First shot of the famous Eagle

[Dilsh]

Hey guys,

I have really wanted to shoot this this image. I remember looking at this early in my astrophotography journey on this website and thinking I could never do that. So so satisfying.

Only one night's worth due to this annoying Melb weather.

Critiques welcome and needed.

Cheers,

Dilshan

[Startrek]

Dilshan,
That’s a great first light on M16
Some nice contrast and detail ( maybe a tad more colour saturation ? )
Well done indeed !!
I suppose as a early beginner this object looked a bit intimidating for you but even using a stock DSLR and a small scope one can expose most of the central and core region including detail on the pillars.
You’ll never know until you try !!

Cheers
Martin

[Dilsh]

Hey Martin,

Now that you point it out, it does need some more saturation. I still struggle to work out how much is too much. The core was difficult to control. I used HDRmultiscale transform in pixinsight.

Thanks for the advice. With my backyard, this monochrome is so much more forgiving that the dslr. Need to go to a dark site and try dslr out there.

Thanks for the feedback.

Kind regards,

Dilshan