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Posts Made By: Jeff Hapeman

March 11, 2005 06:29 AM Forum: Birding Optics and Photos

Birds in Southern CA

Posted By Jeff Hapeman
Last one for tonight...a Brown Pelican. There were tons of these at La Jolla. Beautiful birds, in breeding colors.

Jeff

March 12, 2005 03:56 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

M78 from Utah

Posted By Jeff Hapeman
Ty,

That is a nice capture, but the color balance is off too much to the blue-green. This should have a lot of browns and even some reds in there. Apart from that, great framing, guiding, etc.

Jeff

March 12, 2005 03:59 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Markarian's Chain

Posted By Jeff Hapeman
Very nice! Images of that region always put things in perspective...how small we are in such a big universe.

Jeff

March 12, 2005 04:15 AM Forum: A Day in the Life of the Administrator

A Friend Can't Register

Posted By Jeff Hapeman
Yeah, somewhere it tells you that you cannot use Yahoo and a few other ISP's that don't allow tracing. It was implemented years ago to weed out the bad apples and has worked very well.

Jeff

Gerald Kuchera said:

I've got a friend who is just getting interested in astronomy and I encouraged him to register on Astromart. But he indicated when he tried to subscribe, he told me, "I tried to subscribe to Astromart but they don't allow my Email provider (Yahoo)."

I looked under help and FAQ to help him, but it's apparently under construction. Is a Yahoo account a problem? Any advice?

Thanks in advance!

March 14, 2005 07:23 AM Forum: Birding Optics and Photos

Titmouse

Posted By Jeff Hapeman
Wow, super sharp! I have heard that is a very sharp lens...and your picture seems to bear that out. Very well done. 8O

Jeff

March 14, 2005 07:30 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Lens (?) Flare

Posted By Jeff Hapeman
That is definitely flare caused by a bright star just out of the FOV. It happens when your adapters or reducers aren't properly set up to reduce internal reflections. I had it with some custom adapters and my STL-11000XM. The insides were anodized black, but it didn't matter--the bright star plus the long exposure picked up the arcs.

You won't see it with the star *in* the FOV-it has to be just out of the FOV.

If you have an adapter in there, try painting the interior with the flattest flat-black paint you can find. That fixed it for me. Ideally, the insides of adapters should be grooved and painted flat black, or flocked. That will eliminate this problem.

Jeff

March 15, 2005 02:48 AM Forum: Birding Optics and Photos

Head Shot . . .

Posted By Jeff Hapeman
Cool--now that is nice and sharp. You must have been very close...

8O

Jeff

March 18, 2005 10:01 PM Forum: Birding Optics and Photos

Elbino Turkey

Posted By Jeff Hapeman
Robert Watters said:

I've seen this guy a couple of times but never had the camera with me until now. Of coarse it was a miserable day. :S

Is this a common thing?

Robert W.

I don't think it's terribly common, but it's also not a true albino. If it were, it would totally white. If I recall, the proper term for this bird would be "melanistic" or "partial albino." Basically, it appears to have partial amounts of the melanins--pigments that create the colors--which is why it still has color, but is muted.

Very interesting find!

Jeff

March 28, 2005 02:50 AM Forum: Birding Optics and Photos

Common Meganser

Posted By Jeff Hapeman
Your problem is the extreme slow speed of that Mak...it will really limit your shutter speed options, and with the long focal length it no doubt has, that makes life even tougher....even with a good DSLR that can shoot clean at ISO 800, you are only gaining one stop over what you have now--not a lot.

Jeff

April 2, 2005 05:33 AM Forum: Birding Optics and Photos

Tufted Titmouse

Posted By Jeff Hapeman
Good day, no doubt--you had to be very close. Excellent image, nice composition and very sharp.

Jeff

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