Flame from Astrofest

[peter_4059 (Peter)]

Still trawling through the Astrofest data. This Flame neb image is 11x3 mins taken with the 400D and 10" Newt. ICNR and flats.

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Isn't it just a beautiful nebula!
It deserves so much more recognition than it gets.
Lovely image Peter.

[telecasterguru (Frank)]

I love your image of the Flame. About time it got more recognition than it does.
Frank

[TrevorW]

Flaming good

[AlexN]

moooooreee expppoooossure!!

Looking good... I love the sharpness of alnitak, Next time I'd be going for either 35~40x 3min or 10~11x 5min to bring out its finer wispy areas..

[Matty P (Matt)]

Nice work Peter.

I think it deserves a bit more work in PS. A quick curves adjustment and shadows/highlights tweak really brings out the flame a lot better.

Well done.

[peter_4059 (Peter)]

Thanks everyone. Definately would have benefited from more data but sunrise got the better of me. I got to the point with curves where it didn't seem to be getting any better so I stopped - what's your secret Matty?

[Matty P (Matt)]

Originally Posted by peter_4059

I got to the point with curves where it didn't seem to be getting any better so I stopped - what's your secret Matty?

No secret Peter.

I found using a Shadows/Highlight adjustment achieved a much better result than anything I could get with a curves adjustment. Here is what I got with a Shadows/Highlight adjustment and a slight curves adjustment. Couldn't really do much else with the small jpg.

Matt

[peter_4059 (Peter)]

Thanks Matt. I'll give that a try.

[David Fitz-Henr]

Good image Peter - it has an eerie beauty about it ! There's no rule that says you have to over-saturate every image

[troypiggo (Troy)]

Good one mate! That was taken in the wee hours of Astrofest, wasn't it?