The Belt and Sword of Orion in Orion

Octane (Humayun) · #1 30-10-2009, 01:02 AM

All,

Another image from JohnG's place out at Cootamundra.

Argh, I sincerely apologise for the horrible composition. I strictly stick to a 3:2 ratio for framing and printing purposes. Therefore, I've had to lop 165 pixels from the width in total. As a result, the crop seems to be a lot tighter than I had wished for. And, furthermore, the horse and flame are too far near the bottom of the frame.

Note, however, the star colours. What an incredibly beautiful part of the sky.

Somewhere along the way, I've messed one of my masks and have a bit of star bloat on some of the brighter stars apart from the ones in the belt. Now that I've saved for web, I notice a slight green cast to the image, unless that's dust? Not a problem, though, I can sort both issues out when I open the half-gig *.PSD again. My poor notebook.

This is another one I will re-do as it culminates.

Read and view here.

Comments, critique, etc., welcome.

Regards,
Humayun

Nightskystargaz (Thomas) · #2 30-10-2009, 02:24 AM

Humayun,

, for the nice pic.

. Keep them coming.

,

Tom

kinetic (Steve) · #3 30-10-2009, 03:57 AM

That's just beautiful Humayun!

There is just SOOO much in that image.
Nice work.

Steve

iceman (Mike) · #4 30-10-2009, 04:36 AM

Beautiful image, H. The star colours are magic!

spearo (Frank) · #5 30-10-2009, 05:45 AM

well done H
reveals nice dust clouds
well done
I see what you mean by framing, Flame could be a tad higher off the bottom
great image nonetheless

interesting diff spikes too
probably from the filters ?
frank

gbeal · #6 30-10-2009, 06:19 AM

Lovely Mr H, just lovely.
Gary

multiweb (Marc) · #7 30-10-2009, 06:45 AM

Very nice shot H. Colours and details are great and I really like the soft processing.

h0ughy (David) · #8 30-10-2009, 09:01 AM

nice work - seem to have seen something like that before

lacad01 (Adam) · #9 30-10-2009, 11:47 AM

Certainly a beautiful part of the sky. These wide fields are fantastic.

RB (Andrew) · #10 30-10-2009, 12:14 PM

Lovely shot H.

Maybe a tad more contrast would lift the detail a bit but it's personal taste.
The star colours are great.

tlgerdes (Trevor) · #11 30-10-2009, 02:29 PM

I am in Luuuurrrrvvvvv with that shot. Fantastic star colours. Framing is something I think we can all improve on. Remember this is only the beginning of the Orion season, so you have another 4 months or so to try the framing again if needed.

renormalised (Carl) · #12 30-10-2009, 02:38 PM

Great shot, H!!!. I think it's a great composition and it'd look great as a poster

strongmanmike (Michael) · #13 30-10-2009, 04:51 PM

There have been a few of these FOV's posted lately and so far...this is the best IMO

Nice work mate

Mike

mill (Martin) · #14 30-10-2009, 06:18 PM

This is an very nicely done image with lots to show, i like all the dust clouds surrounding the nebulae.
About the framing: If you yourself like the framing then it is framed well enough

It is all personal preference anyway, the horsey could have been a little bit more up but who am i to say something like that

, it all depends on what you want in your image.

bokglob (Darrell) · #15 30-10-2009, 06:51 PM

stunning image H! Beautifully colourful

seeker372011 (Narayan) · #16 30-10-2009, 10:39 PM

very pretty image

zipdrive (Dave) · #17 31-10-2009, 02:31 AM

nice work! gotta love the L series.

gregbradley · #18 31-10-2009, 06:57 AM

Magnificent image Humayun.

You really have mastered the art of the DSLR.

By the way how do you rate the modded 40D over other earlier Canon models? I have an unmodded 40D I use for terrestial photography and really like it.

Greg.

javier alves (Javier) · #19 31-10-2009, 06:59 AM

wow men, is very very nice.is a great capture.
regards.

StarGazing (Alex) · #20 31-10-2009, 07:56 AM

Beautiful stuff Humayun, the sky looks alive. Keep up the great work mate. Any more photos you have taken ??????.

Alex