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Originally Posted by leon
Well Marcus, what you described seems to have been a hell of a struggle, and it appears you won, very nice indeed, you came out a winner, well done indeed.
Leon
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Well I definitely had to work for this one that's for sure! Thanks a lot Leon!
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Originally Posted by Hagar
Looks very good to me Marcus, Very vibrant but thats what this one needs to bring out it's best. The little reflection neb areas have been blended into the huge emission nebula beautifully. I can only imagine how difficult this would be to get right without washing something out.
Beautiful.
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Cheers Doug! Yeah, I love the little blue patches - Many emission nebs have them lurking somewhere.
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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
Yeh justice done I think Marcus, great result 
You are right, having the LRGB as well as the Ha showed up the reflection nebulae nicely.
I see you didn't bother tackling thosee iron cross halos, they are beauties  ...can't say I have see those in your images before..? |
Cheers mate! No, even I won't try to remove those halos - an artefact I think of the vignetted field of the 1.6 extender
I should have framed it better so they were away from the edge of the field - but they don't look tooooo bad IMO.
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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
Oh and I have absolutely no sypathies for your trials and tribulations one iota, with a remote automated dome and PME operated from inside a warm study, being able to throw away soft data is a pure luxury.. you are just winging & winning, so.... shut up!  
Mike |
Oh now c'mon! Jealousy's a curse don't forget! Besides, having an obs, a PME, an air conditioned control room with Foxtel and a sofa can be a struggle ya know!
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Originally Posted by h0ughy
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great image, you look as though you have wrung out every photon.
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Thanks Dave! Yep, I think so too. I usually know when I've finished processing ... I spend an hour or two tinkering and nothing changes!
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Originally Posted by DavidU
Beautiful. |
Cheers Dave!
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Originally Posted by atalas
A wonderful result Marcus! dropping back to the small image I see a stunning composition |
Thanks a lot Louie! Framing and composition is just as important in astrophotography as it is in traditional photography (of course) and worth spendng some time getting right.
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Originally Posted by multiweb
Quite a treat Marcus. The highres is great to browse around. Top effort considering the weather of late. Well done. |
Thanks Marc ... but
DON'T talk to me about the weather!!!
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