Cat's Paw region (NGC 6334)

[Geoff45]

Taken with 110mm refractor and QSI 540 wsg over two nights at Wiruna last weekend. The pic is a mosaic of two images and total exposure was 7.3 hours.
Geoff

[multiweb]

Cool shot Geoff. I like the details. :thumbsup:

[Craig_L]

Very nice Geoff - love the detail and subtle nebulousity.

[Ross G]

A very good photo Geoff.

I love the colours.

Ross.

[Geoff45]

Thanks all. I found this a difficult one to process. Bringing out the faint background stuff without blowing the main neb was quite a challenge. Still working on it.
Geoff

[jjjnettie]

Very nice shot. Loving the dust bunnies!

[RickC]

good capture Geoff
look forward to seeing it on the wide screen

Richard

[Paul Haese]

Nice image. The background might be a little red for my tastes though.

[atalas]

Nice work Geoff....the background could benefit from some wide radius unsharp masking to help with contrast.

[Geoff45]

I'll try that...thanks

[atalas]

Don't forget to use an inverted layer mask Geoff.

[Geoff45]

Thanks Louie. This is not a technique I was familiar with but I checked it out and it looks pretty useful (and easy to use)
Geoff

[CoolhandJo]

lots of detail I havnt seen before! nice one :)

[midnight]

Very nice detail in there and well presented Geoff.

Darrin...

[jase]

More please Geoff. Mosaics can't be beaten. Look at those tight stars. What a stunner!