Bart, Peter & Mark - Thanks gents! Delighted that you enjoy this image too
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Originally Posted by graham.hobart
Another cracker Andy. Smooth and rich and well coloured.
I notice some spikes on the bigger stars -is this a spill of photons from the well ? as it is a small APO. I am in the camp of loving spikes so for me it adds to the image.
Consistently raising the bar from the burbs!
The other thing I would add is that you really do know how to frame a pic for presentation. Such a dramatic eye catching grab.
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Hey thanks Graz, Yes I think you're right about the photon spill as the spikes were not added in post as such.
Regarding composition, I spend ages framing an image, often pre-framing & pre-visualising an image by pulling up a nice pic of the region I want to image, then using a matchbox or similar that represents my FOV, I move it around the screen until I find a pleasing result, chose which orientation looks best then take a screen shot and viola, use that to carefully frame the target in the field.
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Originally Posted by The_bluester
Lovely image AC. The SV70 really produces the goods doesn't it!
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Yes mate, it certainly punches well above it's weight! Great bang for buck
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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
That's a lovely looking scene Andy, suits the Ha/OIII only treatment. The moustache is one of the more intriguing nebulae, looking at it vertically in wide field, it always made me think of a DNA strand The Vela SNR area really is full of goodies, many cool bits to shoot.
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Cheers Mike, yes I'm a bit tempted to revisit this as a two panel vertical mosaic - At that orientation it resembles red fairy floss on a blue stick (of DNA perhaps?) Probably won't this time though as I've spotted another bit that intrigues me now - so many target choices in Vela!
