Cygnus region

[prokyon]

Hi all,

after a long time of bad weather I had the chance to do astronomy last night.
I wanted to do a pic of M101 with the Pentax 75 SDHF, but I had a lot of problems with the guiding :mad2:
After many attempts i gave up.
To make just one pic I took the Canon 50mm f/1.4 for making some shots of the Cygnus region:

http://www.prokyon.startime.at/Bilder/Cygnus.jpg
13x180s with ISO 800, 350d mod., F/2.5

and a larger version:
http://www.prokyon.startime.at/Bilder/Cygnus_large.jpg

Next time I will take more pics an choose F/3.

cheers

werner

[glenc]

Werner, that is very impressive. :thumbsup:

[Tamtarn]

Very interesting widefield Werner love to see it with more subs. Hope you get more good weather

[dpastern]

Agreed! Heaps of details in that image.

Dave

[Hagar]

Nice detailed shot of this area.
Well done. Better luck with guiding etc. next time.

[Lester]

Very nice wide field image Werner. Thanks.

[Kevnool]

Top image for such a wide field.
Cheers Kev.

[desler]

That really is very wide and nicely done!

Better luck with your weather and guiding issues.

Darren

[lesbehrens]

nice

[prokyon]

Hi,

thank you for your nice answers! I will make more pic with the 50mm. The coming season is a good time for widefields.

cheers

werner

[jase]

Good job Werner. I particularly like the framing you've chosen for this scene. Massive FOV delivering a visually pleasing impact. I do however feel the image exhibit a subtle red cast which is perhaps compounding the other hues. Maybe try dropping the red channel using curves to neutralise it. Use an anchor point low in the curve and only drop it a few notches to see the effect. If you're concerned the highlights or mid tones will be impacted add a few more anchor points to control the curve. Overall, a really nice result. Thanks for sharing.

[prokyon]

Hi Jase,

thanx for your feedback. I tried to do that:

http://www.prokyon.startime.at/Bilder/Cygnus_large_new.jpg

is it better now?

[glenc]

The new image is great. Thanks for sharing.

[jase]

Good correction Werner - I like it. The O,B and A spec. type stars really pop in the new version. Be careful you don't drop it too much. When using curves to tweak colours, it does take much to lose colour balance. By using an anchor point low in the curve (shadows) and another close to the top (to maintain highlights), you'll have the best control. The top anchor point is important as you want to avoid introducing a magenta hue. Well done.

[Tamtarn]

Werner the colour balance looks better in the repro :thumbsup: Well done!

[prokyon]

Thank you, your feedback helped me to make a little step forward ...

cheers

werner