[[1ponders] (Paul)]

I captured 9 images of the Tarantula Neb in the LMC on Saturday night. I played around with them in PS for a while and was surprised by what came out. I think I got a bit carried away with the central area

Detail.
Canon 300D prime focus to 8"LX200GPS focal reduced to f/6.3.

Images used; 3 Exp @ ISO800 for 120 sec and 3 Exp @ ISO1600 for 60 sec.

Aligned, stacked and processed in PS7. Processing included cropping, levels, curves, cont/bright adjust, sharpening and despeckling.

As with the Keyhole Neb shots the focus is a too soft.

Comments and suggestions appreciated