And unfortunately, second of all, I want to take a moment to turn that unannounced absence into an announced hiatus. Having ten days left in my college career would be a hectic time even if I didn't work the way that I do – but since my writing style tends to consist in several months of "thinking" and "research" followed by a couple weeks of nearly uninterrupted writing, well, it's really hectic.
But here's a glimpse of what I've been doing on the astrophotography front.
ATTEMPT 1, 11/21/08 (already showcased here):

ATTEMPT 2, 12/3/08:

While the first image is a single shot, taken on my first successful night of imaging, the second is a composite image of 23 separate exposures stitched and blended together in Photoshop. This not only allows for a much wider field of view, it means that I can balance different exposures and levels of focus. And the good news is that I haven't fully taken advantage of the technique, so should be able to get something even better (though not so much better) before finishing the project.
While I was hesitant to recommend that anyone click on the previous image (it looks about as good as it ever will at the smaller size), this time I encourage everyone to check out the larger version.
so fucking sweet
ReplyDeletereally cool stuff man. i could stare at pictures of outer space pretty much forever and it's especially awesome to have first-hand photography taken by a blog contributor!
ReplyDeleteAwesome stuff. Look forward to having you back once that college thing gets wrapped up.
ReplyDelete@porntipsguzzardo: Amazing name, and it's nice to see there's another sim city addict on on the blog.
@6.54 Thanks for the new desktop background!
ReplyDelete@6.54 Thanks for the new desktop background!
ReplyDeleteWord! It is also mine. But lemme send you a full-sized version that will actually stretch the length of your screen (this one's severely cropped).
In general: thanks, guys!
Yeah man, if you wouldn't mind sending that picture to me too, that would be a sick desktop.
ReplyDeleteBadass. I could use the desktop image too :-)
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