Finally!!! Something from the 40D!

[dugnsuz]

Hello...
After bad polar alignment, thick cloud, wind (pardon me!) and the Moon, I finally got something decent out of this expensive camera!!!

Lagoon and Tarantula Nebulae.

Both images: Prime focus ED80...iso 800...sRAW...10x30sec exposures ICNR, Unguided...stacked in Images Plus...touched up in PS.
Sorry - not exactly in the middle of the frame either!!

Autoguiding set-up arrives soon! Will go deeper...I hope!:D

Cheers all
Doug:thumbsup:

[dugnsuz]

Self review...
Geez got to lay off the PS actions - Lagoon looks like fairy floss!!!
Anyhoo it's a start!!

The Fairyfloss Nebula!?

[ballaratdragons]

:rofl:

At least I can recognise what DSO's they are. That's a good sign :thumbsup:

Your doing well Doug :)
Now send that clear sky over here. It's pouring down again!!! And windy!!!

[leon]

Yea, i second that Doug, well done mate, there looking good, just wait for the guiding to begin, there will be no stopping you.

Cheers Leon:thumbsup:

[dugnsuz]

Wife and weather might!!!
Both forces of nature:lol:
Doug:thumbsup:

[leon]

I bet she's not in the same room when you wrote that. :whistle:

Leon :thumbsup:

[dugnsuz]

You must be Psychic leon, or Psycho or a Physio - not sure!!!:P
All the best mate
Doug:thumbsup:

ps - cloudy down here tonight too.

pps - tell a lie! just been outside, it's clear but I'm pooped! Bed-ee-byes!!!!!

[leon]

Well if you want to go to bed and waste that clear sky, just send it down here, we will be glad to have it. :lol:

Leon :thumbsup:

And by the way Psycho is probable correct :P

[dugnsuz]

lol!!!

[h0ughy]

done well Doug, doug did good!!

[ballaratdragons]

Doug did! Didn't Doug.

[Ric]

Great looking images Doug.

Two very nice captures

[sheeny]

I dig Doug's pictures too!:P:thumbsup:

Al.

[JohnG]

Good start there, Doug :thumbsup:

Welcome to the crazy world of astrophotography. :rofl:

Cheers

[snowyskiesau]

Great stuff!
Hope I do as well when I sort out my 40D
(so many buttons, so little time...)

[Tamtarn]

Great results from the first try with your new camera Doug. :thumbsup:

Looking forward to some fantastic images once you can go deeper with auto guiding.

D & B

[leon]

Doug I may get blasted out of the water for this, but i reckon that PS Actions stuff is really a waste of time, although i tried it once i have deleted the lot, i feel it is not the right way of improving images, please correct me if I'm out of line here.

Leon :thumbsup:

[dugnsuz]

Tend to agree leon, although they're fun I don't think I'm learning anything solid about processing by pressing the button and waiting for it to work!

One can examine the action to break down what's happening I suppose, kind of like a step by step tutorial.

They are a very easy way to slip into the realm of the over-processed I have found.

Use sparingly!

You're being a processing fundamentalist leon!:lol:

[Dr Nick]

Sure you didn't mean to say "Welcome to the crazy world of astrophotographers?

By looking at this thread they can get crazy too, lol.

Nice shots. ;)

[Garyh]

:bashcomp::astron::sunny::stargaze: :ship2::einstein::fight::tasdevil:: rofl:
Cazy? hows crazy? not me!never me!
totally normal %*^&$$#@$!$&*_++?{ ;)
:lol:
Astrophotography does that to a person!

Seriously good to see a start with the 40D Doug, I am very interested to see what this camera can do as it looks like a nice upgrade.
cheers and I hope you get some cloud free nights!
Gary

[Mark]

Ripper! I've been waiting for you to get to work..hehe. ;)

Well done. I note with interest you used sRAW. I've been planning to use sRAW for my next imaging session.

:thumbsup:

Mark

[dugnsuz]

I thought sRAW would be easy to manage so I gave it a go. but when I cropped I got pixelation!!
I'll be using RAW from now on - used RAWs with the Pentax all the time,
Cheers
Doug