SMC and Antares with 135mm lense

[Garyh]

Hi Everyone,
Just finished some wide field shots done the other night before the moon popped up. I pushed them a bit in PS to get as much detail as I can..
Both are stacks of 7 exposures of 4 min at f/4.5 at 800 iso. Both slightly cropped as well as there is some coma..any comments welcome..
CS Gary

[Striker]

That antares is real stunner Gary..well done

[[1ponders]]

I like the cloud but ditto to Tony. What an absolute pearler Gary. I'd like to see a larger version of that one. Any chance of dropping the quality a bit in PS and increasing the overall size to 1200 X ?

[EzyStyles]

great shots Gary esp antares. plenty of colours.

[Garyh]

Thanks Guys,
Here is a slightly larger version of the pic of Antares region. Might look a little better than the first one..I find this area fasinating but being faint, very hard to process to show detail well without getting too noisey..Cheers

[rogerg]

Very nice. I particularly like the SMC one.

Roger.

[RB]

Gary they are fantastic, well done.
The Antares region is one of my all time favorites.
I love how you've captured it.

Was it the Canon L 135mm you were using?

[Garyh]

Thanks Eric and Roger, Actually Andrew its a old m42 lense I got of ebay for $50!! I would love to try out those new ef lenses but too expensive for me at the moment.....
Cheers Gary

[Dennis]

Hi Gary

Wow - what superb images. The re-process of the Antares region is stunning.

Cheers

Dennis

[Lee]

Both gorgeous images Gary - the Antares field is going to be my desktop pic for a while - feel free to email me the highest quality version you have of it - stunning....

[h0ughy]

WOW, love the antares image! great stuff!

[Garyh]

Thanks Dennis, Houghy :) and Lee no problems I shall email you a larger version for your desktop!
CS everyone...Gary :hi:

[Lester]

Hi Gary,

very nice.

[glenc]

Both shots are great.

[sheeny]

Wow!:eyepop: They are great! I thought the SMC one was good (and it is!) but the shot of Antares is fascinating! I love the fact that you can see the nebula in front of the stars... it looks about as 3D as I imaging you can get!

Al.

[astro-angel]

Stunningly beautiful.... how awesome is our universe :)
thanks....:)