A M42 first for me

[alan meehan (Alan)]

Well this is a first for me i have never shot m42 before with any results but i thought would have a go at combining differnt shots and try my hand at some masking and so the result,taken with the cooled 40d prostar 127 1hr 30min cls filter
AL

[h0ughy (David)]

given the weather we have had Al - i think its a great first go at it, we will never be in the gendler/sidonio class .

[peeb61 (Paul)]

Hi AL,
Nice outcome, you have framed this object well.

Paul

[allan gould]

Alan, that's a really tight image, nicely composed and processed. I really like it.
It funny that there are some iconic things that are still out there to be imaged and it's only the weather etc that stops us. Keep at it.

[Ross G]

Great first photo of M42 Alan.

I really like your colours....looks "natural" compared to other M42 photos.

Ross.

[alan meehan (Alan)]

Originally Posted by h0ughy

given the weather we have had Al - i think its a great first go at it, we will never be in the gendler/sidonio class .

Thanks Dave you are right about the weather ,also we need the great leaders out there just so we can follow in there shadows

[Larryp (Laurie)]

Very nice, Alan.

[alan meehan (Alan)]

Originally Posted by Ross G

Great first photo of M42 Alan.

I really like your colours....looks "natural" compared to other M42 photos.

Ross.

Thanks Ross its hard to know whats natural with orion there are so many
differing shots to choose from.

Thanks Allan iconic it is

[Rigel003 (Graeme)]

The masking has worked well. Nicely framed and well processed.

[alan meehan (Alan)]

Thanks Laurie

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

The hard work has paid off.
Its a lovely image Al.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Really good M42 there Al, nicely compiled

Mike

[Nightskystargaz (Thomas)]

Alan,

Very good capture of M-42 .

CS,KLU,

,

Tom

[spacezebra (Petra)]

WOW!!!!! What an excellent capture.

Cheers Petra d.

[alan meehan (Alan)]

Thanks Petra and jjj iam glad you liked it
Michael thanks for the encouragement,it does clear here at newie sometimes
AL

[gregbradley]

That's a very good shot Alan. Only comment would be its a bit too bright for the level of signal you have to work with thus reducing contrast.

I would darken it up a tad to boost contrast.

Greg.

[CoolhandJo (Paul)]

Very Nice - smooth

[alan meehan (Alan)]

Originally Posted by gregbradley

That's a very good shot Alan. Only comment would be its a bit too bright for the level of signal you have to work with thus reducing contrast.

I would darken it up a tad to boost contrast.

Greg.

Thanks Greg i had a play with the LHE tool in pixinsight and that seems to have boost contrast and brought out some more detail in the image

[allan gould]

Now that's a really good image Alan. Have to love Pixinsight especially the LHE tool.