M42 with Running Man

[mick pinner]

20/10/07
4x5min @ iso 800
2x10 min @ iso 400
imaged with Canon 400D and ED100 @f/5.6 hand guided with LX200 @f/10
stacked in DSS
saved as jpeg in PS2
l took some shorter exposures for the core and will layer mask later, this image is unprocessed.

[mill]

Looks already excellent and not even processed :thumbsup:

[mick pinner]

processed version but it has moved to far from the original, for me anyway, l will have to look at a different processing method.

[mill]

The unprocessed version looks heaps better than the processed image.
Better back of on the sliders and curves :P