Orion Nebula and Running Man

[Lester]

Hi all,

this is only 3 x 4 minute exposures with Astro 40D and Astrograph f3.3 .

Sorry about the burn out, but have not got the skills to get rid of it. I was impressed with the outer nebulosity that was captured in such a short exposure.

I may have to stick to fainter nebula where burn out isn't a problem.

Comments welcome, and Merry Christmas to all.


http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/uu109/Lester_045/Orion3x4minfinal.jpg

[TheDecepticon]

That is very cool! It has the basis for being a much better image. Take some 30sec and 60sec series shots and try this technique here! I still havent perfected it, but it is really easy to get the basics down. Merry Christmas.

http://www.astropix.com/PFA/SAMPLE4A/SAMPLE4A.HTM

:D:D

[jjjnettie]

Wow, so much dust!
Love it.

[Lester]

Thanks for your reply Dec. I have copied the link and will force myself to have a go at it during the next few days.

All the best.

[Lester]

Thanks Jeanette. All the best.

[En1gma]

Nice pic.

Each to their own on how the core looks.

Either way. This is such a great picture you have there

As for my personal opinion, I am a fan for the slightly crispy core. Tastes better :P

Rob

[Lester]

Thanks for your comments Rob. I have been playing around with layer masking off and on now for a few days, and eventually got an image to put up. Although I couldn't follow the link right through with my Photoshop program Version 11, the end result is an improvement on the first in this thread.

This image is from 15 x 5 minutes and 21 x 10 seconds exposures.

Comments welcome.


http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/uu109/Lester_045/orion12x5minlayersfirstGDFinal.jpg

[Marke]

Lester, I am no expert in PS by any means but it looks like your colour balance is a bit off ?
Hope you dont mind I spent 2min in PS with your first image
and only adjusted, colour balance , curves, hue/saturation
and got this result which I am sure you could improve on with
more advanced technique ?

[Lester]

Hi Marke, thanks for your reply and tweek; I am still learning how far to push my images, in different areas, so I appreciate others points of view and processing skills.

All the best.

[Lester]

Tweeked a bit more, IMO this is a improvement on the last image.

http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/uu109/Lester_045/orion12x5minlayersFinalex.jpg

[multiweb]

I like the repro. Nice shot Lester. Very vibrant colors. :thumbsup: