my first M16

[h0ughy]

well i managed to get 3h 25 min of M16, my first time. Will end up doing it again after getting some advice...

127ed cooled canon40d with cls filter on a g11
stacked in DSS processed in Pixinsight 1.7 and PS

EDIT - included is a pixinsight only repro.....

EDIT2 - added a blend of the two

I MUST IMPROVE MY PROCESSING SKILLS-----> EDIT 3 ADDED NEW TWEAKED IMAGE 4

[FlashDrive]

Nice shot ... good detail in it to.... I like it.

Well done David. :thumbsup:

Flash :D

[John Hothersall]

Thats a very good result, that cooled 40D seems pretty noise free. Plenty of faint nebulosity all over.

John.

[h0ughy]

thanks though i think that i could wring a bit more out of the image



thanks John

[allan gould]

Nice shot shot David, you are getting your money's worth out of the 127mm.

[Ross G]

Great shot David.

Sharp, so much detail and great colours.


Thanks.


Ross.

[h0ughy]

well and truely - its a great scope and the moonlight focuser is a great investment - ;)

[h0ughy]

thanks Ross

[wysiwyg]

Nice one David :thumbsup:

I wish I had the focal length for this object as its one of my favourites.

[h0ughy]

thanks Mark, when i get the 14" going this will be a target for another day

[DavidU]

Plenty of depth & detail there Dave. I would love to see what you can do with the 14"

[h0ughy]

thanks Dave - see the original post as i have added a repro

[h0ughy]

third image added - blend of two

[multiweb]

Great details but you have to tweak your color balance. The red's overwhelming and there a lot of blue stars in there. I assume you've used a UHC-S nebula filter or something similar? That would shift your reds right up.

[h0ughy]

CLS filter - point taken

[h0ughy]

REPRO 4 (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/attachment_browse.php?a=96641)

[multiweb]

Well that looks heaps better doesn't it? Blue star clusters and you've even got the dual tones in the core coming up now. Nice one. :thumbsup:

[h0ughy]

See you only have to smack me around the noggin a few times before i come around :rofl: ;) Thanks Marc - as i said first time i have done this one - thanks for the pointers:thumbsup:

[tornado33]

That last repro is the best.Perfect colour balance and a dark but not overly black sky.
Scott

[jjjnettie]

it's a hard one to get just right. I had a hell of a time processing the one I took with ponders modded 20d
Lovely image though. Really nice.

[h0ughy]

it will be great when i can get similar data without a CLS filter in dark skies

[h0ughy]

probably too much salt......sidonistew v6

[atalas]

Very high contrast,nice Houghy.

[strongmanmike]

I really like Rabbit stew actually, yuuuum :P

I have the distinct impression that it is hard to get good colour dynamics from a DSLR in heavy light pollution but never the less this is an image worth looking at, with some great extensions of nebulosity :thumbsup:

Mike

[h0ughy]

Thanks Louie

oh how true you are Mr Sidonio.:thumbsup: