Astro sketching
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joachim.ong
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Astro sketching
Is anyone in our community into astro sketching? I've always had thoughts to try.
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joachim.ong
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Re: Astro sketching (Comet C/2023 A3)
I guess I shall post about my journey into astro sketching here... As a beginner, the comet was a good practice target, especially given how demure it looks in our Singapore sky. First sketch was done after seeing it through binoculars between the clouds for 5 seconds, while the second sketch was done many days later with my 10 inch dobsonian.
Sketches were made back at my desk, on white paper with a mechanical pencil, tissue and blending stumps to smear the graphite. I then snapped a picture with my phone, inverted, and post processed the image on snapseed selectively adding some colour to the star as well.
Sketches were made back at my desk, on white paper with a mechanical pencil, tissue and blending stumps to smear the graphite. I then snapped a picture with my phone, inverted, and post processed the image on snapseed selectively adding some colour to the star as well.