My Pillars of Creation effort

tornado33 · #1 27-07-2006, 10:28 PM

With other IIS members submitting great Eagle Nebula shots, I thought Id re-do a deep imaging session I did on it 2 months back.
The original image was 7x5 mins @iso 800, 10 inch F5.6 scope hand guided. Modded 350D DSLR with UHCS, and UV/IR filter, MPCC.I used Photoshop set gray point to neutralise the strong red colouring I got so as to allow subtle changes in hure to appear, then enhanced saturation to bring that out, while keeping levels quite low. Now I can see the areas where hydrogen emission (red) is prominent, and others where oxygen is prominent greenish blue.

The 2nd image is a deep version of the same original masked with a shallower version to preserve inner detail and also outer faint regions.
Scott

davidpretorius · #2 27-07-2006, 11:07 PM

wow!

gaa_ian (Ian) · #3 27-07-2006, 11:41 PM

Wow is right, I love the green blue version !

Dennis · #4 28-07-2006, 05:46 AM

Hi Scott

Both are very nice but the 1st one in particular is stunning. Great capture. Hmm, must get myself a colour filter wheel one day.

Cheers

Dennis

h0ughy (David) · #5 28-07-2006, 07:08 AM

nice work scott

EzyStyles (Eric) · #6 28-07-2006, 07:46 AM

great work Scott. something different

Striker (Tony) · #7 28-07-2006, 12:07 PM

Well done Scott...plenty of Neb to be seen on that 2nd image
I'm not overly fussed on the first image but thats just me.

BTW their upside down..you know how I feel about this...hehehe

Lester · #8 28-07-2006, 12:30 PM

Very nice Scott,

Like the second one= absolute beauty. Sorry green doesn't do it for me, but the first one is interesting.

seeker372011 (Narayan) · #9 28-07-2006, 01:10 PM

Wow

actually like the first one better myself

and Tony is right its upside down!!

iceman (Mike) · #10 28-07-2006, 01:16 PM

I agree it's upside down! The way you've displayed it, it should be called the stalactite's of creation.

Adrian-H · #11 28-07-2006, 01:19 PM

who is to determine what is up and down in space.

tornado33 · #12 28-07-2006, 11:28 PM

Thanks
LOL, yep I just processed it as it came off the camera didnt turn it up the right way.
Scott

astroron (Ron) · #13 28-07-2006, 11:51 PM

I had to stand on my head to look at it

,but the first one is quite stunning. keep up the good work.

Itchy · #14 29-07-2006, 08:04 AM

Nice one Scott.
You must have really dropped the red channel to get that.

Cheers

tornado33 · #15 29-07-2006, 08:28 AM

Howdy all
Thanks, I did drop down the red channel a fair bit to allow the other colours to come through, as the red tends to overwhelm everything else when using the UHCS filter and modified camera.
Scott