My Pillars of Creation effort

[tornado33]

With other IIS members submitting great Eagle Nebula shots, I thought Id re-do a deep imaging session I did on it 2 months back.
The original image was 7x5 mins @iso 800, 10 inch F5.6 scope hand guided. Modded 350D DSLR with UHCS, and UV/IR filter, MPCC.I used Photoshop set gray point to neutralise the strong red colouring I got so as to allow subtle changes in hure to appear, then enhanced saturation to bring that out, while keeping levels quite low. Now I can see the areas where hydrogen emission (red) is prominent, and others where oxygen is prominent greenish blue.

The 2nd image is a deep version of the same original masked with a shallower version to preserve inner detail and also outer faint regions.
Scott

[davidpretorius]

wow!

[gaa_ian]

Wow is right, I love the green blue version !

[Dennis]

Hi Scott

Both are very nice but the 1st one in particular is stunning. Great capture. Hmm, must get myself a colour filter wheel one day.

Cheers

Dennis

[h0ughy]

nice work scott

[EzyStyles]

great work Scott. something different :)

[Striker]

Well done Scott...plenty of Neb to be seen on that 2nd image
I'm not overly fussed on the first image but thats just me.

BTW their upside down..you know how I feel about this...hehehe

[Lester]

Very nice Scott,

Like the second one= absolute beauty. Sorry green doesn't do it for me, but the first one is interesting.

[seeker372011]

Wow

actually like the first one better myself

and Tony is right its upside down!!

[iceman]

I agree it's upside down! The way you've displayed it, it should be called the stalactite's of creation. :D

[Adrian-H]

who is to determine what is up and down in space.:screwy:

[tornado33]

Thanks
LOL, yep I just processed it as it came off the camera didnt turn it up the right way.
Scott

[astroron]

I had to stand on my head to look at it :lol: ,but the first one is quite stunning. keep up the good work.:thumbsup:

[Itchy]

Nice one Scott.
You must have really dropped the red channel to get that.

Cheers

[tornado33]

Howdy all
Thanks, I did drop down the red channel a fair bit to allow the other colours to come through, as the red tends to overwhelm everything else when using the UHCS filter and modified camera.
Scott