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Okay I've been on Astrobin for 4 years and have never had more than 50 views on average for any of my images. I posted SH2-64 recently revised and I never get a single comment from anyone. I guess I do have a bone to pick since I've seen it getting an Image Of The Day with over 640 views several months ago. So what's wrong with my image.? If I never get feedback from anyone how am I suppose to know on ways to improve.? Yes I think my SH2-64 REVISED should get a special mention, or atleast a most improved mention. |
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| Hello sir. The best way to improve skills, especially in image processing is to be the part of some local AF group, forum or similar. Second thing I would like to mention is very easy. If you follow more people, those will probably notice your work way easily and then they will also follow you and in the end you will get more views of the images than you have now. You have some very nice images there though! I apologize for my english because it s not my native language. Have a nice day. |
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Don... here is a comment after your post in that thread. I selected your image as IOTW on TAIC because I saw what I thought was a very good image and from seeing your past efforts, a significant improvement in your processing. This also is a nice image with improved processing from your earlier efforts. At least in my opinion, I hold the DSW data to a much higher standard. It's shared by many people and it's hard to have any image from that data set stand out from the crowd. The quality of the data also exceeds almost all data I've worked with. Lloyds done an excellent job in providing a great site with great skies and excellent raw material to work with. I think it's been numbing people a little bit to excellent widefield work which is very challenging to do, especially for many that set up at home in worse conditions with rarely clear skies. Some people who get continual IOTD awards from that data set have just amassed a large following for a variety of reasons and it's usually playing the game a little more or being popular before joining the group. Also, the best images of targets don't always get the recognition. I'll be blunt since we are on that topic... the blue snowball that won IOTD a couple of days ago was quite good. Just matter of factly speaking however, it was not as deep, it didn't have as good colors, it didn't have as many details, it didn't have background ifn, the concentric shells weren't well defined, and it had a large diffraction spike through it distracting and hiding much of the structure, while the image I posted at almost the same time of the same target wasn't even selected for a top pick, let alone IOTD. The better images are rarely the ones selected as IOTD. Have you seen the quality of some of the Horsehead IOTDs? It's not always about which images are best. The awards and digital trophies here can't be taken too seriously. It's a popularity contest, a superficial view of thumbnail presentations, and a very minimal side gig for a few folks who aren't worried about whether yours or anyone's images get their proper recognition. You can't take it too seriously and typically forums provide better feedback on processing techniques anyways. This place is typically much more about doing an excellent job hosting images and providing details and getting very organized and sharing and allowing people high fives and pats on the back. All of that being said, your image there is quite nice. In my opinion, with the quality of the data, there is too much noise reduction and the stars are too soft. It's not real bad, but I think could be better. The colors and enhancements of the structures are very nice. It's been fun to see you coming along with your processing skills. |
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Thanks Josh for those kind encouragement words . I appreciate your comments on ways to improve the SH2-64 image, and it does appear you've noticed my improvements over the past 9 to 10 months using Pixinsight. I hope to learn more from Warren Keller's IP4AP classes and live chats as well. |
