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Originally Posted by avandonk
Omaroo I only shoot 'em I don't make 'em. If you want to see dim nebs you get lots of stars.
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Thanks for advising me of that. I wasn't aware.
After re-visiting the higher resolution versions I think it is, indeed, the squareness of the stars that throw me. They probably look more prominent on my screen, to me, at full scale because of this. If I had an incredibly large monitor that let me stand right back a few feet to view the image at full size and 72dpi, I'm sure it'd look utterly fantastic. Seeing small segments and panning around on a desktop screen doesn't do your supply of a full resolution image justice.
I've also not seen many super-wide field renditions of the Eta Carinae area - most images I've seen to date are of the central core - and the Homunculus/Keyhole in particular. Around these features the starfield has always appeared less dense in the shots I remember, that's all. Is this because of the long focal lengths and highr f/ratios used to capture this local area full frame are not letting a rich star field develop?
I can see now after looking at several other images I've Googled this morning that the starfield is in fact incredibly dense in several widefield presentations. It never clicked with me that the Eta Carinae region in widefield was so dim. So with that go my apologies.
Mike - thanks for making me appear a goose. Go eat bananas.