This website was painstakingly assembled using a myriad of different
types of equipment and software packages. Nearly all nature and cave images
were produced with Olympus 35mm SLR cameras and
lenses. Images in the Nature1 and Caves1 galleries were scanned
by Kodak onto PhotoCD
from the original transparencies. They were then converted to RGB before
being saved as JPEG files in Adobe Photoshop.
An attempt was made, at the cost of image quality, to ensure the files
are relatively small in order to expedite download time. NO OTHER IMAGE
ENHANCEMENT WAS PERFORMED ON THESE IMAGES. Some images in the Caves2
gallery were originally shot on color negative (print) film, and then scanned
by Murphy's Camera and Video
directly on to CDR. All other images were scanned from the original Fujichrome
transparencies by an Olympus ES-10 film scanner or a Nikon LS-30 film scanner.
Celestial images were processed somewhat differently. The original
images were in native SBIG 237 format, and converted to TIFF in CCDOPS
v4.13. The images were then converted to RGB and saved in JPEG format
in Adobe Photoshop. Image processing of these images was performed in CCDOPS.
Other "snap shot" images were created using an Olympus D-320L digital camera.
Except that I have given large sums of money to the companies mentioned
in this website, I am in no way affiliated with any of them. Links to their
respective Internet sites are presented here solely for information purposes.
Links to other personal websites are likewise presented in the spirit of
cooperation and to the advancement of knowledge. Those wishing links
to be taken off, or added to, this site should contact me. "Only
a numb-skull thinks he knows things about things he knows nothing about".
Product information and testimonials are completely my own, and were gleaned
from my own experiences and perceptions of said products.
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report failures, link problems, sppelling errors, etc., to the Darklight
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