Galaxy center

[Joshua Bunn]

Hello...

Not really sure if this is a deep space image,
Anyway, this is a stack of about 50, 30 sec exposures at 50mm. tracked on a small Ioptron mount. Heavily reduced in size to fit size requirements.

Sigma 50 F1.4 Art @f2
Modded sony A7s

Cheers
Josh

[skysurfer]

Looks really nice, but a bit too red. Somewhat overexposed Halpha maybe.
IMHO modification of a modern SLR like an A7 is not needed anymore. I have a Canon 6d non nodded, but can make nice Halpha images.
Read www.clarkvision.com who has excellent image processing methods.

[gregbradley]

Another great shot Josh. Perhaps the ha are a bit bright but I like the accentuation that is often a bit lacking in non modded shots.
Whilst modern DSLRs etc have improved Ha response I do think the modded camera give a lovely lift in nightscapes and other shots that non modded camera don't pick up. Perhaps not a massive difference but that shots I like the best were all done with modded cameras. That bit extra emphasis of the ha areas looks great.

Greg.

[Retrograde]

That's beautiful Josh. Fantastic field and really deep.

[Atmos]

I’d argue that the colour is correct and not too red.
I’ve images this region with larger mosaics for higher resolution and better colour fidelity, both of which got the same colour. Yours is more saturated excenuating that colour but I do believe it’s correct.

I’ve images it with two different DSLRs and telescope/lens setups, both unmodded so it isn’t the mod causing it.

[Peter Ward]

Chroma a little too saturated me thinks....but a great image just the same.

Nice one.:thumbsup:

[strongmanmike]

That's great Josh :thumbsup: yeah perhaps a little saturated but ..:question:...heck, I can't talk...although its usually the blue for me :lol:

Mike

[Joshua Bunn]

Thankyou for all the feedback lads... Yes, I do like colour intensity in my images, personal taste... but I might have overdone this in some spots :) maybe some selective adjustments are in order, I might have a redo. :thumbsup:



Yes, I do read his website, great resource.

[multiweb]

Great fov. Like the saturated colours. :thumbsup:

[Joshua Bunn]

Thankyou Marc.:)

[RickS]

That's a high impact image, Josh!

[Joshua Bunn]

Thankyou Rick... A lot going on.

[Geoff45]

Very nice Josh. It would be great to see this in full resolution.

[Joshua Bunn]

Thankyou Geoff... I might upload a version to Astrobin.

[MLParkinson]

I agree with all of the preceding comments. This is a spectacular field and image. However, the color temperature is too warm and the saturation is too high. Please post a new version that is colder and less saturated and see what everything thinks. It might be a better image, it might not. We shall see. Best wishes, Murray

[Joshua Bunn]

Hi Murray,
Thankyou for your constructive feedback. I agree with the coments about saturation, colour temperature I'm not sure about. I do like warm tones especially when i do widefield... is there a standard to compare against? :shrug: I typicaly use daylight white balance in ACR to get star colour to where i think it should be based on tutorials by clarkvision http://www.clarkvision.com/articles/night.photography.image.processing/
What is the reason behind why if should be cooler or is it just personal taste?
But i will take your comments and others on board and repost another version :D

Cheers, Josh