Do not feed the seagulls ...

[dylan_odonnell]

... they get aggressive :)

Here's my crack on this one for this year. Hopefully by next year I'll know enough to do a mosaic and fit it all in.

Taken with 69 minutes of 3 minute exposures in RGB and 120 minutes of 3 minute exposures in Hydrogen Alpha. Total : 3 hours & 9 minutes.

Using Celestron 9.25" Edge HD & Hyperstar lens, QHY12 (Colour) CCD and Baader Narrowband Filters & UHC Filter.

[Atmos]

Lovely shot Dylan! I do see a dragon more so than a seagull, they get far more aggressive ;)

Having never imaged the area myself I could be completely wrong but your stars look like they are lacking colour. It may just be an artefact of compression but all of the stars look virtually white.

[dylan_odonnell]

Thanks! Yes, I see a Cockatoo :)

I struggle with star colour in all my shots.. I try not to push the nebula too hard but I do need to work on better saturation for the stars as a result. Not sure if the OSC CCD has anything to do with it, but it's more likely me!

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[dylan_odonnell]

Maybe this is better? (Or too much?)

[Flugel88]

Not bad for 3minute subs :)
I do like the more vibrant version.

[multiweb]

Nice fov. Still trying to get a shot at this. :thumbsup:

[Ross G]

Great looking photo Dylan.

Love the colour and composition.

Ross.

[Atmos]

I wonder if the stars are saturated? With the hyper star you are working very fast! If they are saturated, maybe 1min subs could improve that? Or maybe a good star mask so you can play with the saturation of the stars without effecting the nebula.

[Camelopardalis]

Nice one Dylan :thumbsup: I prefer the amped up red repro :D

[RickS]

The stars look a bit hard to me, but overall it's quite a decent image. As Marc said, the FOV is nice and large.

Cheers,
Rick.

[graham.hobart]

Hey Dylan, nice one!
I have tried this in the past but never really saw the resemblance to a bird till now. Maybe my FOV was too small. Good one!!
cheers
Graham