I had my first night with the G11 with my C11 on top....no guiding as I am awaiting more counter weights.
Both images were on the C11 with 6.3 focal reducer.
Shot these at my home Tingalpa Brisbane.
The Orion was 30 x 90 second exposures at ISO 800 at a focal length of approx 1900mm.
The horsehead was 10 x 90 second exposure ISO 800
I used my new Baeder UHC-S filter for Both these images...the Orion I had to reduce the red channel as it looked to take over to much.
Seeing was terrible as I started to take these shots at 8:30pm..I was doing this as more of a test shot but ended up being very happy with the raw images so I decided to process them.
I used DSLR Focus and Images plus with final touches in Photoshop CS
NO flats or dark frames used....but I did shoot in raw.
Very Nice Tony, both you andPaul are producing some lovely images especially now that you both have the G11. Paul might be waiting for a 20Da for his next "gift" to match your setup!.
despite the lack of post processing they are great images! I TIPS ME HAT TO YOU!!
this is the first i have seen with orion that has all that extra clouds bottom left. it aint noise. loveley and sharp. I can see you having so much fun when the seeing gets better and all the processing starts
Tony great shots there, considering no guiding, dark frames or flats.
Awesome mount and polar alignment is tops.
I had a quick go at processing your orion image.
There's good detail in there, although I was in a hurry and may have over-processed.
The detail is what i strive in desperation to get in my images, well done.
Did i say that the Orion is awsome
Not only have you captured most of the faint detail, you have also got an image of an "alien" in there as well.
It's got eyes a nose ears and all, spooky, very spooky, the kind of image that would get the hairs on the back of the neck on end, and make you look with goose bumps over your shoulder at a dark site.
I live for the day I can get near that quality of capture. Excellent work. AND Andrew can you process my shots and make them that good ..please please
alex
I sent the Orion image to Eddie Trimarchi to have a go at processing...the image I sent Eddie was a combined tiff of 20 x 90 second exposures of the Orion on my C11....then reduced down from 8 megapixel to less then 1 megapixel.
I have compressed the file to jpeg....what a great job Eddie did..well done Eddie.
I wish I could take the credit...but I could not live with my self....lol
I sent the Orion image to Eddie Trimarchi to have a go at processing...the image I sent Eddie was a combined tiff of 20 x 90 second exposures of the Orion on my C11....then reduced down from 8 megapixel to less then 1 megapixel.
I have compressed the file to jpeg....what a great job Eddie did..well done Eddie.
I wish I could take the credit...but I could not live with my self....lol
No just admit it like I do, I don't know everything. Can I send some images to Eddie Trimarchi too? Surely a raw image would be better? Higher dynamic range and no compression induced noise or artefact. JPG is full of artefact and self induced noise.
Forgot to say very nice detail etc would be better using raw. It is all hidden.
Just saw you shots and boy are they amazing, nice job
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Originally Posted by TidaLpHasE
Not only have you captured most of the faint detail, you have also got an image of an "alien" in there as well.
It's got eyes a nose ears and all, spooky, very spooky, the kind of image that would get the hairs on the back of the neck on end, and make you look with goose bumps over your shoulder at a dark site.
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Awsome Tony, just awsome.
Nice work Eddie, (and Andrew) very 3 dimensional..
