Seeing animals again, Mandrill Nebula?

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Hi,

This is an image of the eastern part of the veil nebula in Cygnus, only gets to 23 deg above the horizon from my latitude.
While processing to find the best orientation for this image I noticed it looks like a Mandrill's head.

What do you think

8" F/4 astrograph HEQ pro 5 mount. Orion mini guider.

Unmodded canon 1100D, baader type III coma corrector.

15 x 5 minute subs, ISO 1600 and 11 x 2 minute ISO 800. Stacked in DSS, processed in PS7.

Plus repro .

Cheers,

Justin.

[Larryp (Laurie)]

Very nice image of the veil, Justin. I can see a bit of a head profile

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Originally Posted by Larryp

Very nice image of the veil, Justin. I can see a bit of a head profile

Thanks Laurie!

Glad you see a hint of the head.

Cheers,

Justin.

[Marios (Marios)]

The landscape shot looks a little like a resting fox with a long bush tail off to the left. Very nice result..

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Originally Posted by Marios

The landscape shot looks a little like a resting fox with a long bush tail off to the left. Very nice result..

Thanks Marios!

Your right, it does look like a resting fox.

Cheers,

Justin.

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Absolutely beautiful Justin!

[LewisM]

Disagree - I always reckon that section looks like a Xenomorph skull

[malau (David)]

We should have a new constellation

[RickS (Rick)]

I thought we'd already done the pareidolia thread? But now that you mention the resemblance, Justin

[Rex]

Really nice image Justin, great detail and lovely colours.

This one has been on my list of images to do for a while now, will have to get in and make it happen. I Use a similar scope and the same camera as you so I now know what the FOV will be. Thanks mate.

Incidentally I can see the Mandril and the fox. Amazing what the human brain can do with a little tilting of the head and a bit of imagination.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Originally Posted by cometcatcher

Absolutely beautiful Justin!

Thanks Kevin!

Had to have a go after seeing your western veil.

Originally Posted by LewisM

Disagree - I always reckon that section looks like a Xenomorph skull

Thought that too,the "Alien Nebula" may be a little generic though.

Originally Posted by RickS

I thought we'd already done the pareidolia thread? But now that you mention the resemblance, Justin

Thanks Rick!

Had to look up "pareidolia"
That's me though

Originally Posted by Rex

Really nice image Justin, great detail and lovely colours.

This one has been on my list of images to do for a while now, will have to get in and make it happen. I Use a similar scope and the same camera as you so I now know what the FOV will be. Thanks mate.

Incidentally I can see the Mandril and the fox. Amazing what the human brain can do with a little tilting of the head and a bit of imagination.

Thanks Rex!

Looking forward to your image, great having fellow DSLR eers

Cheers,

Justin.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Lovely image with great colours and the likeness to the Mandrill is uncanny

Mike

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Lovely image with great colours and the likeness to the Mandrill is uncanny

Mike

Thanks Mike!

I thought so.

Cheers,

Justin.

[atalas]

Its good work for a low OSC pic Justin.

[Elio]

You bring out fine images with unmod... nice pareidolia

[Paul Haese]

Nice looking image Justin. I like the colours.

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Nice one.

[David Fitz-Henr]

Another nice image Justin; challenging at low altitude

[Shiraz (Ray)]

yep, beaut image - colour is attractive and resolution is great for the altitude.

[Ross G]

Nice photo Justin with great looking colour

.............great imagination too!

Ross.