Another Noob Eta Carina

[kosh]

Hi All,

Just thought i'd share my work. Has heaps of improvement but hope its a decent start.

skywatcher 8" Quattro
Self modded Canon 1000D
25x 120 sec exposures
25 Darks
25 flats
50 bias
Processed in Photoshop.

high res: https://www.astrobin.com/full/ht8ycc/0/

[xa-coupe]

Great work!
Eta Carina is my current work in progress ... I'll be happy if it ends up looking like that!

[Crater101]

That's a great image, well done.

[RyanJones]

Hi Kosh,

Well done. I really like the framing in this image. The angle and centering draws your attention to the dark channel next to the keyhole rather than the normal keyhole centre. It gives the image depth and you’ve achieved good contrast with subtle saturation. Nice work :)

Cheers

Ryan

[kosh]

Thanks for your kind words guys. I am trying some different things and it could use more data.

I'm not certain which colour palette i like best with this one. Many use a more magenta as I have done in the past, but doing a photometric colour calibration just seemed to lead me to a more copper look to it. Background looks awesome on my Mac, but a bit Meh on my PC monitor :(

Also first time tryng star reduction so there may be some artifacts, but I can't bear to look at it with the full stars now that i've seen it this way!


I look forward to adding to this with a Ha filter, but the weather here in Melbourne making it hard.

[PKay]

Nice work Kosh.

What other camera settings did you use?

[LostInSp_ce]

That's an excellent Carina Kosh. Very well done! :thumbsup:

[Mickoid]

Lovely detail coming through in this shot. Must have had your focus spot on to take advantage of some good seeing that night I expect. Well done and nicely processed. :thumbsup:

[mswhin63]

I think I will self mod my camera, that looks fantastic.

[kosh]

Thanks. I used ISO800, my other settings such as white balance is all pretty much default.

[kosh]

Thanks Mickoid, my focus is usually off so im surprised it worked this time. I ordered a Baht mask so hopefully next image will be even better. maybe i just got lucky :D

[Fernando]

Very well done!!! Like the colors and the image frame.

[sizlo]

Wow that's beautiful. Well done.
Can't wait to get my own rig and see what i can get.

[kosh]

Thanks for your comment, can't wait for the clouds to clear so I can add a bit to it.