The Dragons of Ara have returned

[AdamJL]

Who doesn't like this part of the sky?
I'm not entirely happy with this one. A difficult image to process, and unfortunately cropped in more than I'd have liked due to mono images not lining up after clouds came in and messed things about.
Colour I found difficult to process, but for now it's finished.

Anyway, done for now.

268M + Antlia 3nm filters
Ha - 240s x 81
OIII - 240s x 60
SII - 240s x 60
Esprit 120 + 1x

Taken over two nights in B3 and B6/7 skies.

As always, a bigger version is posted here (https://adamlawler.smugmug.com/Astrophotography/Deep-Sky-Objects/i-MrRz3S8/A)

[Nikolas]

the large image is so smooth very nice work!

[AdamJL]

Thank you Nik :)

[Bassnut]

such a good pic, especially the big one. tuned to perfection. Detail, colour balance all expertly processed. the antila 3nm filters look to be the ducks guts. 3nm gives you the best contrast for NB IMO.

[gregbradley]

A superb image. Not sure what you are seeing that needs improvement, it all looks perfect to me.

Greg.

[Dave882]

That’s beautiful mate. Colour and detail is stunning. Well done!!

[AdamJL]

Ah thanks, Fred! Yes, these very narrowband filters sure do keep your images clean.



Ha, thanks Greg. We're our own worst critics sometimes. I wasn't sure about the colours, but they seem to be going down well. Plus I seem to have some severe tilt I need to fix. Not going to be a fun project, but will tackle it soon.



Glad you like it, thanks David!

[Ant0nio]

Clean & sharp, faultless IMO.
Well done Adam :thumbsup:.

Cheers,
Tony

[strongmanmike]

So many Dragons and Chickens at the moment...but this is a goodun Adam, nice job :thumbsup:

Mike

[multiweb]

+1 Terrific shot. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[AdamJL]

Very generous words, thank you, Tony!



Cheers Mike. Would kill for your skies though!



thanks buddy :)

[strongmanmike]

Can't wait to fiiiiinally image them! :rolleyes: :scared: :thumbsup:

Mike

[JA]

Wonderful Image Adam - Well Done :thumbsup:

Best
JA

[Retrograde]

Great image Adam!

[RyanJones]

What an absolutely beautiful image Adam. I love the colours and detail. Awesome !

[AdamJL]

Kind of you to say so, JA, cheers!



Thanks for the comment, Pete :)



Phew, glad the colours are pleasing! That was one of the issues I had, but they seem be well accepted.
Thanks, Ryan

[Startrek]

Adam,
Wow beautiful image !!
You need a new hobby or a monster scope , can’t get much than this
Cheers
Martin

[AdamJL]

Thank you, Martin! What a lovely thing to say. I've got enough hobbies to keep me busy (and frustrated at times :rofl:), and one day I'll pony up to a bigger scope and start hunting galaxies. That's probably a while away though. Big scopes mean big mounts mean big money, d'oh.

[Addos]

Great stuff! Love the contrast and colour blending!

[AdamJL]

Cheers, Adam! Glad you like it

[dugnsuz]

Those Antlias are calling!! LOL

Love this image and processing - my wife walked past the computer as I was looking at it and she said "oooh, is that one of yours?"




I said 'No, but you know those expensive filters I've been banging on about...'


Lovely work mate

[AdamJL]

Ha! Well if she gives you permission to buy based off this image, that's high praise indeed!

Good luck :)

[Emuhead]

Very nice version right there. Filters look they're doing a good job of controlling halos too. :thumbsup:

[AdamJL]

Thanks Andrew. Yes they seem to do a great job at that. Much better than previous Antlia versions

[Addos]

this is a great advertisement for the antlia's! for the money, they look really quality.

now, if i can just convince antonio to throw a discount... :P