M 27 - Dumbbell Nebula

[jsmoraes]

GSO 305 mm - Canon Rebel XT - barlow ED 1.5x - 34 m 29 s - 69 frames - iso 1600

[strongmanmike]

Some really nice detail coming through there Jorges :thumbsup: might look good with the colour increased a little?

Mike

[jsmoraes]

Thank you Michael. At that night all images were weak in signal/noise. To obtain this result I needed work hard with HDR curve.

No problem, it will be there to shoot again in a better sky :)

[Ross G]

Nice closeup Jorge.

Ross.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Good resolution Jorge!

A little more colour and it will be great.
What program are you using for post processing?

Cheers.

Justin.

[jsmoraes]

Thank you, Ross e Justin.

I stack with DSS and enhance with Photoshop CS3.

To enhance colors I will need to shoot again. There are not many signals to do it, in this photo, without noise explosion :)

[sjastro]

This might help without the need of adding data.
http://users.westconnect.com.au/~sjastro/Tutorial/colour.html

Regards

Steven

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Great tip!

Thanks Steven.

[atalas]

Nice shot Jorge.

[jsmoraes]

Every day, new learning. Really a good tip. Thank you Sjastro by share it.

middle scale
http://i1063.photobucket.com/albums/t510/jsmoraes/DSO/ps_M27_1k_repro_1.jpg

large scale
http://i1063.photobucket.com/albums/t510/jsmoraes/DSO/ps_M27_2k_repro_1.jpg

[RickC]

Hi Jorges

nice image, needs more colour

you are producing a lot of images and getting better and better
Do you go to a dark site or are you imaging at home?

Richard

[jsmoraes]

Hi, Richard. Thank you by visit.

I am imaging at my home, in a beach suburb of city of Saquarema, 100 Km from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. With little light polution and good sky , where still you can see Magellanic Clouds, Eta carina, Orion, M 7 and others with naked eyes. The biggest problems are the constant wind and refraction by the proximity to the sea and some street lighting

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