The Great Orion Nebula (M42) in Orion

[Octane]

Hi all,

Taken at Lostock.

Read and view here (http://members.optusnet.com.au/octane2asphyx/IISAC2006/IISAC2006_M42.html).

Comments and critique welcome.

Warning: file is 554 KB in size.

Regards,
Humayun

[acropolite]

Very nice effort Humayan, good to see such excellent results in such a short time. Polar alignment looks good with just a hint of stretching at the extremities of the field, I feel guilty having not even bolted my wedge on the LX yet... :ashamed:

[fringe_dweller]

very, very nice Octane! I like the unmodded canon look too, as much as I like the modded look, more blue/green dominating :)

[[1ponders]]

Wow! Great shot Humayan. I didn't know you had an downlink from the hubble at Lostock.

Top shot guy. :cool2:

[h0ughy]

Nice shot, very sharp. you have been nailing some great shots lately

[Octane]

Hi Phil,

Thanks for the comment.

Bang the wedge on. Go on, you know you want to do it!

Regards,
Humayun

[Octane]

Kearn,

Thanks for the compliment.

After having seen what amazing things the Hutech-modified cameras are capable of, I'm seriously considering a purchase of either a EOS-20Da, or a Hutech-modified EOS-350D. May leave that for a few months, for now.

Regards,
Humayun

[Octane]

Hi Paul,

Thanks for the compliment!

I'm not overly happy with this attempt. There's a cyan colourcast throughout (thanks Andrew/Rocket Boy). It ended up this way because when I tried to stretch the levels and set my black point, I ended up with a very thick red colourcast. This was a compromise. Although, I think it may have something to do with the ASINH stretching that I performed in IRIS. I might give the RAW's another process without ASINH stretching, or very subtle stretching.

Thanks again.

Regards,
Humayun

P.S. Can you imagine having a downlink from Hubble? Phwoar!

[Octane]

Hi David,

Mate, it doesn't hold a candle to your black-and-white wide field. It's amazing!

Thanks!

Regards,
Humayun

[ving]

great stuff H.
your images are pretty darn good :)

[h0ughy]

I wouldn't say that you produced yours with great skill and mastery of your equipment, mine was just pure R'se:D :whistle:

[Astroman]

I dont think this is working for you at all Hummy, you should get rid of all your equipment and become a couch potato. Instead send me all your equipment and I will look after it for you.
:D

Seriously
Great image Hummy, your getting quite good at this now, well done. The cyan is a little too over powering but it still is a great image.

[space lover]

Wow, great pic, my grandma was passing by the computer and she noticed it and thought it was beautiful and shes practically blind!

[Octane]

David,

Thanks, mate!

Regards,
Humayun

[Octane]

Andrew,

OK, where should we meet? :P

Thanks for the compliment! I realise it has too much cyan in it. But, I kept losing nebulosity if I tried removing it.

Next time, I will take a lot more images at a lower ISO, and perhaps not use the ASINH stretch in IRIS so much.

Cheers, mate.

Regards,
Humayun

[Octane]

space lover,

Thanks for the compliment!

You might want to do a search on my previous posts to see the other wide-field images I've posted and show them to nan. :P

Regards,
Humayun

[space lover]

Haha, will do mate, will do:thumbsup:

[iceman]

Really nice image, and I like your presentation. Nicely done.

[Octane]

Mike,

Thanks, heaps. :)

Regards,
Humayun

[tornado33]

Howdy
I love the nice subtle colours throughout the nebula :)
Scott