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Randy Libner
{K:4084} 8/17/2009
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It's not often that someone dares to use a 20mm to do a moonscape. ;) I can see how anyone could assume this was a planet.
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Randy Libner
{K:4084} 8/17/2009
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The blue that night was fantastic. I was shooting my 20-35 lens at 20mm. There is a name for sky conditions like this, but I don't know it. It's getting dark, but to the west, the brightness lingers well after the sunsets.
Thank you Stan.
...........oh, and I do have this one in a large matted frame. I love it.
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Stan Hill
{K:35352} 8/17/2009
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This a wonderful POV and great film shot. The color graduations of the blue across the image are great. The stars and tree make a good visual treat, a real wall hanger to my eye.
be well, Stan
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Anthony Lound
{K:6661} 7/12/2009
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Actually Randy I'm pretty good at astronomy and have been a fan ever since I glimpsed Saturn's rings through a cheap 70mm refractor. Now - I have an 8" SC and a 5" Mak, both very under-used currently. I really want to start taking astro photos but those CCD's are pretty costly. I haven't looked in any depth into using my dSLR.
As to the Moon, yah - to my shame I thought it was a bloomed planet haha!
Regards,
Anthony
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Randy Libner
{K:4084} 7/9/2009
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Yup, the sword too. I don't recall Jupiter tho.
Anthony, If that's Jupiter to the lower right of the moon................................. you scare me with your astronomical knowledge of 1994.
If you thought the moon was Jupiter............... well then, it's because of the 20mm lens. ;)
Lemme know your astronomy knowledge level so I don't embarrass myself when naming my astro photos. Heck, I can even mess up chicken soup from a can ;)
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Randy Libner
{K:4084} 7/9/2009
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Sajjad, give me your e-mail address if you want and I may be able to assist you with IrfanView.
I must tell you tho, I am no professional at these photo imaging programs, but I know that I can assist you at least a little bit.
rlibner@hotmail.com
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Randy Libner
{K:4084} 7/9/2009
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Let's say that it's not where I'd like to have had it done, but they do pretty darn good work. Plenty good enough for what I need here for sure. Image size is put on the disk at 1818 by 1228.
I have these done in a one hour lab at a chain store called Fred Meyers. Not sure where you live, but the chain is in the northwest U. S. and located mostly in Oregon I believe.
They use an automated FUJI machine if that helps any. If you find a person in the photo department that you reaalllly trust handling your slides, I think you would be very happy with the conversions they do using the FUJI machine.
The price was very nice also. Many of these....... I mean, most all of these slides are my 'babies' and are irreplaceable, so I was quite nervous about letting a minimum wage photo jockey handle them. I marked the slide boxes "please handle with extreme care" They did and I was extremely happy with how they came out. The 'photo jocky' was a very demeaning term once I learned how well the man did his job. He earned my total respect.
He also liked my images. I think he was used to seeing birthday images and out of focus pet photos. ;)
Anyway, If you don't live near a Fred Meyers, look for a place with a state of the art FUJI machine and I think it will do you good, as it did me. Two thumbs up.
OK, now that said...... I'd like at least twice those image dimensions if I was going to get serious about these images. Not being in the photography business, and being very unknowledgeable about the potential of digital recording and printing, I'd have to find a professional lab to assist me if I made these into digital prints as a profession. I know I have some stuff that is fairly good, but mine are just given away as gifts for friends and family.
I went way, way, beyond your question as I ramble a lot. Did you notice? ;)
I hope the info I gave helped you a little bit.
Thank you for looking in.
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Richard Bidgood
{K:842} 7/9/2009
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Randy,
By the way, who do you use for slide to digital conversion?
Thanks,
Richard
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Sajjad Saberi
{K:289} 7/9/2009
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Hi Randy.
Thanks alot for your helps.
I downloaded Irfan View but now, I don't have enough time to use it. Use it Afternoon. 
Thanks again for your guides and helps.
Have a nice day
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Richard Bidgood
{K:842} 7/9/2009
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Randy, wonderful composition, and what a collection of blues, most of which are reflected in the tree. This is a reminder of what a great film Kodachrome is/was.
Thanks for sharing,
Richard
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Anthony Lound
{K:6661} 7/9/2009
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...and I do believe you have caught a tiny bit of Orion's sword/nebula too Randy! I'm guessing that planet was Jupiter?
Nice work!
Anthony
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Randy Libner
{K:4084} 7/8/2009
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Thank you Saad. I knew the evening that I took this image that it might be a good one. All my photos are from film, so I had to wait a week to find out the results of my effort. Yes, I was happy seeing the results.
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Randy Libner
{K:4084} 7/8/2009
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Thank you Kallol.
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Randy Libner
{K:4084} 7/8/2009
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Thank you Pallab. I tried to re take this image one month later so the moon was still near the same location. I got good blues, but the photos did not come out as well in my composition. First try is always best I guess.
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Randy Libner
{K:4084} 7/8/2009
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Thank you Sam, it's a favorite of mine.
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Randy Libner
{K:4084} 7/8/2009
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There are some free software programs that you can download that will allow you to modify your photos. Irfanview is probably the easiest to use and I have been using it for many years. You can lighten darken an image, add or reduce contrast and change color tones with it... plus resizing and a lot more. I think it would be a good one for you to try out. You modify an image and save it in a new file or along side the original image.
http://download.cnet.com/IrfanView/3000-2192_4-10021962.html?tag=mncol
I am still learning how to modify photos. I am certainly no professional at this. I just keep trying until the image looks best. I don't usually like to modify images very much because you can easily make them look worse. I like the images to look natural.
Download the IrfanView program and try it out. I think it will help. Hope this helps.
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Saad Salem
{K:89003} 7/8/2009
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very beautiful composition,and an excellent colors,
excellent exposure too,
Saad.
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Kallol Majumdar
{K:27691} 7/8/2009
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Beatiful colour. Nice details of the tree.
Regards.
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Kallol Majumdar
{K:27691} 7/8/2009
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Beatiful colour. Nice detail of the tree.
Regards.
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Gabriella M.
{K:33863} 7/8/2009
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super!
congrats.
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Pallab Banerjee
{K:3177} 7/8/2009
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Nice shot and amazing colors ... keep sharing
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Sajjad Saberi
{K:289} 7/8/2009
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Hi
Thank you so much...
Honesty, I don't know how to change my photos.:(
I've started photography since 3 month for certain. but took some photos before that.
Thank you Randy... Thanks...
Can you tell me about soft wares?
special thanks...:)
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Sam Kh
{K:19017} 7/8/2009
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fantastic image Randy
good job!
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Randy Libner
{K:4084} 7/8/2009
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Thank you Sajjad. I love the sky photos a lot, especially late in the day like this one. The colors are always more intense if it's a clear night.
I added a comment to you, take a look.
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Sajjad Saberi
{K:289} 7/8/2009
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Hi
good colors.
I love Sky.
I realy like to know your opinion about my photographs.
In god's shade
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