M42 and Running Man

[Paul Haese]

Just a quicky image really as I have only spent 3 and a bit hours on this. I discovered far too late that I have a lot of reflections all over the image and will need to reposition it to remove the reflections.

That said this is not too bad as an image.

Feel free to critique or comment how you like

Click here (http://paulhaese.net/M42andRunningMan.html)for larger image

[atalas]

Hi Paul

Nice detail and color.

[RickS]

Very nice for a quickie, Paul! Nice, crisp detail in the nebulosity.

[cybereye]

I like it. I like it a lot!:)

[allan gould]

Great image as usual but the framing is a bit off for my eye.
Allan

[jjjnettie]

Beautifully crisp with great colour.
:) thanks for posting.

[ourkind]

Beautiful colours and as above very crisp. I would love to see you have a serious go at it as I'm sure you can make it look fabulous :thumbsup:

My only suggestion is if you can underexpose the trapezium in order to show it in a widefield like this. To be honest I'm not sure if its possible or whether at this FOV the trapezium stars are just to close to each other in order to get that sort of detail.

[gregbradley]

Great colours Paul.

Greg.

[Martin Pugh]

Good colour in that Paul

cheers
Martin

[niko]

I don't know Paul, looks to me like you could get a bit more out of the data

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

Looks great - maybe a bit tightly cropped as said earlier

niko

[Larryp]

Lovely detail and colours!

[Astro_Bot]

Gee, Paul, that's pathetic. Only 3 hours and you still posted that rubbish? What were you thinking? :P



Seriously, though, it's beautifully crisp and a lovely colour palette. If I could eventually produce something that good, I'd be very happy indeed. :thumbsup:

[Leonardo70]

Great result Paul.

All the best,
Leo

[DJT]

Great image for a quickly.love the detail

[alpal]

That's a nice image & I would hope to do as well one day.

[Stevec35]

Nicely done Paul. You see lots of images of this pair of course and this one looks as good as any with great colour and an almost 3D presence.

Small nitpick with the caption - it should be luminance, not luminence.

Cheers

Steve

[Astroman]

Very 3D like Paul, damn good for 3 hrs.

[stardust steve]

Love it Paul. For me the real standout of the image is the amount of detail that you have got between M42 and The Running Man:thumbsup:

[Regulus]

There is some excellent detail in that. Thanks for sharing it it.
Trevor

[h0ughy]

LOL i would like a quick shot like that. very pleasing to the eye and being that photon starved i am not picky - looks great to me!!!

[Ross G]

A great looking photo Paul.

Great colour and detail, but still keeping that "natural" look that many M42 photos lose.

Nice composition too.


Ross.

[spacezebra]

Stunning Paul, very impressive.

Cheers Petra d.

[Rigel003]

Well done Paul. Very contrasty with great colours and textures. Some interesting wisps of deep blue in there near centre that I've not seen before. A little clipping at the black end makes the background sky quite dark.

[CoolhandJo]

Love it! wonderful detail and colours

[Paul Haese]

Thanks guys I really appreciate you taking the time to write a comment.

Steve the typo is sorted.

Graeme you can probably guess why I have kept the back ground dark.

[naskies]

Very nice, Paul. I like the sharpness and crispness of the cloud detail.

[RobF]

The colour balance is great (as the image too for 3hrs!). Colours feel immediately natural ala Malin/AAO was first impression that struck me.

[asimov]

Lovely Paul. Simply love the saturated colour & balance on this one.

[peeb61]

Hi Paul,
The larger image is a blow out! I think you have nailed it for a "quicky!"
I very much enjoyed taking in the view.

Paul

[PRejto]

"not too bad" is a rather understated review. Mine would be "mastery of technique coupled with true emotion..." I hope to one day gain a small percentage of what you seem to do so easily, which is the mark of a virtuoso.

[Fabiomax]

A fantastic M42 Paul, beautiful colors and details
Cheers,
fabiomax

[Paul Haese]

Thanks for the further comments. Just waiting patiently now for the new moon.

[CJ]

Amazing image!
Sorry Paul but can anyone else see that spooky grey face just to the right of the running man? (or is it famous and I'm revealing my ignorance?!)

[TheAstroChannel]

Now that you mention it CJ, i can't unsee the face! :D