Apparently PIL, and therefore Pillow, do not support Nikon RAW (.NEF) files. From what I can tell, my camera shoots RAWs in a 14-bit grayscale format. With the help of nefarious, I've found a way to get the image data out of my RAW files. Images coming soon!
As part of my ongoing effort to consolidate my various projects onto foxrow.com, I have moved the rowing weather app to weather.foxrow.com. Eventually I hope to get some interactive form of pypeline online as well. I am not sure yet what form that might take. Because RAWs …
I'm using Linux Mint 15 ("Olivia") for my pypeline development - and ran into a little difficulty
right off the bat getting pillow installed. Virtualenv and Virtualenvwrapper are pretty much a must-have if you're
developing multiple projects, and pip install pillow was failing with messages like
Python.h: No such file …
Since I plan on taking quite a few night sky pictures, I'd like to automate the process as much as possible. The project is hosted on github here. Right now it's essentially empty, but eventually features I'd like it to have:
With one set of exposures under my belt, I adjusted my camera settings a little and tried my hand again. As luck would have it, my window framed the big dipper quite nicely, so I set up in front of that and let it rip.
Well, sort of. This is my first attempt at any sort of serious astrophotography. I wasn't aiming for anything in particular, I just wanted to get a feel for my camera. The conditions were subpar to say the least: it was a mildly cloudy night, and I'm near a metropolitan …
I'm redesigning the site a little. Since I haven't been able to devote much time to Fox Row Ergs, formerly at foxrow.com, I am moving that to ergs.foxrow.com, and this blog is now at foxrow.com. The app itself isn't changing, just my focus on the site …