[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by Leonardo70

Great shot Greg...

Amazing colors.

Leo

Thanks Leo. It's a rich area for sure.

Originally Posted by RobF

Wonderful image.
Man what I've give to have that many clear nights in a row at a night tranquil dark sky site. Congrats Greg.

Thanks Rob. Yes it was a wonderful change from the usual cloud in the Sydney area for so long now.

Originally Posted by richardo

Hi Greg,
lovely job of this!
Nice tight focus and very well processed!
My pick, and it was a hard one, is actually the lighter version.... the faint wisps look excellent... my thinking, is that with the high mag of those blue stars, the light would definitely be hitting every bit of dust surrounding the area... so that's my choice and I'm sticking to it!

I can never get a shot at this and it would be the ultimate for me having sooo much reflection in it.... but it's too low to give it a reasonable go. So I do enjoy looking at others images of this lovely object and this is a gem!

Great stuff.

All the best
Rich

Thanks Rich. I like the bright version as well as it shows up the dust areas better but it does lose some contrast as a result.

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Man...you must have an astronomical angel looking over you ...how many images will be forced to look at with envious eyes then?

This latest version of M45 is pretty darn good Greggles

Mike

Thanks Mike. Yes there are a few in the works.

Originally Posted by suma126

excellent image

Originally Posted by marco

Hi Greg, nice image of the seven sisters, maybe a bit too "strong" to me. I definitely prefer the darker version, perhaps with a tad less de-noise.
What is surprising me is the amount of details and the beautiful color balance you got, I supposed Pleiades to be too loo on horizon from down-under to be easily imaged. This prompt me to give them a try from Coonabarabran, when this %#=% weather will give more than few hours of clear (it has been raining most of time there for the last two months..)

Clear Skies
Marco

It is quite a low target for sure. I understand it may be too strong for some. I guess these are the processing choices I made that reflect my view on it which won't of course be shared by all. That's art for you.

Originally Posted by Doomsayer

A very eye carching rendition. Very envious of your amazing clear sky run too.
guy

Yes I felt like I won the lottery.

Greg.