Comet Lovejoy 2-1-12

[Lester]

Hi all,

Got up this morning at 3 a.m. to a balmy 25 degrees C and a murky sky. I could not see the comet for any length of time only briefly with averted vision, I am hoping it is only due to the lack of sky transperancey and not the comet fading.

This image is a 5 minute exposure with 24mm lens at F3.2 and Canon 20Da at ISO 800.

http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/uu109/Lester_045/Comet%20images/4af79b2e.jpg

[tornado33]

Fantastic pic again, Etar carina looks great as well. Heres my attempt at Gradient Removal with Iris, it didnt do a perfect job though but did get rid of some gradient.
Scott

[Lester]

Thanks Scott for your comments and repro. I am going to reload Iris and see if that helps so I can save files. Been looking through the tutorials without any mention of this problem. Looks like a good program with a heap of potential.

All the best.