Montage Fun

[Retrograde]

Hi All - I was looking to so something with a wide-field shot where I hadn't quite nailed the focus for some reason so I decided to add some additional panels (with their locations) of other deep-sky shots I've taken in recent years.

Although most of us here know the sky pretty well, many great deep sky images can seem a bit disconnected from their surrounds in the sky.

The background shot was taken with a Samyang 14mm f2.8 lens. NGC 5128 & NGC 5139 at top right were taken with the ED102. Bottom left & bottom right panels were taken with the Astro-Tech 65mm EDQ & the two remaining panels were taken with the Samyang 135mm f2 lens. All shots with either my Pentax K-5 or my modded Pentax K-5iis. Unfortunately I don't have any images of the Ara region to add :shrug:

https://www.astrobin.com/full/355222/0/?nc=user

[Andy01]

That’s pretty cool 😎 Pete, nice work! :thumbsup:

[Atmos]

These are a fantastic way of seeing the skies and getting a better idea of where the objects are located.

[strongmanmike]

Yeah pretty cool indeed, nicely presented that, Pete :thumbsup:

Mike

[Placidus]

That's superb! The main-image-and-insets arrangement really works, showcases the area.

I recall marc multiweb doing an excellent montage (iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=76747) only his huge main image was in H-alpha.

[multiweb]

Love montages like that. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
I did a big one (https://w7qw3w.dm.files.1drv.com/y4ml5bKoTOp7cGv8crLMgJfs0n9Qu6RufBv PkkLKtVQoFLO7NrqDEgddqmghYjIGEwI-t12BDggYtmBkz-xKS6Lyn87tOZ8wsMlCmuo5P2iqRkmLsqswE E-7tAgFrQDLuwXFRIo0l5d6fcOUoJqMai9F-iAYh04vjn0lmqhH_eIc0kGuQOrX_NuMJDkH 89dANOSBSAS3f0ubvukrOfqojc0pw/milkyway_full_ha_new_wf_ff.jpg?psid =1) years ago.

[Ryderscope]

What a splendid idea for a project. Well done :thumbsup:

[graham.hobart]

what a great idea -what software did you use?

[Retrograde]

Thanks Andy!



Cheers Colin.



Thanks Mike!



Thanks MnT. Wow Marc's version is brilliant.



Thanks Marc - yes yours is brilliant indeed - love it!



Thanks Rodney. Can't take credit for coming up with the idea of course - has been done many times before. :thumbsup:



Cheers Graham. I just used Photoshop to position the (sized appropriately) images as separate layers then blended them when I was happy with the positions and finally drew the framing boxes & lines to suit.

[DaveNZ]

Very cool, That's a great idea.

[Slawomir]

A beautiful montage, well done Pete :thumbsup:

[Paul Haese]

The presentation looks great and colours are nice, maybe just a little to magenta in the base image but overall an excellent presentation in my opinion.

[Retrograde]

Thanks Dave!



Thank-you Suavi. :)



Thanks Paul. Appreciate the feedback regarding the colour. Whilst I probably won't reprocess this one (due to the work required in assembling it) I'll definitely keep that in mind for future Milky Way images. :thumbsup:

[RickS]

Excellent work, Pete :thumbsup:

[Retrograde]

Thanks Rick!

[Camelopardalis]

Great shot(s) Pete :thumbsup:

[IanP]

Great idea :thumbsup: and great presentation :thumbsup:

[Retrograde]

Thank-you Dunk! Much appreciated.



Thanks very much Ian. :)