[midnight (Darrin)]

Originally Posted by irwjager

Hi Darrin,

Thanks for posting those shots - very enjoyable. There's even a recognizable witches head - you gotta be chuffed with that!
Noel Carboni's actions for PS (or ST) have a banding reduction routines which may help with the lines. But of course if you can help it, it's beter to not have them in your data in the first place

Cheers,

Thanks Ivo. I must admit, seeing the witches head finally come through I was frankly quite excited. I'll look up on your suggestions so thanks again!

Originally Posted by obsidianphotos

Very nice images Darrin I might have to get the teflon tape out myself. I think I have the same problem with my Eos T-ring.

Thanks Greg. I had to keep layering the teflon on until the T ring was reasonably stiff to screw onto the camera otherwise it would still have a hint of movement. 4 layers it was tight but not damaging to the components. But it didn't move after that.

Originally Posted by peeb61

Nice bag of images there Darrin,
The last M42 also gets me and also the witches head!

Nice one
Paul

Thanks Paul. I need to stop rushing into a multiple targets in such a small time. I really want to try for the witches head again.

Originally Posted by Osirisra

Nice Work Darrin! I like the last m42 even though it has the banding happening. Have you tried using the darks you took with the previous m42 run?

Glad some others had better luck than me.
Had nice clear skies all weekend but with 40km winds the whole time which are are still going I didn't have a chance in hell in imaging. I studied the weather maps and drove all over the place trying to find a spot that wasn't blowing but to no avail, so depressing :/

I took only 60 sec darks and not the longer 300 second ones. I'm not sure how to extrapolate a dark (or even if it is advisable) so I didn't apply one. I need to learn from my mistakes which I have. It was quite blustery too down here and when I did Jupiter, it was a mess. I'm hoping tonight will be good. Thanks Ken & clear skies (and minimal wind)

Darrin...