Set and forget caught that damn running man

[bmitchell82]

Well me and the running man have always been trying to catch each other... Our little love affair started back in 2009 at a dark sky site, my scope was plauged with problems, guiding was up the duff nothing would work and the best i could get out of bertha was like a stream with a trickle. Come the season 2010 well.. i didn't get around to it untill it was just about to set over the green house that and lights on let him away again... Well i got him this time :) and to boot while i was ZZZZing away in my comfortable Queen size bed haaaaha!

So here it is;

90:50:50:50 4hrs total LRGB 10:5:5:5 min subs L @ 1x1 RGB at 2x2
No darks, bias, flats as this was only a testing session!

http://brendanmitchell.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Running-man-.jpg

I know there are a few little whooopsys with the image that ill get around to fixing like the slightly off key spider vanes grrr

Hope you all enjoy
Brendan:thumbsup:

[TrevorW]

Nice one Brendan

[spearo]

nice
and while you sleep! Cant argue with that
love the red giants throughout the image
very cool
frank

[bmitchell82]

Thanks trev

Frank i dont know if they are red giants more a combination of the dust and QHY standard filters :D

[strongmanmike]

Top shot Brendo :thumbsup: great scale and nicely processed.

MIke

[Stevec35]

That's definitely a nice Running Man

Cheers

Steve

[LightningNZ]

Really nice shot! It's smooth textured without looking over-processed. Very nice subtle colours too.

Cheers,
Cam

[bmitchell82]

Thanks mike I think soon ill be pushing the limits of the 10" mirror in respects to it is consistantly pushing out decent data. I still want to optimise the OTA a bit more but there is only a little bit left to do in this area.



Thanks steve glad you liked



4hrs of data cam make for a nice over all smooth image. To the point that i havn't actually smoothed the image at all. when you get data like this it makes it really easy to push selective sharpening quite a fair way as you don't have to worry about sharpending and highlighting noise!

I do think the short colour subs lack the punch to really bring out the running man properly. never know i might put another 4hrs in 10 min subs bin 1x1 to see how much difference it makes!

[bmitchell82]

I wasn't so happy with the flatness of the image so i restacked re tweaked and squeezed it a little bit more for some vibrancy and detail.

http://brendanmitchell.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/NGC-1977-V2-.jpg

Brendan:thumbsup:

[Ross G]

A great photo Brendan.

Excellent quality.

Ross.

[Alchemy]

Actually prefer the first, very nice image overall, can't see any issue with the diffraction spikes, and focus is super sharp. The second looks a bit overdone after seeing the first.

[Astroman]

I like the second, a little more detail brighter image also, nicely processed.

[bmitchell82]

Thanks Ross



Hi clive, i found the image kind of flat the first time, but different monitors show the image differently. Mine is a colour calibrated monitor which helps things quite alot in getting the colour more natural and on my screen it looks fine but hey different horse's for courses.



Thanks Astroman

[multiweb]

Very cool shot. Excellent guiding. :thumbsup:

[RobF]

Great stuff Brendan - 2nd one is most to my taste. Expecting to see more now!

[midnight]

Very well presented Brendan and I certainly enjoyed it. I like a lot of your work and enjoy reading the details and tech info & tips you share with us.

I still have a long way to go.

Cheers,
Darrin...

[bmitchell82]

Thanks Rob, like i said i like its vibrancy alot better as the initial one was looking a little bit lifeless to me. If the weather co operates ill be heading 3hrs south east of perth for 2-3 days!



Im glad you enjoyed the image Darrin, and im happy to give you guys as much info as i can afterall that is what this is all about isnt it?

Brendan:thumbsup:

[astronobob]

Very smooth work and looking so natural Brendan.
Some how the faint dust in the lower area give a sence of being right there in a spaceship, Lol , coool Image !

[bmitchell82]

Glad you enjoyed it Bob. Hopefully next week ill have 2 or 3 images to post up as im heading into the wilderness for 3 days tonight. :D

Brendan:thumbsup: