Orion Nebula 27 years apart

[strongmanmike]

I just made a comparison bewteen what a 30min exposure got me back in 1984 compared to what 30min (10min each R G B) gets me today :thumbsup:

Orion Nebula 1984 V 2011 (http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/140147438/original)

That B&W photo was very exciting in 1984 and was even part of an award winning display....funny how things improve, man if someone had shown me my 2011 version back in 1984 I would have fallen of my chair :)

Also put up the Luminance only (http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/140146737/original) version of the latest data

Mike

[dugnsuz]

Great comparison Mike. Wonder what the next 27 years will bring us?
Love that Lum version - should be titled 'Holy Smoke'.
Beautiful stuff.
Cheers
Doug

[Derek Klepp]

Yeh Doug I wonder the same thing.Thanks for the comparison Mike.

[strongmanmike]

It's cool to reminisce to appreciate how good it is now :)

The B&W M42 is a scan of an old slifghtly travelled print so it did suffer somewhat.

Mike

[avandonk]

Here is a little movie I made Mike. 3MB.

http://d1355990.i49.quadrahosting.com.au/2011_11/MikeM42.gif

Hope you like it. Bert

[Screwdriverone]

Wow, great comparo Mike!

Love Bert's gif too, its like the details are being teased out in front of you.

Having a closer look at the film shot Mike, it's incredible just how much detail you did get back then, especially on the cloud details on the "bell" shape of the nebula.....interesting to see the "grain" of the film too!

Very entertaining experiment and presentation, great idea!

Cheers

Chris

[SkyViking]

Another great comparison Mike, it's fascinating how far astrophotography has come.

[strongmanmike]

On ya Bert - you da King of Gifs :thumbsup:

Mike

[iceman]

Love the gif, nice one Bert.

Great shot Mike! Excellent comparison.

[spearo]

brilliant love these comparison shots!
frank

[Paul Haese]

I must drag out some of my early images too. Just for comparison. The comparison is like chalk and cheese. So much difference from all those years ago.

Re the Luminence, don't forget to respect the light there mate.;)

[Stevec35]

Nice comparison Mike. I remember your cold camera shots and I was considering getting a cold camera myself at the time. And then along came hypered film.

Cheers

Steve

[strongmanmike]

Only if I want to enter it into that competition...otherwise, bah!

Anyway I tried to do that... to my likeing at least ;)

Mike

[strongmanmike]

Ah yes those were the days..... :thumbsup:

Mike

[paulF]

Awesome comparison!!! What struck me most was the number of years you have been doing this for Mike!!!!
27 years!!!!!!!!!! That is a lot of years!!!
No wonder why all your shots look so good!!
Keep them coming :)

[jenchris]

That's very impressive.
I've wondered how much things have changed - I have an old Patrick Moore 'Atlas of the Universe' and some of my pics are better than the ones in there. And I can hardly call myself an expert - I am barely out of photographic diapers!

[astroron]

Great comparison Mike :) and a brilliant Gif Bert:thanx:
Cheers :thumbsup:

[RobF]

Man I'd have been excited to get a pic like that back in 1984 though Mike!!

:bowdown:


(you already know we think you're an imaging God of the current age :P)

[strongmanmike]

Yeh it's great mate :thumbsup:...just added it to my site (http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/140163741/original)

Thanks

Mike

[avandonk]

It was twenty seven years in the making, should be a classic!

Bert

[strongmanmike]

There's a bit of image quality loss in the Giff construction but the general idea is still pretty clear :)

[strongmanmike]

:lol: And it is against the exposure law to depict me in either picture or print ;)

[Lester]

Nice comparison Mike, appreciate it. Brings back memories, back in the 1980's I was using hypered Konica 1600 and 3200 ISO film, with enlarger, anyliser, print processing drums, motorised rollers and chemicals that had to be kept at a pre-determined temperature.

Gee, we get it easy now don't we?

If I knew how to scan my old photos I could up load them also.

All the best.

[Paramount]

Hi Mike
A very interesting comparison and it certainly shows how technology has helped advanced the quality of images over the years
Best wishes
Gordon

[bloodhound31]

Very interesting comparison Mike. Thanks for posting it!

Baz.

[strongmanmike]

Glad it was of interest to some, always nice to look back to see how far we've come :thumbsup:

Mike

[Poita]

That really is amazing.
I never would have believed it possible when I bought my C8 about 21 years ago that such imagery would be possible.
I certainly never would have believed that my venerable C8 could capture an image like this with just six 20 second exposures.

http://www.hyperstarimaging.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=174

I would have said it was categorically impossible to get that level of colour and detail with just 2 minutes of data in average seeing with an 8" scope.

Nowhere near as nice as your image, but shows how far the tech has come.

[strongmanmike]

Yep amazing times now... and ahead Peter

Nice shot too :thumbsup:

Mike

[wysiwyg]

Nicely Done!

[shelltree]

That is an amazing comparison Mike, and what an awesome gif Bert, really puts the differences into perspective! I still have a soft spot for the 1984 version, it has a lot of personality. They are both beautiful, well done :)

[Ross G]

Great compariosn Mike.

The difference in photos is amazing.

I have 27 years of catching up!

Ross.

[strongmanmike]

Thanks for looking Mark, Shelley and Ross, looking back is fun sometimes, in order to realise just how good we have it now :thumbsup:

Mike

[multiweb]

That's a pretty sweet shot for such a long time ago.