[dugnsuz (Doug)]

Originally Posted by leon

Nice wide field Doug, you must have been out doing this one at the same time i happened to get some decent weather for a change, it nearly looks identical.
Your doing some good work mate, the lens is serving you well.

Leon

Thanks leon - my 40D crop factor and your 5D full frame look like the same field of view! Still rather have your setup though!!!

Originally Posted by Tamtarn

Excellent wide field of this area Doug, good detail with nice contrast.
Like the colour balance you have achieved.

Ta B&D, very impressed with the colours straight out the lens so to speak - minimal processing needed on this one

Originally Posted by Lester

I like it too Doug.

Well done.

Originally Posted by renormalised

Nicely done, Doug...great wide field

Originally Posted by toryglen-boy

thats a nice picture mate, i might try something like that myself

Cheers Lester, Carl and Duncan

Originally Posted by sjastro

Nice image Doug.

I think however you can extract more detail out of the data.

Hope you don't mind but here is a reprocess in Photoshop.

(1) Shadow/highlights. Shadow:- 50%
(2) Edit fade shadow/highlights:- 60%.
(3) Filter reduce noise Strength:- 6, Preserve details:- 30%
Sharpen:- 25%. Apply only to R channel, G channel, and B channel.

Regards

Steven

No Worries Steven - good job. You've brought out the finer nebular detail in the background nicely despite the 200kb file size. I will try out your processing tips on the large TIFF file tonight - Thanks.

Originally Posted by gregbradley

A great image. Nice rich colours, good exposure. Nice stars.

Could've been framed better though. Over to the left a bit so it was more balanced and pulled down a bit to get the nebula at the base of the Lagoon fully in the shot.

Nice one. That 300mm F4 is a nice lens. Are they expensive?

Greg.

Cheers Greg, might try to tighten up the framing next time out.
Lens is quite expensive - paid around $2000 in Oz, but the HK dealers on ebay average around $1700 - $1800.

Doug