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Originally Posted by AstroViking
Hi all,
I thought I'd just throw this one out for comment. It's not the first time I've imaged this target, so I sort-of know what I'm aiming to get at the end.
I'm not really happy with the final result, as the nebula regions don't seem to be separate from the stars in the background.
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Hi V,
Firstly, lovely image of a beautiful object.
If you want more separation between the nebula and background you need to increase the signal to noise ratio of the image, and from what I can see you would benefit greatly, especially in such a dark location, with dropping the ISO from 3200 to something in the 400-800 iso range, shooting RAW if not already doing so and increasing exposure duration to achieve that and the attached image shows why.....
I note from another thread that your DSLR may be a Nikon D7100 so the attachment reflects that.
Best
JA
Attached: Nikon D7100 RAW ISO Series ISO100 to ISO12800 prepared from DP-Review data
NOTE: The screenshotting as well as the JPG compression resulting from IIS compression on upload has smoothed the image somewhat for the higher ISO shots. Go to DP Review website to view the more accurate (noisier) images at higher ISO.