Lagoon Nebula 90 mins

[tornado33]

Heres the Lagoon nebula 90 mins total
9x10mins ISO400. LPS filter, Baader MPCC coma corrector, modded350D camera 10 inch f5.6 newt. Hand off axis guided with Q guider
Scott

[jase]

Excellent work Scott. Nice tight stars. Dynamic range maybe a little suppressed but really light the detail in the highlights. Well done.

[Ric]

Very spectacular Scott, lovely detail and depth in this image.

Very enjoyable to view.

[stevenc77]

That's what I want to do Scott, thanks for the inspiration!:)

[prokyon]

Wow, great work!

cheers

werner

[Peter Ward]

Nice. Maybe a little too much yellow IMHO in the colour balance, but very well executed.

Superb focus and guiding, and while M8 is bright, you've not wimped out and given shallow exposure depth with the DSLR, hence given it real structure and suppressed any noise
Well done. Keep it up ! :thumbsup:

Peter

[theodog]

Nice one Scott.

[iceman]

Beautiful image, Scott.

[sjastro]

Excellent image Scott.

Steven

[tornado33]

Thanks for the input all :)
Though Ive imaged this plenty of times in the past, I really did want to try and get a nice deep image, on a night with no wind to buffet the scope and reasonably good seeing.

I think Id rate only M42 as a more difficult object to image in its entirety, that is to show detail in the brightest, and faintest parts.

The OAG was using one of the stars in the nearby Triffid Nebula as a guidestar.
Scott

[AlexN]

looks nice mate... :) a bit too red in the highlights for my liking, but tracking, exposure and composition are all great... Well done.

dont mind me throwing up my little bit of tinkering....

[RB]

Wonderful shot Scott !

[bluescope]

Looks great Scott !

:thumbsup:

[Lester]

Very, very nice.

[dcalleja]

Very sharp focus. Nice detail in the dark clouds.

[Tilt]

Great image, looks much better than my effort on Lagoon last night. Any darks?

Michael

[NQLD_Newby]

Fantastic shot Scott. Could almost dive in for a swim. Well Done.

[tornado33]

Thanks again everyone. Good work AlexN, I will have another tinker myself, your version has pleasing colour balance
Scott

[2020BC]

An excellent Lagoon. Well done.

[Jeffkop]

Thats a great photo ... no doubt about it.
What ever your doing .. its working !!!! .... FANTASTICALLY


Jeff

[Matty P]

Lovely image Scott.

10 out of 10. :thumbsup:

[peeb61]

Drool...drool....and more drools!! OMG Scott, you have certainly knocked this one on the head!

Paul

[gregbradley]

Wonderful image.

Greg.

[strongmanmike]

Yes, looks bluddy good mate :thumbsup:

I like Alex's version too

Mike

[tornado33]

Thanks all
I had a go at reprocessing, and a much bigger version is here (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/uploads/Lagoon%20neb%209x10minsiso400uvirlp s10inch350d2_filtered.jpg)
Enjoy
Scott

[Bassnut]

Very smooth Scott, and good neb extension, but a tad monochromatic. Alexs tweak is an improvement IMO.

[Bassnut]

Wow, much better res wise, thats what it deserves.

[AlexN]

The higher res image is a stunner :thumbsup:

[tornado33]

Thanks all
When I neutralise the sky background it always seems to come out the orange colour. I might re image it one night without the nebula filter and see what its like
Scott

[AlexN]

before neutralizing the sky, try adjusting the color balance...

In photo shop you will have Cyan/Red, Magenta/Green and yellow/blue. Go a bit less on the red slider, a bit towards magenta and a touch towards blue... then neutralize the sky...

It can take a while to find the correct color balance...

[tornado33]

Thanks all
Thanks AlexN
Yes your tips were most helpful. Heres is a less monochromatic version (http://http://www.iceinspace.com.au/uploads/Lagoon%20neb%209x10minsiso400uvirlp s10inch350dbetter.jpg) based on those tips. Theres now some subtle greens in near the centre of the Lagoon.
Scott