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27-09-2006, 08:17 AM
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70mm Widefield
Hi all, went to one of my darker sites this morning for another go at the Barnards.
The wind was nearly blowing the mount over, but i gave it a RHG and it payed off somewhat.
2 images stacked in pscs2, 70-300mm IS @70mm f4, one image at ISO 1600 for 160 seconds, and the second ISO 1000 for 182 seconds, so this is roughly 5 minutes worth.
First image slightly cropped, second image is a crop of the first.
Still working on the processing side of things, but i am happy with the results.
I am getting my inspiration and enthusiasm from all the quality images that have been posted lately by the IIS team, i look at some of the images and go
awsome.
Thanks.
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27-09-2006, 08:21 AM
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Wow what a great widefield! Awesome work Trev!
27-09-2006, 08:38 AM
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Thanks Mike, I have a few more to process, some with a hint of the witches head, so i am hoping i can draw her out of the noise.
I wish the lens was a 70-200mm 2.8, it would have sucked even more out of the night.
27-09-2006, 08:43 AM
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That's awesome Trevor, well done on a beautiful capture.
Fantastic detail in the loop !!!
It'll be amazing to see the witch head, I'll be hunting that one down this season too.
Well done.
27-09-2006, 09:15 AM
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70 mm Widefield
Hi Trevor,
Very good imaging and processing, I have tried to get this object quite a few times with no success, its really faint, so great work, by the way is the LENS an ED glass or just a normal LENS.
cheers....Jim
27-09-2006, 09:55 AM
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Wow, what an ablsolute ripper Trevor. I love the colour. That Hutech mod really makes a difference.
27-09-2006, 10:11 AM
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sniff sniff , brings a man to tears looking at that. Its beautiful!!!
27-09-2006, 10:21 AM
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Trevor,
As always, magic.
Beautiful work.
I have the exact same lens, and also a non-IS version.
Unfortunately, I don't have a modified camera; I think I'll still give it a go, though.
Regards,
Humayun
P.S. What does RHG mean?
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27-09-2006, 10:33 AM
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Hi Trevor,
wonderful images, colour and details
great work
27-09-2006, 01:04 PM
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beautiful shots there trevor. you did the barnard's loop nicely.
27-09-2006, 09:03 PM
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Great image Trevor. Great to see so much detail in the Orion area.
27-09-2006, 10:33 PM
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Super shots, its good to see Orion back in the sky again !
28-09-2006, 08:52 AM
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Great work, gee that lens is performing nicely, stars sharp to the edge.
Scott
29-09-2006, 03:38 PM
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Thanks all for your comments, i tried but couldn't get the witch to show herself well enough, could see her, but just not good enough.
Jim, the lens has a UD element, so a liitle better than the economic Canon lenses, but still way off from the "L" 'series
Humayun, RHG, means Real Hard Go
a bit of slang i picked up somewhere.
Thanks again for all the nice comments.
29-09-2006, 04:45 PM
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By jingo's! You have captured some detail there! Wish I could go that deep with my webcam!
Nice work!
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