My first photos at prime focus

[Kirkus]

If I wasn't hooked before, I certainly am now. Obviously I have a long way to go, but man! What a hoot!

1.) M81 & M82.
2.) M13
3.) M57

[Zuts]

Good first go Kirkus, I like the planetary a lot. The first photo seems to be uncropped while the others appear cropped. From the first I would say the next thing you can practice is taking flats. They should remove the bright circle of illumination in the first image.

Good luck and keep on shooting :)

Paul

[dcalleja]

These are some great 1st attempts. Well done

[jjjnettie]

The Ring is my favourite too.
It's great fun isn't it.

[Alchemy]

good to see you having fun, thats what its all about.

[KMachell]

Well done Kirkus, excellent shots for a first attempt.
Keep snapping away and jot down what works and what doesn't.
I hope to see more of your photos in the future.
Cheers,
Ken.

[dugnsuz]

Very nice stuff - nice M82, fair bit of color in there.
Your M57 is good too.
Play around in your image processing software (especially levels and curves) to bring out detail hidden within the image data.
All the best - great start ( a good start like that'll get you hooked - absolutely)

[Matty P]

A great star Kirkus. A bit more PP will bring out hidden detail.

Great work.

[Ric]

A fine start Kirkus, sounds like you are well and truly hooked.

Can you give us some details of exposure times etc.

Cheers

[Tamtarn]

Great fist images Kirkus.

There's lots of data hidden there. I hope you don't mind I ran your M57 quickly through Photoshop with curves levels saturation then used weaker noise in Noiseware so you can get an idea of how processing brings out the data in an image.

Give it a try :)

Barb

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[Kirkus]

I don't mind at all. That's wonderful! I'm very much looking forward to learning the whole gamut of things to know. Thank you, Barb! :)

I should have included this info in my original post (I really like seeing this info on other's photos).

All were shot with a Canon XTi on a SN6" 762mm FL, F/5. Each came from 5 photos. I layered the 5 photos in Photoshop at 100%, 75%, 50% 25%, 20%. No flats or darks.

81 & 82: 5x30sec. ISO1600.
57: 5x15sec. ISO800
13: 5x10sec. ISO1600

[winensky]

Thats a great planetary shot for a first prime . Great colour!