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Originally Posted by bonox
Hi Zuts - it would appear that what you can do with digital stuff would make the film photographers of yore start cursing. Mind you, they probably didn't have the same pollution problems as now.
I'm in Alexandria, so we are fairly close together in terms of the same light sources - have you tried any filters here?
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Hi Bonox
I have used an Orion Skyglow, Astronomics UHC. Both are Ok but the Orion gives reflections around bright stars while the astronomics is far higher quality but you have to image for a long time as it cuts out lots and lots of light. I have just ordered a Badder Contrast and UV/IR filter and plan to use them when they come. I am hoping the contrast booster will cut out a bit of light pollution and still let in lots more light than the Astronomic.
I have uploaded a shot of M42. This is 300 seconds at prime focus on my ed80 and 400d with the Astronomics filter. No processing in photoshop at all, just used irfan view to convert from raw to jpg at 70 % quality.
Paul