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Old July 16th 03, 10:56 PM
Dieter Kreuer
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Hello,

though it's been quite a while since the solar eclipse on August 11th,
1999, I only recently created a digital composite of my slides.
On the composite, the coronal streamers come out beautifully. I applied
the techniques that were described in several (not so recent) articles
in Sky&Telescope on solar eclipse digital image processing. I was quite
stunned at how much detail I could get out of the slides, that are
included in my eclipse report on the 99 eclipse , which I had watched
from Lake Balaton in Hungary.

The picture and a step-by-step description of how I created it can be
found on my homepage:

http://home.t-online.de/home/Kreuer.Dieter

I'm going to add a few pictures of Hale-Bopp in 1996, soon, and of the
lunar eclipse of last May. Don't throw away your old slides and
negatives! Digitize'em!

--
Dieter Kreuer

Dieter.Kreueratdirectbox.com
http://home.t-online.de/~Kreuer.Dieter

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Old July 17th 03, 02:41 PM
Kevin Smith
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Default Digital composite of the solar eclipse 99

Excellent. I do like that. I had a look at the technique, but I need more
photoshop knowledge on how to add, and use layers I think.

Cheers for now

Kevin
www.kevsmith.com

"Dieter Kreuer" wrote in message
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Hello,

though it's been quite a while since the solar eclipse on August 11th,
1999, I only recently created a digital composite of my slides.
On the composite, the coronal streamers come out beautifully. I applied
the techniques that were described in several (not so recent) articles
in Sky&Telescope on solar eclipse digital image processing. I was quite
stunned at how much detail I could get out of the slides, that are
included in my eclipse report on the 99 eclipse , which I had watched
from Lake Balaton in Hungary.

The picture and a step-by-step description of how I created it can be
found on my homepage:

http://home.t-online.de/home/Kreuer.Dieter

I'm going to add a few pictures of Hale-Bopp in 1996, soon, and of the
lunar eclipse of last May. Don't throw away your old slides and
negatives! Digitize'em!

--
Dieter Kreuer

Dieter.Kreueratdirectbox.com
http://home.t-online.de/~Kreuer.Dieter



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Old July 17th 03, 08:39 PM
Howard Lester
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Default Digital composite of the solar eclipse 99

I notice on your site (English) you refer to the May 31, 2003 eclipse as a
"total solar eclipse." You should change that to "annular solar eclipse."

Howard Lester


"Dieter Kreuer" wrote


The picture and a step-by-step description of how I created it can be
found on my homepage:

http://home.t-online.de/home/Kreuer.Dieter




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Old July 17th 03, 10:02 PM
Dieter Kreuer
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Default Digital composite of the solar eclipse 99

I learned a lot by processing hundreds of vacation pictures. Actually,
there's no more bad weather in my pictures, unless I want to ;-) My wife
hates me for manipulating the pictures so much :^)

But learning how to use layers, layer masks, and how to select those
parts of an image you want to are the most important things to know. I
recommend that you buy a good book on Photoshop (can't give you a
recommendation, because I bought one written by a German in German). You
can get amazing details out of your pictures with Photoshop. I will put
more pictures of Hale Bopp and the recent lunar eclipse on my web pages,
soon. When the eclipse neared totatlity at 4:15 a.m. lokal time, it got
quite bright, but thanks to Photoshop, I could subtract the blue sky and
still produce a nice (if soemwhat grainy) picture.

Kevin Smith wrote:

Excellent. I do like that. I had a look at the technique, but I need more
photoshop knowledge on how to add, and use layers I think.

Cheers for now

Kevin
www.kevsmith.com

"Dieter Kreuer" wrote in message
...

Hello,

though it's been quite a while since the solar eclipse on August 11th,
1999, I only recently created a digital composite of my slides.
On the composite, the coronal streamers come out beautifully. I applied
the techniques that were described in several (not so recent) articles
in Sky&Telescope on solar eclipse digital image processing. I was quite
stunned at how much detail I could get out of the slides, that are
included in my eclipse report on the 99 eclipse , which I had watched
from Lake Balaton in Hungary.

The picture and a step-by-step description of how I created it can be
found on my homepage:

http://home.t-online.de/home/Kreuer.Dieter

I'm going to add a few pictures of Hale-Bopp in 1996, soon, and of the
lunar eclipse of last May. Don't throw away your old slides and
negatives! Digitize'em!

--
Dieter Kreuer

Dieter.Kreueratdirectbox.com
http://home.t-online.de/~Kreuer.Dieter





--
Dieter Kreuer

Dieter.Kreueratdirectbox.com
http://home.t-online.de/~Kreuer.Dieter

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Old July 17th 03, 10:03 PM
Dieter Kreuer
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Default Digital composite of the solar eclipse 99

Thanks for the hint; I'll correct this.

Howard Lester wrote:

I notice on your site (English) you refer to the May 31, 2003 eclipse as a
"total solar eclipse." You should change that to "annular solar eclipse."

Howard Lester


"Dieter Kreuer" wrote



The picture and a step-by-step description of how I created it can be
found on my homepage:

http://home.t-online.de/home/Kreuer.Dieter






--
Dieter Kreuer

Dieter.Kreueratdirectbox.com
http://home.t-online.de/~Kreuer.Dieter

 




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