Mr ED with another version added to the last post

[Hagar]

my second image from Snake Valley Astro Camp.
The Horse head nebula wide field.
A compilation of 11 X 20 minute exposures (9 used for this image)

Camera : QHY8
Telescope : Takahashi FSQ106ED at F5

[strongmanmike]

Man that FSQ is a corker of a scope, lovely work Doug.

Mike

[multiweb]

Top shot Doug. The framing's great and the details and colours are sublime. :thumbsup:

[renormalised]

Very well done, Doug. Beautiful colour and contrast in the nebs:D:thumbsup:

[CoolhandJo]

Nice! Detail is great. And as others said- the framing is perfect

[Ric]

Wonderful capture Doug.

The colour and depth look fantastic.

Cheers

[telecasterguru]

Just a great image. Well framed and balanced.

Frank

[erick]

What happened to the other two images, Doug? ;)

[Paddy]

Very nice, Doug. I assume that was on the Monday night. With that beautiful clear sky that should have happened on the SATURDAY!!!!

[TrevorW]

Great Horsey Dougie

[h0ughy]

thats pretty nice Doug.

[Bolts_Tweed]

great Shot Doug.

Goes to show how far amateur astroimaging has come over the last couple of years. Compare this shot with what Jerry Lodrigus was doing only a few years ago and even David Malins HH in The Colours of the Universe (which i know isnt fair comparing with emulsion and reduction for printing) but this far surpasses what was considered great only a few years ago. (showing my age here)

I know the equipment is great but a lot is in ability in capture and processing as well. Congratulations

Mark

[allan gould]

Its all been said, very nice shot. Well processed and no wonder my wife complains about all the dust in my room.

[dpastern]

Cracking shot Doug!

Dave

[mill]

That looks bloody sweet Doug :thumbsup:

[richardda1st]

Doug, please say it was on Monday night and not on Saturday night when I inadvertently shone my red light on you.:sadeyes::D

[Octane]

Doug,

Superb, superb.

Something to aspire to.

Well done, mate.

Regards,
Humayun

[spearo]

lovely!
good job
frank

[Hagar]

Thanks everyone for the great comments. The images were taken on the Monday night. I retired at about 3:30am and left the scope imaging until I got up in the morning. I ended up with 11 images but on close inspection decided 2 were not up to the same standard as the rest so these 2 were dumped. I still have a lot to learn with the processing side of it but with this little scope I am enjoying the ride.
Thanks again.

[DavidU]

Awesome !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DavidU]

:lol: oh dear

[jase]

Nailing them now Doug. The brighter stars in the scene look like they've given you a little trouble. Not easy to deal with that's for sure, but you have done well. Keep it up.

[erick]

I though the dawn may have interfered. My last several dozen time lapse are pure white frames :D

[desler]

I thought it was great when I saw it Tuesday morning, now that's just wrong, so much dust and detail, an exceptional image!

Darren

[seeker372011]

:thumbsup::thumbsup::prey2:

[Hagar]

Thanks David, Yes it was early on Tuesday Morning through till sun up.



Thanks Jase, yes the bright stars are a bit of a bumer but I have a few ideas to work on. Any advice appreaciated.



Thanks Eric, I ran through till abot 7.00am when igot up and had to scratch about 6 images initially then the other two later when I took a good look at them.



Thanks Darren, I am pretty happy with the final result. Great meeting you and I hope you gained omething from our meeting.


Thanks Narayan. The sky was magnificent, makes imagin a bit easier.

[Jen]

Awwwwwwwww good old Mr Ed now this is my fav :D
Monday night was a winner for clear skies i was spewing i missed trying to have a look at this one :rolleyes: nice work Doug :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Hagar]

Sorry you missed a great night Jen, Darren stayed up all night, I managed 3.30am because I had to drive home or it would have been all night also.
Not much to see of this one through a scope without a Hb filter.

[RB]

Another nice shot Doug.
You can almost feel the heat coming off the flame.
Lovely detail around the horsey.

:thumbsup:

[Jeff]

That's a beauty Doug!

[spacezebra]

Spectacular image - always enjoy looking at your work.

Cheers Petra d.

[LGT150]

Bravo il ne lui manque que la parole .
Lucien.:)

[Hagar]

Thanks Andrew, I intend to add some Ha to this image when it gets a bit higher in the sky from here at home.



Thanks Jeff.



Thanks Petra, I was pretty happy with this one. The skies at snake Valley are so clear it makes captue very easy.



Thanks Lucien,

[gregbradley]

Wonderful shot Doug.

Try a bit of shadows/highlights and fiddle with the highlights section and it will pull back the bright stars a little and also give back the core in that neb next to the horse.

Greg

[Hagar]

Thanks Greg, Sitting home with a nice dose of Gastro I gave your thoughts and a few other ideas a bit of a go.
See what you think.

[Jen]

:thumbsup::thumbsup: nice pic Doug I like it :) Hope you get better soon :rolleyes:

[AlexN]

You definitely toned alnitak down in the repro, and got rid of a few dust bunnies and the like.. but I think your colour was much better in the original... I find the original image much more pleasing in every respect..

[bmitchell82]

hey doug just thought ide have a crack at it for a few min in between my study. :D hope you don't mind

[multiweb]

That looks hot Doug! :eyepop: Great stuff. Makes me want to have a go at it again. :thumbsup:

[Hagar]

I took another look at the image and decided it was probably a little bright and in your face so here is another Sidonio of the same image but toned down quite a bit.

[DavidU]

Very nice Sidonio Doug. The flame is killa !

[Hagar]

Thanks David, Starting to become happier with the last repro I did. Colour is a bit more realistic when looking through the dust in this region. I would like to capture some Ha to add to this image but will wait till it is a bit higher in the sky.