My Best Lagoon Nebula now!

[EzyStyles]

Hi Guys,

After fixing up my prev. image with stuffed up darks, combined a better set without all the pixels. Here it is 13 x 5 mins at ISO 800.

Same version but less compression here:

http://www.ezystyles.com.au/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=238502


Cheers.

[leon]

Wow, :eyepop:that is spectacular Eric, absolutely beautiful, you really do spoil us, don't you,

Leon :thumbsup:

[acropolite]

Beautiful image Eric. :thumbsup:

[browndog]

:eyepop:WOW that is a great pic..!!! Very impressive.

[ballaratdragons]

Hooly-Dooly that's nice Eric :)

The 300D certainly does a good job :thumbsup:

[[1ponders]]

Wow Eric!!! What a cracker. I don't suppose you could set up a PS tutorial on your website along with the other ones :eyepop:

[Ric]

Well done Eric that's a beauty. The fine detail that you've captured is fantastic and the subtle colours are great.

Cheers

[Tamtarn]

Stunning image Eric....Just can't believe what you're getting in that light pollution :thumbsup:

[Garyh]

Missed your new post!
Now thats much better.
Ripper...:thumbsup:

[h0ughy]

applause from the stalls - -thats fantastic

[Dr Nick]

Absolutely beautiful!!! Thats my best Lagoon as well, the best I have ver seen, that is!!! ;)

[seeker372011]

great shot Eric

[mill]

That is fantastic!!
How do you do that writing in ps?
Please a tutorial would be very nice, i am a noob with ps :P

[bloodhound31]

Eric, I salute you. If I ever get to turn out images like yours, I will be satisfied!

Baz.:D

[Lee]

Awesome image Eric..... have you been practicing whilst away??? :D

[davidpretorius]

eric, are you sure you are the same guy that started posted dso's here a while back.

these are up there with the best of them

rather chuffed to have been here watching you improve..

WOW

[EzyStyles]

many thanks all. really appreciated.

in regards to writing a PS tutorial, I don't know where to start :lol: . don't really have step by step instructions. I normally do it visually. i see what i can come up with .

[[1ponders]]

Then I want your monitor :lol:

[EzyStyles]

i think with my new LCD, i can see better what exactly im processing. It's a Samsung 913B. Now looking at some of my old pics, i might have to reprocess alot of them :lol:

[thongus]

Hi Ezystyles,
I'm a noobie on here, but I just bought my first scope on the forsale section off OneonOne! :) hopefully it arrives on Friday. Its a Celestron 8NGT Reflector

Looking through your past posts, i realize that you were once a 'noob' and flicking through your photos from your beginnings here on the forum, i can really say that you've inspired me a lot and have given me faith that I can too, be able to capture these great and marvellous images one day.

Any tips for a newbie? hehe

[Portmac]

Excellent image, one of the best I have seen this year.

[EzyStyles]

Hi thongus, welcome to IIS. that Celestron NGT8 is the baby version of my NGT10. great scopes! would you know the focal ratio?

thanks for your comments. we all were once a 'noob' . Just takes time to gradually improve and learn from mistakes. First step i would recommend is to research on what type of photography you want to do, whether it will be planets or deep space stuff. research on all the used terminology and understand what it means. I started off with a Meade DSI-C and joining group discussions on yahoo as well as asking for advises here . The DSI-C is a great beginners camera and you'll have plenty of fun with it esp deep sky stuff and a lot of "wow" factor.

Bintel currently have a sale on these cameras for $150 (i have no affiliation with Bintel) . or you can go the filter pro version which takes abit of mucking around .

You will also need a firm steady mount with tracking for deep sky stuff. there are alot of posts about what mounts ppl should be using. search around and you'll find alot of info about them :)

Feel free to ask away.

[tornado33]

Beaut image there, the UHCS really shines with emission line nebulae like that.
Scott

[ozstockman]

What a fantastic image!!! Well done Eric.

I've noticed that you own two Canon DSLR cameras and you've been using 300D modded one to take this shot. I guess you used unmodded 350D for astrophotography as well. If I am right, do you see a big difference in results between these two cameras?

I'm still not sure whether I need to modify my 400D or not and how it can make my astro pictures better.

cheers,

Michael

[Dietmar]

hi Eric,

this is truly a remarkable shot of the lagoon!
you handle the eos cam excellently!
one of the very best images taken with an EOS I have ever seen!
congrats!

[EzyStyles]

Thanks scott. UHCS filter is the best bang for the money :)




Hi Michael, a huge difference between unmodded and modded version. On my website www.ezystyles.com.au (http://www.ezystyles.com.au) under images, there are two difference folders, modded 300d and 350d. You'll be the judge :)

[EzyStyles]

Hi Dietz, thanks for your comment. You've got quite a nice collection yourself also! great images.