I also took the liberty of changing my usual image watermark. I used to create a dark grey border on the top and bottom where I would type in the object name, type of imaging, my name and website address. I have never quite liked this as I feel it did not look very artistic. Instead, I have now opted for an ever so slightly more artistic signature of sorts. This seems more understated and to the point. Now I have the task of updating every image uploaded to AstroBin and Flickr so that they feature the new watermark. For Flickr, I will have to wait until I regain access to my account after their service changes locked me out.
It seems I have never been completely happy with my Astrophotographs page. Namely because it is technically art and I am too methodical a person to know how to best display art. I think I have arrived at a good way of displaying my images - tabs with the type of object and the images shown side-by-side in large thumbnail squares. Hovering the mouse cursor over an image pops up its title on the bottom of the thumbnail and clicking the thumbnail opens up a whole new page dedicated to that image. This took a fair amount of hours of work because of having to create a new page for each image. Since I have a fair number of images at this point, it required me to do this many times over. Thankfully one can create a template and copy that, but data and details still needed inputting. The above is the dedicated page for the first image in the Galaxies tab. I believe it looks much better now than it did before. Clicking the large image in the dedicated page opens up a new browser tab which loads the higher resolution image. Those wanting to view on AstroBin or Flickr can do so via the links below the image. All equipment used for the image in question as well as capture details are shown at the bottom of each page.
I also took the liberty of changing my usual image watermark. I used to create a dark grey border on the top and bottom where I would type in the object name, type of imaging, my name and website address. I have never quite liked this as I feel it did not look very artistic. Instead, I have now opted for an ever so slightly more artistic signature of sorts. This seems more understated and to the point. Now I have the task of updating every image uploaded to AstroBin and Flickr so that they feature the new watermark. For Flickr, I will have to wait until I regain access to my account after their service changes locked me out.
Larry
13/10/2019 07:24:44
Love this image. I use an M-Uno mount in my remote observatory also but haven’t gotten to the quality of your images yet. Fantastic work!
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I agree with the sentiment of being technical about the photos yet not so good at presenting the results artistically. My gallery isn’t that well organised either, nor are my results (actually and potentially) of much interest. I do enjoy the hobby though and its amazing at what can be captured with relatively poor equipment and your tutorials have been of great help. Thanks.
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