[SkyViking (Rolf)]

Originally Posted by Tony_

Magnificent Rolf!

One of the best I've seen of this area. Sharp details and great 3D affect!

Tony.

Thanks very much Tony!

Originally Posted by Andy01

Wow!! - You didn't leave anything on the table with that one.
That's a cracker of a wee image. Sharp, detailed, great colours etc.

Congrats - very well done, sux bears and fush & chups all round.

Andy

Thanks a lot Andy, I like to work with the colours so am glad you enjoyed it.

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Very nice Rolf, although perhaps just a tad noisy, I gather from the sharpening, the exposure time has paid off here I recon lovely work, enjoyed that

Mike

Thank you Mike, yeah I felt it could do with some more exposure in the dark areas. I actually didn't realise the level of detail captured until I started processing it, which was long after I had moved on to other targets. So I pushed the dark areas as far as I reasonably could in order to show the faint structures. Sharpening was only applied to the brightest areas though, so I might add some more hours to it in the future to improve the dark regions.

Originally Posted by Atmos

Wonderful rendition Rolf, need to see it on something bigger than my iPhone but it is lovely on high res

Thanks very much Colin.

Originally Posted by Placidus

Rolf, that's wonderful. The brightest parts are very sharp indeed, while the super-faint background, while understandably gritty, shows wispy structures that are hard to photograph, in good colour. Excellent work.

What height above sea level is your observatory?

Best,
M n T

Thank you Mike and Trish, your great image of this nebula inspired me to have a go at it. As I mentioned to Mike above I didn't realise the level of detail captured until I started processing it so it could probably benefit from more exposure in the dark areas. I was surprised how good the colours came out though, even with only just over 1.5h in each RGB channel.
I'm approximately 190m above sea level. But we have moved since this data was gathered and the new location is at 240m, so am slowly moving up... .

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

What a masterful result. Superb colour rendition and wickedly sharp details.
This one sets a very high benchmark

Thanks a lot Peter, I'm glad you liked the image. I did work for quite a while on this and I think the result was worth it.

Originally Posted by gregbradley

That is a fantastic image Rolf. Really detailed and very 3D.

Greg.

Thanks very much Greg, I'm happy with the detail too. I had wanted to image these colourful clouds for a while.

Originally Posted by marc4darkskies

Outstanding Rolf! There are not enough narrow field renditions of this neb complex and few manage to show the beautiful structure in the refl neb and 6729 as you have. The HH objects are a treat too. All up a feast for the eyes!! Nicely done!

Thank you Marcus, I appreciate your comment. My setup is geared for narrow field deep sky so I enjoy getting these slightly different FOVs which tend to work well on objects like this one.
The number of HH objects was a surprise to me, they are pretty much everywhere. It is a very interesting nebula complex for sure.

Originally Posted by RickS

Beautiful rendition, Ralph. This one and Mike & Trish's are the best I've seen.

Cheers,
Rick.

Thanks very much Rick, Mike & Trish's is great indeed was certainly and inspiration for me. target.

Originally Posted by speach

Ooooo!!! that's very nice

Thank you Simon, glad you liked it.

Originally Posted by Spookyer

Yes, very dramatic

Thanks Brett, yes it is an action packed nebula