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Adding A Set Screw
Posted on February 16, 2002 | No CommentsI have always been irritated that most adapters and extension tubes only come with a single set screw. This not only feels insecure when holding expensive eyepieces, but also allows... -
Thailand 2001
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Astrophotography Equipment
Posted on January 2, 2001 | No CommentsTakahashi FS102 Refractor This Apochromatic telescope provides very sharp images with no color fringed stars. When reduced to F/5.9 you get about 3 degrees of coverage in the sky. I... -
Combining LRGB Channels
Posted on January 2, 2001 | No CommentsMany astrophotographs are taken as multiple monochromatic photos that need to be combined into a color finished product later. Each photo editing package seems to have it's own method. This is a short review of what I have. -
Noise Reduction In Film Images
Posted on January 1, 2001 | No CommentsThe idea behind this method is that the low-light areas of the photograph need to be smoothed in order to remove grain artifacts while the bright stars and nebulosity should remain unchanged. To achieve this in Photoshop you need to construct a mask for the Gausian Blur filter. -
SDAA BBQ
Posted on August 3, 2000 | No CommentsI don't have my own observatory so I use the San Diego Astronomy Association's dark sky site in Tierra Del Sol most of the time. The following are some pictures... -
VisionScape Gallery
Posted on January 16, 2000 | 1 CommentI used to do artwork for Vision Scape Imaging. Here are some work and personal projects from back in the day. -
Anime Lightwave Plugin
Posted on January 1, 2000 | No CommentsWhen I worked at VSI I created a bunch of custom Lightwave plugins. This is one that was never released, but it was pretty cool. -
Plume Lightwave Plugin
Posted on January 1, 2000 | 2 CommentsWhile at VSI I got really interested in volume rendering and started writing a gas shader for Lightwave. It was just starting to look like a decent product when I was hired at Gratuitous Games and stopped working on it.