In the next weeks, I’ll be covering a lot of stuff about the upcoming solar eclipse. This will give me an opportunity to cover subjects more in-depth and more frequently and display images larger and better than what S&T had the space, or inclination to run. I’m happy to announce that I’m moving my monthly astrophotography column from Sky & Telescope’s web site to my own blog. Posted in Astronomy, Astrophotography, Equipment Reviews, New Equipment, Planetary Photography, Software, Total Solar Eclipse See my eclipse photography tips page for more information on shooting the eclipse. Lots of time-consuming trial-and-error testing to find the optimum framing rate that guarantees no dropped frames and correct settings.īonus points will be awarded if you spot the oddity in the picture. I’ve trained him to take off, and replace, the filters for totaltiy on remote camera for the wide-angle multiple-exposure composite.
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Canon 600D (T3i) controlled by USB and serial cable.Toshiba laptop running Solar Eclipse Maestro.Mac laptop running Solar Eclipse Maestro.Toshiba laptop running Eclipse Orchestrator.This is my test setup for trying various automation programs to control the cameras for the upcoming Augtotal eclipse of the Sun. Posted in Astrophotography, Big Scope Chronicles, Equipment Reviews, Image Processing, Images, New Equipment No lens correction profiles used at all.Sky background flattened with GradientExTerminator.2x Drizzle then downsample back to original size.
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You have to download the full-resolution, full-frame 8-Bit TIFF of Cassiopeia shot with the Sigma Art 105mm f/1.4 lens on Google Drive (a 57mb file) and look at the corners at 100% magnification. You really won’t be able to check them out at the size of this small image on this page.
Check out the corners at 100% and decide if you can live with them at f/1.4… ?