Just for the hell of it, blending fun.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Hi,

After having trouble stitching my recent images of NGC 1360 & 1398, I blended them together, quite pleased with the result.

So I thought what the hell, I'll have some more blending practise.

Here's the result, really liking what can be done in Photo Shop!

Equipment used.
8” F/4 astrograph , baader type 3 coma corrector,. HEQ Pro 5 mount, orion mini guider.
Camera.
Unmodded Cannon 1100D.

Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker .Processed in Photoshop 7.

Cheers,

Justin

[Astroman (Andrew Wall)]

Good Job Justin, some good targets there, thanks for sharing.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Cool collage Justin. Very interesting and colourful.

[ChrisM]

Interesting alternate way of presenting your work Justin.
You could call it the JTDF...

Chris

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

That collage turned out well.

I remember doing something similar a while back, except I'd do a collage for each type of object. One for galaxies, one for nebula, one for comets etc. They are fun to do.

[SpaceNoob (Chris)]

Thats some nice targets you got there

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Originally Posted by Astroman

Good Job Justin, some good targets there, thanks for sharing.

Thanks Andrew!

Originally Posted by multiweb

Cool collage Justin. Very interesting and colourful.

Thanks Marc!

Yep, got to love the variety of colour of these DSO's.

Originally Posted by ChrisM

Interesting alternate way of presenting your work Justin.
You could call it the JTDF...

Chris

Thanks Chris!

It's certainly interesting to see them close together, you could not dream up the variety of structures out there.

Originally Posted by cometcatcher

That collage turned out well.

I remember doing something similar a while back, except I'd do a collage for each type of object. One for galaxies, one for nebula, one for comets etc. They are fun to do.

Thanks Kevin!

Yep, started to think about separate groupings when I was doing it.
Definitely going to do this to hang on the wall.

Originally Posted by SpaceNoob

Thats some nice targets you got there

Thanks Chris!

Cheers,

Justin.

[TimberLand (Justin)]

Great work, top idea on seeing all log your work at once.

One question though how did you get them all in the same room, I heard they fight like cats and dogs. (Or like Hollywood stars)

Justin

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Originally Posted by TimberLand

Great work, top idea on seeing all log your work at once.

One question though how did you get them all in the same room, I heard they fight like cats and dogs. (Or like Hollywood stars)

Justin

Thanks Justin!

Too true, I had real trouble organising the seating

Cheers,

Justin.

[Meru (Michael)]

Too many to choose from! I'll have one of each please Looks great

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Originally Posted by Meru

Too many to choose from! I'll have one of each please Looks great

Thanks Meru!

Like being a kid in a candy shop.

Cheers,

Justin.

[Ross G]

Wow...looks great!

Good to see something different Justin.

Ross.

[ourkind (Carlos)]

Excellent work! Will make a great poster!

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by ourkind

Excellent work! Will make a great poster!

Yeah, I agree

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Originally Posted by Ross G

Wow...looks great!

Good to see something different Justin.

Ross.

Thanks Ross!

Yeah, it's good to display images like this. There's some great images on this forum that would look great in a collage.

Originally Posted by ourkind

Excellent work! Will make a great poster!

Thanks Carlos!

Yep got a few images I need to get printed up for the wall!

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Yeah, I agree

Thanks Mike!

Cheers,

Justin.

[FlashDrive (Poppy)]

Yep...I can see all of that in my 2" TMB Optical 40mm Orthoscopic Super Wide Eyepiece......

Good Job Justin....

Flash............

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Originally Posted by FlashDrive

Yep...I can see all of that in my 2" TMB Optical 40mm Orthoscopic Super Wide Eyepiece......

Good Job Justin....

Flash............

Boy I wish!!! that would be !!!!

Thanks Col

Cheers,

Justin.

[marco (Marco Lorenzi)]

Nice collection, you have a remarkably uniform background sky I must say

Regards
Marco

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Originally Posted by marco

Nice collection, you have a remarkably uniform background sky I must say

Regards
Marco

Thanks Marco!

Reasonably even background, became rather mottled after so many blends.

Cheers,

Justin.