M16 - horgb

[multiweb (Marc)]

Very cool. Love the details.
How do you find the new mount?

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

That's just perfect Lee. One of the best. All our favourite features are sharp and clear. The long exposure really paid off. Excellent processing.

MnT

[codemonkey (Lee)]

Originally Posted by Andy01

Great image Lee, and well done on breaking away from the traditional framing - this would make a wonderful double page spread in a magazine, or
cover wraparound - with text overlaid on the left hand side.

Thanks very much Andy :-) I had the feeling you'd appreciate the composition.

Originally Posted by topheart

A fresh perspective.
Very good!!
Cheers,
Tim

Thanks very much Tim :-)

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

What's not to like? Nice tight FWHM'S, velvety smooth nebula, muted eye pleasing palette.
Good one.

Thanks Peter

Originally Posted by Slawomir

What a fantastic image Lee. Detail is exquisite, and so is framing and the colours. One of the best images of the pillars my eyeballs have looked at. Really well done

Thanks very much Sauvi, that's very kind of you to say :-)

Originally Posted by vlazg

I agree with all the above Lee, awesome and i do like the framing.
Well done

Thanks George!

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

True, the left half would be the back of the book cover and the book title would be in the space above the pillars ...very ingenious Lee...now.. you just need to write a book..?.. on making data taken with a little inexpensive 8" scope look as good as data from a bigger much more expensive scope...you could call it "Big data from small scopes - uncovering the detail"

Mike

Originally Posted by multiweb

Very cool. Love the details.
How do you find the new mount?

Thanks Still got some little quirks to iron out with the mount, but by and large it seems to be working fine which is a relief. Seems to behave better at some points in the sky than others so I need to work on that, but while my targets are in the good spots I'm just gonna ignore it for now.

Originally Posted by Placidus

That's just perfect Lee. One of the best. All our favourite features are sharp and clear. The long exposure really paid off. Excellent processing.

MnT

Thanks very much guys, really appreciate that :-)

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by codemonkey

Hey don't laugh...I'm serious

Mike

[codemonkey (Lee)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Hey don't laugh...I'm serious

Mike

You're too kind Mike A lot can be done with a measly 8" but I'm not so sure I should be the one writing books on it!

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by codemonkey

You're too kind Mike A lot can be done with a measly 8" but I'm not so sure I should be the one writing books on it!

I agree with Mike. Your images consistently surprise me as I would associate that kind of quality with only the very best of gear.

I think its also important to realise that as in this pursuit we often get gear lust and its easy to chase a better setup and forget about how good the one we sometimes have is.

Greg.