Thanks. Apart from the ambiance what's missing is the extent of the
corona that can be seen with the eye. Much larger than what's shown
here. I hope it can be extracted.
Chuck Norcutt
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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