Rho Ophiuchi Nebula Repro!

[gregbradley]

Thanks Tom.

If I took some more exposure time I could push the dark areas harder. If I push too hard at the moment there'll be a bit of noise.

Greg,

[RB (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by gregbradley

I have been trying to take this image now for about a year. It started out with an SBig STL11 and FSQ and it looked nice in a few luminance images but then the dreaded clouds moved in. This happened several times over the course of a year.

Greg.

Greg first I'd like to say that I really like your image.
I find this area of sky so rich and interesting and full of diverse objects that one can spend ages exploring and photographing here.
You've done a lovely job with this especially since it's difficult to balance the colours on this one.

I've been waiting for a long time to get decent weather to finish my image but have been clouded out each time too so I've left it unfinished till next season.
Here's what I ended up with in the limited time I've had.

So great work mate on a most interesting subject !!

[danielsun]

Stunning image with incredible color .
Nice work Greg.


Cheers Daniel.

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by RB

Greg first I'd like to say that I really like your image.
I find this area of sky so rich and interesting and full of diverse objects that one can spend ages exploring and photographing here.
You've done a lovely job with this especially since it's difficult to balance the colours on this one.

I've been waiting for a long time to get decent weather to finish my image but have been clouded out each time too so I've left it unfinished till next season.
Here's what I ended up with in the limited time I've had.

So great work mate on a most interesting subject !!


Thanks Andrew.

The colour balance took several attempts.

Your shot is great. Its interesting how a slightly different choice of framing can make an entirely different vista.
Your shot is slightly above and oriented to the left right and mine is more a vertical slice of the neb. The little blue neb with the few bright stars is a nice feature.

Greg




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Originally Posted by danielsun

Stunning image with incredible color .
Nice work Greg.


Cheers Daniel.

Thanks Daniel. It took several goes!

[Lester]

Fantastic image Greg, the contrast from the very black to the lighter areas is eye catching.

All the best for more.

[gregbradley]

Thanks Lester. Its a very pretty part of the sky and one I like to image each year.

Greg.

[bloodhound31]

Your work is always worth going off-site to look at mate. Beaut stuff Greg.

Baz.

[gregbradley]

Thanks Baz, nice of you to say.

Greg.

[TheDecepticon]

Very lovely stuff. Nice to see something different!

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Flipping awesome!
Beautiful
Gorgeous
Love it!

[Octane (Humayun)]

Greg,

As always, beautiful work.

Looks like someone's smoking a pretty massive cigar up there.

The diffraction spike tops it all off for me.

Regards,
Humayun

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by TheDecepticon

Very lovely stuff. Nice to see something different!

Thanks. I've imaged this area before and wanted a new look at it.

Originally Posted by jjjnettie

Flipping awesome!
Beautiful
Gorgeous
Love it!

Thanks Jeanette. Its a pretty area for sure.

Originally Posted by Octane

Greg,

As always, beautiful work.

Looks like someone's smoking a pretty massive cigar up there.

The diffraction spike tops it all off for me.

Regards,
Humayun

Thanks Humayun I am glad you liked it. Some people don't like diffraction spikes, I don't mind them. Roland Christen described one of my images with diffraction spikes as car headlights through an insect screen!

[Octane (Humayun)]

Greg,

I keep saying that diffraction spikes are the way of the future!

I guess, for me, they just look like classical stars. Besides, it's a great way to see what's the brightest star(s) of them all in an area of the sky!

Regards,
Humayun

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by Octane

Greg,

I keep saying that diffraction spikes are the way of the future!

I guess, for me, they just look like classical stars. Besides, it's a great way to see what's the brightest star(s) of them all in an area of the sky!

Regards,
Humayun

Yes I like them generally unless they get too large.

[atalas]

Beautiful Greg!

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by atalas

Beautiful Greg!

Thanks Louie.