From: Mark Gaffney <markgaffney@me.com>

Date: March 26, 2011 1:22:25 PM MDT

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: [Astro_IIDC] a bit better..(?)


Hi Milton, 

I`ve seen your excellent work before..!


Is this image obtained using Focus magic add on in Photoshop a reasonable beginning?


http://www.flickr.com/photos/mark_gaffney/5540825188/


I realised when looking at the Astro IIDC processing section again that similar refinements of my original image (it was basically the fix out of focus blur option I used in PS) might be obtainable with Astro IIDC..! However FM (Focus Magic) arrives at this conclusion automatically..!


If the FM image (above) is OK would it be possible to make something in Astro IIDC which arrives automatically at an optimum (or suggested) color balance? 

I realise this is intuitive & may be also be subjective but you`ll perhaps agree that the possibilities are virtually endless..

As I said I spent about 3 hours working on it & was never sure I was actually ever coming to the right conclusion..(?)


Mark.   

On 27/03/2011, at 4:49 AM, Milton Aupperle wrote:

Mark;

All those images are both over saturated for color and extremely over
sharpened.

They are almost litho or line art drawing rather than representative
real Astro images.

See:

http://www.outcastsoft.com/AstroImages/Luna_Enchanced_20050216_MJA.jpg

or

http://www.outcastsoft.com/AstroImages/Luna_Enchanced_20050419_MJA.jpg

or

http://www.outcastsoft.com/AstroImages/Luna20070103_MJA.jpg

or

http://www.outcastsoft.com/AstroImages/moon20080512_MJA.jpg

for more realistic images.

The color balance requires very fine (.0x) adjustments of the R G B
Gain values. To get the colors so that are nearly neutral gray and
then increase the saturation.

HTH..

Milton J. Aupperle

On 25-Mar-11, at 8:56 PM, Mark Gaffney wrote:

> The rusty colours of the previous version seemed accentuated when
> uploaded to Flickr..
> Maybe this one is a little easier on the eye..?
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/mark_gaffney/5559692741/
>
> Mark.
>
>
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