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luigi
07-07-2010, 07:59 AM
Hi All,

A view of the Milky Way from the coastal city of Miramar, Argentina.
The rocks at the top are catching light from a nearby lighthouse do I keep them r remove them?

For this shot:

Sky: :screwy:
I first did 2 stacks of 5 light frames (5dII,17-40,ISO3200,F4,20'') and 4 darks in DSS.
Then I registered and added the two stacks using Iris (Dss has no Add)
I removed the background pollution using PixInsight LE
I adjusted levels,saturation ,some cropping, some rotation, some noise reduction and some sharpening in PS.

Ground:
Panorama made from 5 shots then size adjusted to match the sky.

I'm not sure (yet) if the idea of adding 2 5 subs stacks is better than a single 10 subs stack in DSS but I need to experiment! :question:

Cast:

From left to right Eta Carina nebula, crux & Coalsack nebula, Alpha & Beta Centauri.

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"Bad photo but good try trying to break the record of processing software used :P"

I hope the small size photo can be seen well enough I haven't uploaded a bigger photo to my website yet I wanted feedback from IIS first :)


Cheers from Argentina!
Luis

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Hagar
07-07-2010, 10:45 AM
Lovely image. I really like the foreground in this image ,it really sets off the sky well.

middy
07-07-2010, 10:46 AM
I think that's a great shot Luis. I'd leave the rocks there. My personal preference would be to crop a little more of the rocks from the bottom of the picture so they are not quite as imposing.

You have caught the "emu in the sky" really well. I like that. :thumbsup:

mswhin63
07-07-2010, 11:17 AM
Excellent shot, still scrating my head how you did this but excellent all the same, I agree keep the rock maybe get rid of the lighthouse although I imagine you will have a few coastal wrecks to take photos of in the future if you do :)

mexhunter
07-07-2010, 11:39 AM
Hola Luis:
Lovely image.
Me gustó mucho.
Many grettings
Cesar

Ric
07-07-2010, 11:52 AM
A fantastic image Luis.

I like it the way it is in my opinion.

Cheers

Liz
07-07-2010, 12:13 PM
A great image Luis. :thumbsup:
Also think the rocks are great, and set the mood of the image. :)

luigi
07-07-2010, 11:27 PM
Thank you for the feedback I think the rocks are going to stay!

spearo
08-07-2010, 06:56 AM
yes
good work
good composition
frank
frank

RobF
09-07-2010, 12:08 AM
Beautiful work Luis. Nice combination of ground and sky. :thumbsup: