are all pretty much straight out of the scanner, and are
> work-in-progress while I find out how best to scan to reveal the  
> detail from
> an image which is 95% pure black!  I will likely be replacing some  
> of the
> scans with new versions over time.  Meanwhile, do, please, try  
> dropping the
> files into Photoshop to play with, eg, the curves to get an idea of  
> what
> level of colour detail is hidden fom immediate view - it is truly  
> remarkable
> what has been captured.  The last of the totality shots is an  
> example of
> what is there in the red channel.  There is also plenty of corona  
> to be
> extracted.
>
> Novosibirsk 1 August 2008 beckons...
>
> --
> Piers
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On  
> Behalf
> Of Chuck Norcutt
> Sent: 06 April 2006 20:05
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Re: Solar eclipse photo advice
>
> It's good to know that my 38 year old memory hasn't pumped up the  
> event.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> Piers Hemy wrote:
>
> --snip
>>
>> I'll get a few images posted in a day or so - I seemed to be about  
>> the
>> only one not using digital - the results from a handheld 400mm IS  
>> lens
>> on a C*non digital were disappointingly spectacular :-(
>>
>> --
>> Piers
>>
> --snip
>
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