Pipe Nebula

[dvj]

A quick look around the Pipe neb this morning. Luminance only. 60 minutes.

FSQ and Proline 16803

100% resolution. 9mb file here
http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/7336/pipenebulalummaster.jpg

[iceman]

Beautiful, John. Love the contrast.

[Ross G]

A great looking monochrome photo John.

Nice smooth tones.

Ross.

[gregbradley]

So deep. Wonderful image.

Greg.

[jase]

Lovely result John. Tight framing though which I feel is creating tension in the composition, probably could do with a mosaic to get more space. Very cool to capture the snake as well. Thanks for sharing this gem.

[multiweb]

Great field. Beautiful part of the sky. Looking forward to the color. :thumbsup:

[dvj]

For sure Jase. Weather permitting, I'll try and add more segments tonight. This was just a fun shot to start with, poking around the sky. Funny how these turn into larger projects.. Looks like it can use a nice 2 x 6 mosaic to do it justice.

[dvj]

3 additional segments completed tonight before the clouds rolled in. Looking much more interesting.

[jase]

Anxiety is killing me... :)

[dvj]

Yes, me too! These past few nights have been cat and mouse with clouds over Coonabarabran. 5 of 9 segments completed, had to abort tonights segment 6 due to low clouds again. I'm going for the full area around the Pipe. Just need 2 good nights of solid imaging to finish up the Luminance.

jg