[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by multiweb

B.E.A.U.tiful!
Great to browse around. I like the saturation and colours. Very cool field.

Thanks, Mr Sandals & cool accent

Originally Posted by h0ughy

Great success

Thanks, David.

Originally Posted by Placidus

Wonderful! Who needs to photograph other galaxies when we've got our very own?

Thanks very much, M&T. Hard to do much more at 100mm focal length but I have enjoyed the change and might do some more...

Originally Posted by peter_4059

Cool image Rick. The dark dusty stuff looks great at this scale.

Thanks, Peter!

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Very nice Rick...something tells me there might be some more panels coming..?

Ta, Mike. I didn't plan any mosaics in detail but I might be able to add a little to the top of this one

Originally Posted by ozstronomer

A really beautiful wide field Rick

That's a cracker of a lens

Thanks, Geoff. The Zeiss was a good choice it seems!

Originally Posted by RobF

Great stuff. Looking forward to more Rick....

Thanks, Rob. A few more to go...

Originally Posted by Camelopardalis

What's not to love about wide field, Rick

I could get to like it, Dunk, but I'll run out of sky eventually

Originally Posted by gregbradley

A very good image. Bit of a shame that the Lagoon and Trifid are mostly half missing.


The yellowish star clouds could be more firey and look a tad muted in colour to my eye. There are many wide angle shots that show these clouds and they often look like fire.

Thanks, Greg. I think I have a panel that will complete the Lagoon. I'm going for relatively muted colours to start with but I expect I'll have them flaming violently in no time

Originally Posted by Geoff45

Nice composition and detail Rick. The kiwi is amazingly realistic.

Thanks, Geoff!

Originally Posted by troypiggo

Very cool. I agree with Greg - shame the Lagoon is just cut off, but I know it's hard to frame through viewfinder manually.

Thanks, Troy. Framing through an optical viewfinder while kneeling on hard, parched ground is less than ideal but I think I have the top half of the Lagoon somewhere in my data