A Dusty Swan.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Hi,

Time for a swan, my aim is to pick up as much background dust and nebulosity as I can.
This is my first attempt, starting to look promising.
It really is a beautiful object!

Equipment.

8" Newtonian astrograph f/4. on HEQ pro 5 mount. Orion (http://www.astronomyforum.net/wiki/Orion) mini guider.

Unmodded canon 1100D, baader coma corrector.

11 x 9 and 10 x 3 minute subs, iso 800, stacked in DSS (http://www.astronomyforum.net/wiki/DSS), processed in PS7.

Cheers,

Justin.

[multiweb]

This has really nice colors and details. Like it a lot. :thumbsup:

[IanP]

Justin, great shot.
What is the temperature inside the cooler-box?
Thanks for sharing !!!
:thumbsup:

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Thanks Marc!



Thanks Ian!

That's slack of me, didn't use the cooler box. It was 3 Celsius when I imaged.
Generally use once it's above 10 c.
I'll modify the post.

Cheers,

Justin.

[rustigsmed]

Great work Justin, one of the better renditions ive seen!

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Thanks Russell!

So many way you can process this one.

Cheers,

Justin

[Ross G]

Great looking photo Justin.

Sharp and detailed.

I love your colours and contrast.

Ross.

[Leonardo70]

Great shot, congrats.

All the best,
Leo

[astronobob]

Very niiice Justin, definately have the colors going great on this, and a great amount of faint background dust coming through, well done & mission accomplished I'd say :thumbsup: 'cause I did this a couple yrs back and havent any of the fainter neb as you have here, Top work mate :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Thanks Ross!

One thing with the DSLR straight RBG, it helps with determining the final colours.



Thanks Leo!



Thanks Bob!

Enjoying your work too.

Cheers,

Justin.

[Paul Haese]

Great colours Justin. I really like the composition too with the wider field of view.

[marc4darkskies]

You are Sssssmokin' Justin! Very pleasing colours.

Cheers, Marcus

[DJT]

Like the others are saying, great colours. Loads of effort going into maintaining that in processing. :thumbsup:

[atalas]

Looks great Justin!well done.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Thanks Paul!

Sometimes it all comes together, I just need to be more consistent.



Thanks Marcus!



Thanks David,

Your not wrong about maintaining the colours during processing!
Easy to screw them up.



Thanks Louie!

Cheers,

Justin.

[Peter Ward]

Hey Justin. :thumbsup:

OK in going to be really *really* picky, but figure this has more value than pi$$ing in your pocket. :)

The is a tad of field rotation...easily fixed by better polar alignment
A little too blue...but un-modded DSLR cameras will do that.

As for the rest...it's great to see excellent efforts from time to time and yours is one of them :thumbsup:

[strongmanmike]

I'm not pissing in your pocket when I say this is an excellent image Justin, well done :thumbsup:

Mike

[naskies]

Nice work, Justin. You've certainly got a knack for unmodded DSLR work ;)

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Thanks Peter!

Appreciate your input, always good have the opinion of experienced eyes!



Thanks Mike!

I look forward to your encouraging comments. and advice.



Thanks Dave!

Of course I'll have to start over when I get a CCD. Processing seems a lot more complicated.

Cheers,

Justin.