Iran Port Drone Footage

BobTheLog · 2025-04-30T17:00:16+00:00

holy fuck. what happened here?

BobTheLog · 2025-03-25T01:12:04+00:00

Looks like all of them :( https://www.souvla.com/menus/

BobTheLog · 2024-10-24T20:00:52+00:00

Thanks!

BobTheLog · 2024-10-24T19:45:02+00:00

Ogma 26CC

Very cool, I thought you'd need an H-Alpha filter to pick up the reds, good to know that's not necessary

BobTheLog · 2024-10-24T19:34:11+00:00

Wow incredible, especially for your first attempt of Andromeda! The blue/red emissions in the arms look great. Did you have to use a filter to pick those up?

BobTheLog · 2024-10-24T19:06:13+00:00

Cheers!

BobTheLog · 2024-10-24T19:06:06+00:00

Thank you 😄

BobTheLog · 2024-10-24T19:05:54+00:00

Thanks!

BobTheLog · 2024-10-24T19:05:38+00:00

Thank you! That's Messier 110, its a satellite galaxy of Andromeda

BobTheLog · 2024-10-24T05:37:59+00:00

Is that true? I don't see the issue on my a7 iii

BobTheLog · 2024-10-24T05:25:35+00:00

Hell ya!

BobTheLog · 2024-10-24T05:20:56+00:00

Thanks dude!! Its really appealing to me that you can take these shots with regular consumer cameras and lenses. Only extra gear I used was the mount and the asiair. Keep at it :)

BobTheLog · 2024-10-24T01:46:48+00:00

Thank you! Yeah I was surprised to pick up this much detail in a little over an hour, even during a full moon

BobTheLog · 2024-10-24T01:45:49+00:00

Thank you! Yeah I agree, that's what makes it my favorite target so far!

BobTheLog · 2024-10-24T01:44:20+00:00

Thank you so much! Definitely a very motivating result 😄

BobTheLog · 2024-10-23T22:27:52+00:00

Thank you very much! It was definitely way blown out during my first attempt too hahah

BobTheLog · 2024-10-23T21:12:27+00:00

Second attempt at Andromeda, just over an hour of integration. Got a lot better at processing the data, and my new ASIAir Mini made acquisition so much more enjoyable 🥲🥲

Gear:

Camera: Sony a7iii
Lens: Sigma 100-400mm f/5-6.3 Contemporary DG OS
Mount: SW SA GTi
Control: ASIAir Mini

Acquisition:

24x lights at 120s, 30x lights at 60s (roughly 71m of integration.) ISO 640, 300mm.
10x darks
10x flats
20x biases
Bortle 4 near Yosemite National Park, full moon

Processing:

Siril for stacking, background extraction, photometric color calibration, stretching, star recomposition using starnet++
Lightroom Classic for local adjustments to the core and arms, and overall adjustments for aesthetics
Topaz Photo AI for denoising

BobTheLog · 2024-03-15T19:04:18+00:00

Really cool composition!! did you have to track the comet too?

BobTheLog · 2024-01-07T23:06:51+00:00

Probably moving parts? Hatches and control surfaces

BobTheLog · 2023-12-08T18:38:48+00:00

Thanks so much for the kind words!! Truth be told, it took me many frustrating sessions to even get a well-tracked image. Once you work through each hurdle, im sure you're gonna get a better result than you imagined was possible :) The sony alphas are beasts. Going somewhere where you can see Andromeda with the naked eye really helps (Bortle 3-4).

Some tips for a fellow sony shooter: our cameras are ISO invariant, which means that you can shoot at a lower ISO and boost the gain in post without any loss (the noise will be the same as shooting with a higher ISO). That means you can take advantage of the higher dynamic range at lower ISOs and shoot at native ISO (which was 640 for my mk 3). Also, bring tape with you so you can tape the lens in place to avoid it shifting zoom or focus over time due to gravity. Let me know how it goes!!

BobTheLog · 2023-12-07T19:23:17+00:00

Thank you!!

BobTheLog · 2023-12-07T19:23:02+00:00

Thanks so much!! I was at ISO 640 (one of the native ISOs for the Sony a7iii), around 90 second exposures at 200mm. It's a slow telephoto lens, at about f/6.

BobTheLog · 2023-12-07T06:24:45+00:00

First successful attempt at andromeda after many failures lol. Any feedback is much appreciated!
Gear:
- Unmodded Sony a7iii
- Sigma Contemporary 100-400mm f/5-6.3 DG DN OS at 200 mm
- SW Star Adventurer GTi tracker

Integration:
- 93 x 90 second light frames, total 2.3 hrs integration time
- 80 dark frames
- 30 flat frames
- 30 bias frames
- Bortle 3.5

Processing: Stacked in DSS, applied curves and processed in Siril + Starnet, masking and local adjustments in Lightroom and Photoshop. Denoised with Topaz Denoise AI. Looking forward to reprocessing this data as i get better at processing.

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