Pleaides

[Lester]

Hi all,

this is a combination of 7 x 15 minute exposures at iso 800 with Astro 40D, Takahashi Astrograph f3.3 .

Processed in Deep Sky Stacker, Images Plus and Photoshop. I am still learning to use Images Plus, but these results are better than my attempt with Photoshop alone.


http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/uu109/Lester_045/2009_11_07pleaides7x15min800isoIPfi .jpg

[dugnsuz]

Wow Lester - cracking image there mate.
And I'm jealous of the Astro 40D!
Very nice work - framed beautifully too.
Doug

[CometGuy]

Lester,

Nicely done, I bet you pleased with that!

Terry

[Kevnool]

Thats Purrrfect Lester.
I,m a huge fan of the diffraction spikes and they look great.
Cheers Kev.

[Hagar]

Very nice Lester. The center of the image looks a little bright with quite a halo around the main stars. Unsure what would have caused this but it may just be a processing artifact or may be an oversaturation problem from the 15 minute exposures. I usually do this target with 5 minute exposures as it is quite bright. You have also clipped the red a bit hence the blue backgrround.
Definitely a lot of nice detail and nebulosity.
Well done.

[multiweb]

Yeah, that's a beauty Lester. Top shot! :thumbsup:

[jjjnettie]

very special that one.

[Lester]

Thanks for your comments everyone. I will try this one again, and will balance the colours first in Photoshop before going to Images Plus for the digital developement.

All the best.

ps, I love the Astrograph Terry. Just hope I can improve on my processing to get the best out of it.

[iceman]

Lovely work Lester, nicely done.

[lacad01]

Looks great :thumbsup:

[CoolhandJo]

This image has a balance to it that makes it very pleasant to view. I agree with Hagar re the centre of the image is a bit bright/washed out - but with some tweaking/contrast enhancement it would round that out.
Nive image and I might actually image it myself one day.

[Ric]

A fantastic image Lester, the nebulosity looks wonderful.

[zipdrive]

Lovely spikes, great shot:thumbsup:

[Nightskystargaz]

Lester,

:thumbsup:, nice pic. Let's see some more.

:thanx:,

Tom

[Lester]

Thanks everyone for your comments. I have been too busy to spend any time on Astro lately, due to harvest time on the farm. Just stopped now for a few days due to rain.

All the best.

[Lester]

Hi all, Tweeked this image with better colour balance, processing done in Photoshop.

Hope you like it, comments welcome.

http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/uu109/Lester_045/2009_11_07pleaides7x15min800isoTwee .jpg

[Jen]

:thumbsup::thumbsup: nice pic Lester ;)

[spearo]

Nice image i liked the original better actually, this repro shows a bit too much green i think
frank

[Robbie]

both look great I think I prefer the second ,
I think the diffraction spikes add to the allure of m45 pics :thumbsup:

[Garyh]

Nice wide shot of this Lester! The repro is much better than the first, Maybe a touch too green in the reflection neb but the background etc looks very nice!