Horsehead region in Ha - 400mm (Now Repro'd)

[dugnsuz]

Hello all,
Horsehead region in Ha.

Canon Astro 40D (Avg temp -12.5ºC)
Canon 400mm f5.6L lens @ f5.6
Astronomik 12nm Ha EOS Clip In filter
315 mins total exposure time (21x15min subs), iso1600

Cheers - all comments/suggestions welcomed.

High Res...
http://s327.photobucket.com/albums/k461/doug-robertson/?action=view&current=13d.jpg

Doug:thumbsup:

Repro - post #13 below

[DavidU]

Beautiful Doug, well framed ,heaps of detail.

[Octane]

Your finest image yet, Doug.

Sublime.

H

[troypiggo]

That's a fine, fine rendition. Beautiful field of view, plenty deep. Love it.

[leon]

Your at it again mate, with some spectacular results, nicely executed Doug, fine image indeed.

Leon

[Craig_L]

Top shot. Excellent framing. Look forward to the RGB.

[Stevec35]

Very good deep perfectly framed image. Going to look good in colour.

Cheers

Steve

[iceman]

That's really nice Doug, I like it!

[strongmanmike]

Overall I agree with Steve35, a great vista :thumbsup:

Just some minor feedback, the large version shows some patchy uneven smoothing, especially noticable in the outer areas, you might like to have a go at evening this out a little?

Nice work

Mike

[marc4darkskies]

You've got to be happy with that Doug! Yeah, a bit uneven noise wise, but you've got great depth there and your guiding looks good.

Cheers, Marcus

[dugnsuz]

Dave, H, Troy, Leon, Craig, Steve, Mike 1, Mike 2 and Marcus - thanks for the comments and advice. Didn't think I would get away with my rough n' ready noise reduction patch-up job!
Will have to give this another go as suggested.
All the best
Doug

[dugnsuz]

Will definitely Repro very soon - another situation where the comments of IISers really help. I have discovered a few new ways to handle noise and learn more about photoshop in the process. Noel Carboni's horizontal and vertical banding noise actions have helped too.
Hope to post soon
Doug

[dugnsuz]

REPRO - not as 'in yer face' but hopefully sorted out the noise problems.
Cheers...
Doug

http://s327.photobucket.com/albums/k461/doug-robertson/?action=view&current=13e.jpg

[Paul Haese]

That last one is much better Doug. Detail is great.

[Octane]

Doug,

Take a bow, sir. That reprocess is your finest image to date, and, one of the aesthetically best h-alpha renditions of this region I've ever seen.

Straight to the pool room.

H

[dugnsuz]

Cheers Gents - it takes a few trials (and errors) to get to know how an image will behave during processing and how far one can push things.
Memo to self - never post your first try!
Cheers
Doug:thumbsup:

[adman]

Widefields of the horse in h alpha always remind me of those old guinness ads with the crashing waves with the horses galloping through them.

Great image Doug

Adam

[leon]

Well I have to agree with the other people here, that is spectacular stuff Doug, keep em coming mate.

Leon

[FlashDrive]

I've seen many shots of the Horse Head Nebula but this one is OUTSTANDING.......very good work Doug ....that is really nice. :thumbsup:

Colin.

[dugnsuz]

Thanks Adam.:thumbsup:


2nd bite at the cherry eh Leon!? Thanks mate:)


Cheers Colin - thanks for the compliment.
Doug