The Horsehead Ridge

[strongmanmike]

I was going over my recent data and tweeking it and trying various crops (as I do :P :rolleyes:) and I thought this one looked nice. I really like the HII ridge that the horsehead sits in so I have framed it accordingly, some of you might like to see it, so here it is (you can click on the image to see the other variations if you haven't seen'em yet...or are bored :zzz2: :lol:)

The Horsehead Ridge (http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/131444003/original)

This is a nice property of a big chip and medium focal length scope, provides a lot of flexibilty in framing and cropping.

Mike

[jjjnettie]

Tis a pretty picture Mike.
I need some colour in my life. I'm living mono atm, so many grey clouds.

[John Hothersall]

I really like the detail in 2023 never seen it quite as good before, tempting to image it close up on its own but the rain will put an end to that idea!

John.

[Stevec35]

Very pretty Mike. I think that you have everything right with this image (not that you don't normally of course <g>).

Cheers

Steve

[alan meehan]

Beautifull Mike thats a lot of steamin horse dung pilled up behind that horse.
AL

[h0ughy]

well thats one way of saying he has a heap of data Al?

like the image Mike - very deep and shows heaps

[Hagar]

You must be suffering hard Mike. Time to go kick Houghy out of the dog house and take up residence yourself.

[strongmanmike]

Thanks for looking guys, old data is still good data, no rules on how many times it can be played with and with such a big field I just canna help ma self :P

Had a great night last night and another on the way tonight, so don't panic Dougie, new material is on the way :lol:

Mike

[rogerg]

Nice thin wisps of nebulosity there mike :)

[SkyViking]

That's possibly the best horsehead I've seen Mike, maybe apart from Hubble's ;)
Awesome framing, it really captures the area, and the cyans/blues/yellows provide a wonderful contrast. The entire image looks like a painting, it's very well processed.

[strongmanmike]

Cheers Roger and gee, glad you liked it so much Rolf, thanks a lot :thumbsup:

Mike