On Wed, Jun 15, 2022 at 4:56 PM Mike Gordon via olympus <
olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> We set up Marnie's star trail shot first at the antique windmill near Las
> Tricias as the MW core had not yet risen and a few clouds wouldn't kill the
> shot. Clearoutside app said the few low clouds would be gone by 3:30 AM
> when the MW would be just above the windmill. We warmed up in the car as
> the Live Composit mode on the Oly accumulated the trails. The clouds never
> did vanish as predicted and the sky was not as dark as on the plateaus near
> Roque de los Muchachos. I could not process the MW to bring out the
> nebulae as I think it just was too muddy to start. I took a foreground
> shot for 2 min or so with low level lighting, but I think I reframed
> slightly as sky replacement in PS just did not work! It had worked every
> time for me until now. It is not really "cheating" as it truly is the same
> sky, not that it is a felony or anything. Marnie liked the increase
> detail in the foreground more than this largely silhouetted foreground, but
> I could not easily transfer the sky over--at
> least ran out of steam. I wanted just a tad more detail in the windmill
> from the longer exposure. I suspect Moose may be able to manage. It gets
> tricky with complex foregrounds.
> The sky is a 20 shot stack with 20 dark frames.
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> https://www.olyendomike.com/La-Palma-2022/i-hDRQRbM/A
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR4gKQPTHEI
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> More skilled transplant surgeon required, Mike
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I think that's exquisite, Mike. Print large and get it on a wall somewhere.
Joel W.
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