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Old 02-09-2013, 10:01 AM
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Milky Way Galaxy

100 x 25sec subs at iso 3200
50 x 25sec Darks at iso 3200
50 x 1/4000sec Bias at iso 3200

Sony Nex-3 DSLR Camera 18-50 stock lens at 18mm f3.5
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Old 02-09-2013, 10:06 AM
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Nice capture, Wayne! I hadn't noticed the Great Dark Horse is prancing before.
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Old 02-09-2013, 11:10 AM
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That's great, Wayne!
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Old 02-09-2013, 12:41 PM
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Very nice.

How dark is your location?
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Old 02-09-2013, 04:54 PM
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Awesome image mate, great processing too

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PS I like your verse mate as well, so true.
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Old 02-09-2013, 06:42 PM
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Really nice image totally love the detail.

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Old 02-09-2013, 07:07 PM
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Fantastic work. You would be able to reduce that little bit of lens chromatic aberration (a few magenta star halos) in Photoshop if you have it using selective colour/magenta and play with the sliders, or use saturation/magenta and turn down the saturation for magenta only.

A very deep shot.

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Old 03-09-2013, 04:54 PM
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Thanks Rick, I had not noticed the dark horse in the image now you have mentioned it I see it everytime I look at it.

Thanks Laurie

Thanks Chris, yes i do live at a very dark site but its olso the processing that brings out the detail.

Thanks Jo and Carl

Thanks Greg, I do not have photoshop just startools and gimp I might see if your idea can work in them.
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Old 03-09-2013, 05:09 PM
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Good stuff Wayne!

To quickly and effectively reduce/remove chromatic aberration around stars in StarTools, have a look at this tutorial on the ST forums.

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Very nice, well done
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Old 11-09-2013, 06:17 PM
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Super result
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Old 11-09-2013, 08:29 PM
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Oh my!! That is incredible!!!!!!!

My jaw hit the floor!
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Old 13-09-2013, 11:33 AM
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Thanks Sean, Bob, Romina and Ivo

Thanks Ivo, I looked at the tutorials they are very informative.
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