M8 Lrgb

[richardo (Rich)]

Hi all,
just added some colour to my M8 Lum from last
month.
Conditions weren't that great last night, but the
Lum I was very happy with and made the image.
Have cranked the sharpening quite a bit... perhaps
a tad noisy in areas where I've selectively sharpened,
but I sort of like it like that.

Link to my front page.. 'latest image'
http://www.baytop-observatory.com

Cheers all
Rich

[Dr Nick (Nick)]

Wow, looking at that, it feels like I'm actually floating out there next to it! Amazing!

[mick pinner]

very impressive Rich.

[Garyh]

Holy Smoke!!!
Fantasic image there Rich!!!

Now that would be hard to improve on!!
Cheers....

[Ric]

Wow, thats a beauty Rich.

Well done

[atalas]

Sweet work Rich !

[richardo (Rich)]

Thanks Nick, Mick, Gary, Ric and Louie..... for your really nice comments.
Was one of those nights when things weren't going well for the colour....

Was messing around most of the night on other targets.... collimation and alignment.
Lucky I had the lum already down and the colour made the nights dramas worth it all.

All the best
Rich

[bluescope]

You're just too good as usual Rich

Excellent detail ... things I have not seen before inside the nebulosity in others images.

[nightsky]

G'Day,
Great M8 and you have a great setup,your web page is well set up as well and I love your Dog
Cheers
Arthur

[richardo (Rich)]

Originally Posted by bluescope

You're just too good as usual Rich

Excellent detail ... things I have not seen before inside the nebulosity in others images.

Thanks a bunch there Steve, the lum was my saving grace as when I took the lum, the transparency was excellent. Friday night was pretty poor, but was good enough for colour. That was after me bangin' my head trying to get things to perform... working on a company to build me a carbon fibre tube to end my flexure dramas.

Originally Posted by nightsky

G'Day,
Great M8 and you have a great setup,your web page is well set up as well and I love your Dog
Cheers
Arthur

Hi Arthur,
cheers for all the compliments.... it's an ever on going thing and has been for a while.... but it keeps me out of the pub ! But not away from drinking... me ol' astro mate Rob sees to that once a week.

Glad you like Moses..... he's a champ my little Curly coated fella. He actually got his picture put in this Dutch Water dog book called 'Wassa Hount'..... bloody famous the little guy.

Cheers you guys
Rich

[iceman (Mike)]

Stunning result, Rich!

[Kal (Andrew)]

One of my favourite targets to look and, and a stunning pic of it!

[jase (Jason)]

ditto... Nice work Rich. Sometimes things just come together and work extremely well. Your image is a classic example.

[richardo (Rich)]

Thanks Mike, Andrew and Jason for the really nice comments

Yes, great when there's a reward at the end of the turmoil that keeps us going in this hobby.
If slowly going a little mad in the process..

All the best you guys
Rich

[EzyStyles (Eric)]

superb M8 Rich.

[tornado33]

Gee, very nice, the Hourglass is clearly not over exposed yet plenty of outer detail and nice dark dust blobs
Scott

[skeltz (Rob)]

Yes nice image rico,plenty of deph in the image and the stars look good:
And yes see you friday for a ....cheers

[richardo (Rich)]

Hey thanks Eric, Scott and Roberto.....
The bright ones are a lot of fun to get down pretty quick.......

Hope you guys are getting out.....
I know Rob's not nor me.... nothing but cloud...

all the best
Rich