This is a composite of two 2minute subs and a 30sec sub of M42 I shot on Sunday night . I need more exposure time to bring out the fainter areas of the neb I guess.
Great one Louie!
Love the colours, but there seems to be a bit of a greenish cast on the stars. It's a hard object to image with so many really bright and really dim bits.
Hi Louie
Looks great to me , some more exposure time would be nice though.
If I comine frames I like to have about 4 of each to do a median combine to get a smoother result, not so sure with aone shot couour though.
Seems people are using longer exposures now than the film days.
Taken with the 80mm I assume?
Great one Louie!
Love the colours, but there seems to be a bit of a greenish cast on the stars. It's a hard object to image with so many really bright and really dim bits.
Thanks Eddie,yeh I couldn't get rid of It ,any suggestions dude ? have I pushed the green too far in levels ? or is It the light pollusion ? I didn't use a CLS filter just an IR filter .
Hi Louie
Looks great to me , some more exposure time would be nice though.
If I comine frames I like to have about 4 of each to do a median combine to get a smoother result, not so sure with aone shot couour though.
Seems people are using longer exposures now than the film days.
Taken with the 80mm I assume?
Zane
Thanks Zane ,and yes sorry I should of mentioned It was taken with the ED80 and know doubt in my mind that these SXV's single shot colour need longer exposures to get a smoother result Zane. Still I enjoy It more than the ST7 I had I should mention that I had auto-guide to get 1 minute on the G11 but with the SXV-autoguide camera It is fairly easy .
Nice Louie Nice! now all yoiu need are some nice 2, 5 and 10 minute shots to build up a lovely composite picture. Love the sharpness and detail that you have picked up to date though!
The green stars don't worry me! The neb came out a beaut! Well done again.
Thanks John I'm glad you like the image , It seems to be very different from many others I've seen in colour . I do wonder though If I ended up with that green around the stars by trying to get the trap looking white ?
Nice Louie Nice! now all yoiu need are some nice 2, 5 and 10 minute shots to build up a lovely composite picture. Love the sharpness and detail that you have picked up to date though!
Thanks David, yes I'll try and get some longer exposure at some point in time (If the weather ever stays clear and steady long enough) had to do this with clouds all around . I was hoping I could get some exposures on the B33 but the clouds had other ideas oh well mate that's life !
Yes Tony but I ended up with realy bad looking stars and havent tried again . I guess I need to find the proper spacing between reducer and camera . I'm not to fust about It as yet,still have a lot to learn about shooting well and processing .
Two options Louie, either increase the red and blue high-points, or lower the green highpoint. Not sure what software you are using, but in Photoshop you'd use levels and try to keep the midpoints where they are so it only affects the brightest parts of the image, i.e. the stars and the nebula core.
Two options Louie, either increase the red and blue high-points, or lower the green highpoint. Not sure what software you are using, but in Photoshop you'd use levels and try to keep the midpoints where they are so it only affects the brightest parts of the image, i.e. the stars and the nebula core.
Thanks Eddie I'm using PS7 ,I'll see what I can do with It
I think the second one's the the go Louie . White stars and smoother look , any way of lowering the contrast or lightening it a tad , the sky may be a bit too dark.
keep them coming.
I think the second one's the the go Louie . White stars and smoother look , any way of lowering the contrast or lightening it a tad , the sky may be a bit too dark.
keep them coming.
Zane
Yeh that's what I thought too Zane ,I'll have another go at It
oh well mate that's life ! 
