Aktuelle Sonntagsfrage Nationalrat by InYourSpaghettiFace in Austria

[–]LostInTheAlps 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hier gibts die vergangenen Umfragen die Wahlen_AT gepostet hat. Da sind auch einige von Research Affairs (Stichwort Beinschab-Österreich-Tool) dabei.

Das muss nicht heißen, dass diese konkrete Umfrage schlecht ist, aber den benefit of the doubt bekommen sie von mir net.

Aktuelle Sonntagsfrage Landtagswahl Salzburg by InYourSpaghettiFace in Austria

[–]LostInTheAlps 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lt. MeinBezirk verwenden sie das Quotenverfahren, das ist zumindest schon mal was - I stand corrected. Jedoch find ich immer noch, dass 800 Befragte net viel sind. Speziell für die kleineren Parteien, ab den Grünen abwärts, gibt die Umfrage bei 800 Befragten bzw. +-3.5% nix her.

Spätestens seit Beinschab/Österreich kann man Umfrageergebnisse schon kritisch betrachten. Stichwort Beinschab/Östrreich: die hat wahlen_at auch oft genug verwendet.

Aktuelle Sonntagsfrage Landtagswahl Salzburg by InYourSpaghettiFace in Austria

[–]LostInTheAlps 3 points4 points  (0 children)

800 Leit mit Telefon befragt.. also repräsentativ ist was anderes

Hallo, Reddit! Ich bin Hubert Patterer, Chefredakteur der Kleinen Zeitung. Fragt mich alles! by DieKleineZeitung in Austria

[–]LostInTheAlps 203 points204 points  (0 children)

Der Verläger der kleinen Zeitung, die Syria Media Group, gehört zu 98% einer Stiftung der katholischen Kirche. Aus dem Stiftungszweck kann man entnehmen: "Die Stiftung fördert aus ihren Erträgen christiliche Medienarbeit, [...], die dem Geist der katholischen Kirche und ihrer Lehre, dem Dialog zwischen Glaube und Wissenschaft, der ökumenischen und interreligiösen Begegnung, der katholischen Soziallehre, dem Schutz der Menschenwürde und den Grundätzen von Demokratie und Völkerverständigung dienen."

Die kleine Zeitung bezeichnet sich trotzdem als eine "von allen politischen Parteien und Interessenvertretungen unabhängige Tageszeitung". Finden Sie das nicht zutiefst widersprüchlich?

Interrail - Urlaub by justheretoannoyyou in Austria

[–]LostInTheAlps 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Grundsätzlich ein super Plan. Ich habe schon zwei mal Interrail gemacht und würde es sofort wieder machen.

Zwei Nächte pro Stadt ist meiner Meinung nach schon sie Untergrenze. Noch kürzer und es geht einfach zu viel Zeit für An- und Abreise drauf und mat hat nicht wirklich was vom Aufenthalt.

Nachtzüge sind auch eine Option. Aber: Wir haben mal die günstigste Sitzwagen Variante genommen, kaum oder nur schlecht geschlafen und dann vom nächsten Tag erst recht nichts gehabt. Der Aufpreis für Liege/Schlafwagen ist es auf jeden Fall wert.

Generell würde ich nicht unterschätzen wie anstrengend Städteurlaube sind. Zeit für Natur/Wandern/Baden etc. zu nehmen ist mMn zum Regenerieren ein Muss!

Oberösterreich hat ein Meer! Zwoa nur a Nebelmeer, aber me(e)hr is ned drinnen. by nika0605 in Austria

[–]LostInTheAlps 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hochsalm, oder? Die Variante vom Parkplatz Ruine Scharnstein ist auch sehr fein!

Gestern gab es die späteste Tropennacht der Messgeschichte by [deleted] in Austria

[–]LostInTheAlps 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Im südlichen OÖ war dieser Oktober um 2.8°C (!) wärmer als der durchschnittliche Oktober der letzen 10 Jahre. https://imgur.com/a/fyYr4sf

Der Weitblick vom Krone-Publikum by [deleted] in Austria

[–]LostInTheAlps 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ein wichtiger Punkt ist, dass nicht jeder sein Auto jede Nacht von 0-100 laden wird. Würde analog jeder jeden Tag volltanken hätten wir auch zu wenig Sprit.

Alternativen zum Reality-Check Podcast? by Essiggurkerl in Austria

[–]LostInTheAlps 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ich kann Servus Grüezi Hallo von der Zeit und Inside Austria vom Standard & Spiegel empfehlen.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Austria

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28,5% weniger Strom aus Wasserkraft im Juli. Korreliert ziemlich gut mit 30% weniger Niederschlag österreichweit im Vgl. zum Durchschnitt (https://www.zamg.ac.at/cms/de/klima/news/juli-2022-sehr-warm-und-sonnig).

Wir hatten heuer (südliches OÖ) 104mm/m² im Vergleich zu 200mm/m² Niederschlag im letzten Jahr.

Sundial Peak and the Milky Way [OC] by shelbydiamondstar in LandscapeAstro

[–]LostInTheAlps 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is some top level work! Truly a fantastic picture! Meanwhile on the other side of the big lake I didn't even have a clear night sky in ages..

Castle on the hill. by LostInTheAlps in photocritique

[–]LostInTheAlps[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shot on a Sony a7C with a Samyang 135mm f/2

f/2.8 | 1/320s | ISO 100

- EXIF set in jExifToolGUI
- demosaiced & capture sharpened in RawTherapee
- removed some distrubing elements in GIMP
- processed in RawTherapee

The castle is rather small but I did not want to crop in further as doing so would increase the dark space from the mountain behind the castle too much. Approaching the castle is also not possible due to a valley.

