William G Walkley

stay · Aug 6, 2006

Nice photo that. You did well to hold her steady for so long ;-)

Did wonder for a bit whether that was the correct colour balance until I noticed the star/planet, which, unless its betelgeuse, should probably be white.
I see the image was saved using Photoshop. It should have an automatic levels function you can use to compensate for the transparency's colour wandering a bit over time.

"The GIMP" is a good free alternative for image editing.

alastairjs · Aug 6, 2006

Great picture reefpilot, you did very well to get such a sharp image on what must have been a long exposure. Apropos the comment by "stay" I've taken the liberty of adjusting the colour balace both on this one and the great shot of her pshing through the seas off NSW. Results below:
[img=http://img466.imageshack.us/img466/6113/wgwmoonlight1962ub0.th.jpg] & [img=http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/9235/wgwnswcoast1963uc5.th.jpg]. Hope you don't mind,
Regards,
Alastair

reefpilot · Aug 6, 2006

Gents, Thanks for good advice here. I have been using the autolevels on a lot of recent digital photos to remove the UV effect and it has been particularly effective. I guess it boils down to available time. Working full time at the moment on a pilotage project is not giving me enough time to get stuck into the more enjoyable aspects like this. I will take up the "Gimp" advice and have a look at it as all the reference manuals for Photoshop tend towards the pro rather than the amatuer.
Thanks and regards,
Wal

stay

alastairjs

reefpilot

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