There are currently thousands of amateur astronomers around the world engaged in astrophotography at a sophisticated level. Their ranks far outnumber professional astronomers doing the same and their contributions both technically and artistically are the dominant drivers of progress in the field today. This book is a unique collaboration of individuals world-renowned in their particular area and covers in detail each of the major sub-disciplines of astrophotography. This approach offers the reader the greatest opportunity to learn the most current information and the latest techniques directly from the foremost innovators in the field today. ldquo;Lessons from the Mastersrdquo; includes a brilliant body of recognized leaders in astronomical imaging; assembled by Robert Gendler; who delivers the most current; sophisticated and useful information on digital enhancement techniques in astrophotography available today. Each chapter focuses on a particular technique; but the book as a whole covers all types of astronomical image processing; including processing of events such as eclipses; using DSLRs; and deep-sky; planetary; widefield; and high resolution astronomical image processing. Recognized contributors include deep-sky experts such as Jay GaBany; Tony Hallas; and Ken Crawford; high-resolution planetary expert Damian Peach; and the founder of TWAN (The World at Night) Babak A. Tafreshi. A large number of illustrations (150; 75 in color) present the challenges and accomplishments involved in the processing of astronomical images by enthusiasts.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Future of hopeBy joseacute; KnightonHope is a fragile thing; as two terms of President Obamas hopeless stalemate with our self-infatuated Congress has proven. Yet; we are compelled to continue our search for hope where it yet resides. Hillary Browns book; Next Generation Infrastructure: Principles for Post-industrial Public Works; is straining at its binding with hope in abundance. At first encounter; its title may seem daunting to one outside Ms. Browns discipline. (An architect; former founding director of New Yorks Office of Sustainable Design; with her own consulting firm New Civic Works; she has been a board director of the U. S. Green Building Council.) But even a cursory perusal will reveal her books collective insights to be readily accessible to the uninitiated.Her book is a report from the front lines of a necessarily less wasteful futuremdash;quite literally "from the trenches" where weve previously buried the pipes and cables of our decaying infrastructure with little or no regard for tomorrows consequences. Drawing on deep research and abundant travels for her professional presentations; she has compiled an array of creative; pioneering projects; worldwide; that point the way forward; not just to surviving the future; but to a thriving in the future.Author Wallace Stegner famously declared the American West to be "the native home of hope." But it was from his attentive environmental philosophy that hope actually upwelled. Similarly; it is Ms. Browns prescriptive analysis of a future infrastructure; working in harmony with rather than in opposition to natural systems; from which further hope springs.2 of 3 people found the following review helpful. I Was disappointed that this focused less on the infrastructure problem than ...By ThmasorionFast response from seller. I Was disappointed that this focused less on the infrastructure problem than on green infrastructure that doesnt really get to the current crisis.