Printed my image of the Pleiades for an upcoming art show. Tried a new metallic paper. I like it but no matter how well it prints, it never looks as good as the digital image! Need to do a backlit version next time. Guesses on total integration time? #Astronomy #astrophotography #Space 🔭🧪
12 hrs?
Good guess but nope. I think you're in my Discord server so I'll just link to the answer instead of spoiling it for other guessers here: discord.com/channels/118...
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Both look great to me. I wonder if you could do a backlit with a rag paper or moenkopi (moab paper).
Thanks :) This is a Photo Rag Metallic paper. Feels too thick. Thanks for suggesting Moenkopi, I'll add to that my list to test one day. I don't print enough to know what would work so I need to experiment. But it's something I want to try in the future.
That’s a damn good idea, honestly. If you figure out how to print something like that backlit make sure to post it here!
@nebulaphotos.bsky.social has done some backlit printing projects. I've actually made my own in the past using Canvas prints. They're usually thin and a small set of LEDs did the trick. If I had the energy, I'd redo that project now.
Do you have an example you could take a photo of to show?
I may have photos somewhere, I'll look for them. This was an experiment I did over 10 years ago.
Nico is a great resource. I’ll have to tracking down those videos.