I wanted to try something different this year, so I thought I'd dig up some old info and reprocess it as well as collecting some complementing info.
What I thought I'd do was a series of shots of the Antares/Rho Oph complex through various focal lengths, just for the hell of it. I already had a 135mm shot but I wanted to reshoot it (damn Jupiter was close and bright that year) I already had an 85mm that I wanted to reprocess. To add to these I wanted one through the ED80/WO FR (FL 560 @ f/5.6) and my WO72 FD/WO FR (FL 344 @ f/4.8).
I've still got away to go with the processing but here's the first off the block. Not quite there yet I think, needs something to lift it, but I'm generally happy with it.
Details:
ED80/WO FR 0.8
Modded Canon 20D
11 shots @ ISO800 @ 480 sec each.
ICNR
Average combine in Images Plus
Post processing in PS CS3
Slightly cropped (no flats....my bad
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Due to the narrow FOV there is very little of the dark dust lanes visible but I'm happy with the way the texture of the Antares Dust Cloud came through.
More to come later on in the week.