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Originally Posted by Octane
Congratulations, on an excellent effort and a very fine image. This is /exactly/ the way images should be made -- with patience, dedication and many, many hours.
You've trumped my longest DSLR data collection by a factor of two. 
I hope you continue to make images with this dedication!
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Thanks Humayun. Given I can only collect about 1hr of data per imaging session, it's generally a long process to collect enough data for each object. My aim is to pick one target per month and collect as much data as possible. I was fortunate this month as we had a lot of clear skies and the night temperatures were kind to be able to image with an uncooled dslr.
This is my second longest "total" data acquisition on one subject. I collected about 10.5hrs on the horse head. Higher temps and a fainter object meant I had to collect more data to control the noise.
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Originally Posted by David Fitz-Henr
Yes Dan, that's an excellent image; great colour and detail! The results are well worth the effort - nicely done!
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Cheers David
. Getting the colour right in this image took some time and I'm not sure if they are exactly what I want, but close to it I think. Maybe a bit too much magenta?
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Originally Posted by Octane
One small suggestion I'd make after having viewed the high resolution image (on a proper/calibrated monitor) is to perhaps go a little easier on the noise reduction/smoothing routine. It is OK to have a bit of grain in an image!
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Yeah, I went through multiple smoothing and sharpening runs as I couldn't settle on the amount of noise. You are probably right in that I could sharpen it up a touch