Two birds with one stone (and M8, and IC 1284)

[multiweb (Marc)]

I managed to squeeze some imaging and me time last night before the moon rose. This a field taken around the two celestial birds, the swan and the eagle in scutum. SMC Pentax - M 100mm stopped at F/5.6 - 20x10min in Ha with the QHY9 at -20c. Haven't imaged in ages so maybe a tad out of focus.

Perfect night last night. No dew, no wind and no moon until 10ish. I left the scope out, just covered it today so maybe tonight I try something else like M8.

Big one here. Will try to add some plate solve later on.

PS: Added a negative platesolve of the area here.

PSS: Added M8/20 from tonight. Again 20x10min. Big one here.

PSSS: Another clear night so I added one panel centered around IC1284. Maybe I can mosaic the three if I have any overlap. Big one here and platesolve here.

[RickS (Rick)]

Nice field, Marc. I like the composition!

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Nicely composed shot Marc. I would be pleased with that.

Cheers

Steve

[leon]

Nice going Marc, love those wide fields, of any area actually, well done.

Leon

[multiweb (Marc)]

Thanks guys. Glad you liked the field. This lens is a little small in aperture and stopping doesn't help so I might look around for a larger format in the same FL in the near future maybe a 6x7.

[irwjager (Ivo)]

Love that widefield Marc. Honestly, I think there's not enough of it at this particular field of view, showing things in their context but still showing enough detail - nice! Would definitely like to see more from this setup.

You have got some additional detail in your highlights that you could maybe tease out without going all HDR-crazy, if you feel it would add to the image ofcourse... (see attached for a one-click example).

Cheers,

[multiweb (Marc)]

Thanks mate. I did try not to go HDR crazy yeah but I like what you got.
Btw it was 150mm not 100mm. I can't read inglese.

[Star Catcher (Ted Dobosz)]

Marc that is a very nice narrowband widefield.

Ted

[Ross G]

Hi Marc,

Excellent looking photos.

The 100mm gives a great wide FOV.

Nice monochrome processing....great tonal range.

Thanks.

Ross.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

You are becoming the Aussie John Gleason (with a French accent )

That lens does well

Mike

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by Star Catcher

Marc that is a very nice narrowband widefield.

Ted

Thanks a lot Ted. Glad you like it

Originally Posted by Ross G

Hi Marc,

Excellent looking photos.

The 100mm gives a great wide FOV.

Nice monochrome processing....great tonal range.

Thanks.

Ross.

Thanks mate. It was 150mm actually. Got the lenses mixed up.

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

You are becoming the Aussie John Gleason (with a French accent )

That lens does well

Mike

Thanks mike. Yeah they're alright those Pentax lenses. I'm a big fan of John Gleason's work. Very cool stuff. I do nothing like he does though. Just a few Ha shots from the burbs under the moon. Having fun when it's not raining and nothing's on telly.