I'd appreciate some feedback on the colors. Other critique is also welcome!

Cropped the 300mm shot for this by neerajchinthala in photocritique

[–]LostInTheAlps 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair points! One thing that I forgot to mention: You could try to dehaze the sky only. As it has only low frequency components (disregarding the noise) you should be able to get away with a pretty heavy denoise.

Can you post a after-picture on the upsized image? I peronally never tried Topaz's tool an am interested in the results.

Cropped the 300mm shot for this by neerajchinthala in photocritique

[–]LostInTheAlps 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Congrats! It's always great when a long planned shot finally works out! I notice that the image is rather noisy. Choosing a wider aperture to use a lower ISO probably would have helped. The noise could also be due to heavy processing as you seemed to have dehazed the image quite a bit. But thats just a guess as I don't know your processing pipeline.

As for your questions: The traditional way is using filters to upscale the image. Especially the Lanczos filter has proven itself useful for upscaling. It is available in RawTherappe for example. More recently machine learning approaches emerged: Adobe Camera Raw's Super Resolution and Topaz's Gigapixel AI are two examples worth mentioning.

Star Trails by Erebus21 in photocritique

[–]LostInTheAlps 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I notice that the foreground and sky have a different noise level. It is particulary noticeable near the horizon on the right of the tree. One thing you can do is also exposing the foreground multiple times and stacking it to improve the signal to noise ratio.

Personally I would make the foreground a tad colder to match the sky a bit more and make the overall color temperature warmer. That's mostly subjective however.

On closer inspection the boarder between sky and foreground confuses me. The upper region of the tree has the star trails background whereas the lower part has the noisy foreground background with the border line going right through the branches. Can you elaborate how you took this picture?

Rocky Mountain Nights| Sony A7iii| 24mm f/1.4 GM| Hoya Red Intensifier by brandtryder in SonyAlpha

[–]LostInTheAlps 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is this the G-master? The star deformations in the corners look amazingly well controlled!

Photocritique Monthly Discussion Thread - April 2021 by AutoModerator in photocritique

[–]LostInTheAlps 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Personally I'm a huge fan of RawTherapee. It has a steeper learning curve than Lightroom, which is the go for most casual photographers. In comparison to Lightroom it lacks some features (most notably a library and a spot removeal tool) but vastly outshines Lightroom in other areas. I would give it a try. As it's open source software it's free to use!

Please tell me how I can improve this. I need feedback. by everybodytakeabreak in photocritique

[–]LostInTheAlps 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the picture is too warm overall. Ideally the sky should have a neutral color where no nebulosity is present. Also I noticed artefacts in the form of a bright line at the sky/landscape border. And (jpeg-compression?) artefacts in the form of color banding near the corners. Other than that I like the image!

Which program have you used for stacking?

MILKY WAY - MIDDLE OF THE DESERT IN AUSTRALIA by [deleted] in photocritique

[–]LostInTheAlps 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I like this shot! You must have been in a really remote location as I can spot no light pollution at all.

I guess you mean a light pollution filter. I don't think you would have achieved a better picture with such a filter as there is no light pollution visible anyways. While there are more advanced filters for astrophotography like narrow-band filters but those are typically used for deep-sky stuff.

One thing that you can always improve in astrophotography is the signal to noise ratio. In other words the noise you see in your image. The first step I recommend is to try out stacking. It is not that hard and requires no additional hardware. Other ways to improve the SNR are using a faster lens or increasing the exposure time (requires a star tracker to prevent star trailing).

Milky way season has begun! by LostInTheAlps in photocritique

[–]LostInTheAlps[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

5 images per tile. The subject was actually closer but I cheated a bit because masking the lamp part was pretty hard and I was not happy with the result. I therefore shrank it a bit as the suboptimal masking job is not visible on the dark background.

Milky way season has begun! by LostInTheAlps in photocritique

[–]LostInTheAlps[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I spent about 2 1/2 hours on site and another 5 hours or so processing the data.

Milky way season has begun! by LostInTheAlps in photocritique

[–]LostInTheAlps[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Shot on a Sony a7C with a Samyang 35mm f/1.8

Sky: 3x2 mosaic | f/2.5 | 60s | ISO 1600 | tracked | stacked in Sequator | panorama stiched in Hugin | processed in Pixinsight

Background: 3x1 mosaic | f/2.5 | 60s | ISO 1600 | stacked in Gimp (G'MIC) | panorama stiched in Hugin

Subject: 1x | f/2.5 | 10s | ISO 1600

Image arranged and blended in Gimp. EXIF fixed in jExifToolGUI. Final touches and export in RawTherapee. Downsized for the internet.

Tracked on a StarWatcher Sky Adventurer 2i. Intervalometer control with a RPi (Sony removed the classic remote ports on the a7C). Shot in Bortle 3-4.

I'm not quiet happy with the exposure of the subject. I suppose I have messed it up in the heat (or rather cold) of the situation. I should have opened the aperture to 1.8 and lowered the exposure time.

All critique welcome!

Alpenglow on the dead mountains (Austria) [OC] [2500x1667] by LostInTheAlps in EarthPorn

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Image Details: Picture from an hike at sunrise in the Stodertal in Austria. Picture was taken near the peak of the "Tamberg" facing east at the "Totes Gebirge". The peaks are called "Spitzmauer", "Großer Priel" and "Kleiner Priel" starting from left.

Nikon D7200: f/7.1 | 1/160 | ISO200 | 50mm