Corona Australis from Coona

[Ross G]

Hello,

Still slowly processing my shots from the last trip to Coonabarabran.

This is my first attempt at imaging the Corona Australis Nebula.

What do you think?

Thanks for looking.


Ross.


WO M110 REFRACTOR
WO FF II
QHY8L CAMERA
HEQ5PRO

DSS + PHOTOSHOP.

[DavidU]

That's a fine image Ross, great tracking.:thumbsup:

[RickS]

Love the dark stuff!

Cheers,
Rick.

[John Hothersall]

The dark dust has been developed very well filling half the image and reflection nebs are smooth with wavey structure.

John.

[rogerg]

That's a great image! quite spectacular. I like the balance of contrast and saturation. The dust stands out from the stars nicely and the stars aren't too strong. A very attractive image, congrats :thumbsup:

[dynobolt]

Very nice Ross. What length exposures did you take and how many?

Dave

[Hagar]

Very nice Ross. All looks good. Star colour and dust colour are spot on.

Great area to image but can be a bit of a fiddle to get a good contrast level to show everything up well.

[atalas]

Great work Ross! well done mate.

[Paul Haese]

Nice little points of light. Saturation looks great too. Nicely done.

[strongmanmike]

Wow Ross, that is a beautiful rendition of this favorite. Not as deep as some but it looks very real and believable and the processing is invisible, the dark skies really help here, love it :thumbsup:

Mike

[jjjnettie]

I've got a soft spot for this region. :)
Lovely work.

[desler]

I have a soft spot for any image of this quality. Great work!

Darren

[Lester]

Very nice view Ross. Thanks.

[rcheshire]

This is such a beautiful part of the sky. Very nice.

[LucasB]

That is a beautiful shot Ross and great processing also! :thumbsup:
Lucas

[Ross G]

Hi David, John and Rick. Glad you like it and thanks for the kind comments.

Ross.

[Ross G]

Thanks Roger, glad you like it.

Thanks Dave. I shot about 8 or 9 subs at 10 minutes each.


Ross.

[Ross G]

Doug, Paul and Jeanette. Thank you for the encouraging comments. I'm glad you like. I did a few different versions with Photoshop.

Thanks.

Ross.

[Ross G]

Thanks Louie.

It's great that you like it and thank you for the advice.


Ross.

[RB]

What a lovely Shot Ross !
Dust and star colours captured very well.

Well done.

[Ross G]

Thank you Mike.

I'm glad you like it and thanks for the encouraging comments.

I did a few different versions in Photoshop and wasn't really sure which was the best one. Your comments give me confidence that I'm on the right track.

Ross.

[Ross G]

Hi Lucas, Darren, Lester and Rowland.

Thanks for the kind comments. It's the sort of encouragement that I need.

Glad you like the photo.

Ross.

[Ross G]

Thank you Andrew.


Ross.

[multiweb]

Nice one Ross. That dark dust goes on for ages. :thumbsup:

[Alchemy]

Nice work,

Dusty areas are challenging, emissions glow and reflection nebs can be quite bright at times.... But this is the tuff stuff, and you've done well. There's a temptation to push it to the max but you often get noise which can be hard to control and make it believable. This is exceptionally clean and natural yet shows all the relevant bits.

There is a teeny weeny little bit of Ha on the inside of the reflective loop, I cant see it at this resolution, but I'm sure if you look at the full size image you will find it.

Good stuff.

[Ross G]

Thanks Marc, thanks Clive.

I was surprised at how much dust came out. There was a lot more but I "toned" it down not wanting to overdo the processing.

I will have a search of the full resolution photo for the Ha bits.


Thank you.


Ross.

[Tom Davis]

Such a lovely object. I wish I could have another go at it. Alas, I'm too far north.

Well done!

Tom

[Ross G]

Thanks Tom,

Yes, we do have some nice objects down here. However, I would love to be where you are to photograph The Andromeda Galaxy.

Ross.

[gregbradley]

I missed this one.

That's another great image. Nicely done.

Greg.

[Ross G]

Hi Greg,

Thank you. It was difficult to process.

You liking it is very encouraging.

Ross.