Early Melbourne Cup winner...

EzyStyles (Eric) · #1 11-10-2007, 07:24 PM

Hi Guys,

Probably my best horsehead, took this 2 nights ago of IC434. consist of 16 x 5 minutes exposure at ISO 400 through the NGT10" F4.7 with the Modded Canon 300D (ahemm which is for sale ahem)

Higher Res version here:

http://www.ezystyles.com.au/gallery2..._itemId=396108

Cheers

DavidU (Dave) · #2 11-10-2007, 07:34 PM

Another awesome shot mate !!!!!!
Are all your pic's taken in suburban Melbourne??

EzyStyles (Eric) · #3 11-10-2007, 07:36 PM

Hi David, cheers mate. yes, im in wheelers hill. about 20km's from Melb CBD.

Phil · #4 11-10-2007, 08:07 PM

nice one Eric love your work.
Phil

jase (Jason) · #5 11-10-2007, 08:08 PM

Not bad Eric. The flare from Alnitak would have looked more aesthetic if it was concentric. This appears to detract from the image. Do enjoy the detail you've obtained in the flame though.

Lee · #6 11-10-2007, 08:52 PM

Nice horsey Eric - no sign of flu there.....

Ric · #7 11-10-2007, 09:22 PM

Very nice indeed Eric, a lovely and detailed image.

I'm quite looking forward to them coming into my field of view, still obscured by trees for me.

Cheers

tornado33 · #8 11-10-2007, 11:05 PM

Great image, the internal reflection is quite good as normally the filters would cause light to reflect somewhat.

How come youre selling such a fine camera? or are u upgrading to a 350 or 400D

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #9 11-10-2007, 11:29 PM

Very nice clear image Eric. The colours are very nice. The detail is superb.

What's that? Did you say you are giving me your camera

EzyStyles (Eric) · #10 12-10-2007, 01:25 AM

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Originally Posted by jase

Not bad Eric. The flare from Alnitak would have looked more aesthetic if it was concentric. This appears to detract from the image. Do enjoy the detail you've obtained in the flame though.

cheers jase thanks. I think the UV/IR filter did help with this.

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Originally Posted by Phil

nice one Eric love your work.
Phil

Thanks Phil

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Originally Posted by plasmodium

Nice horsey Eric - no sign of flu there.....

lol cheers Lee.

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Originally Posted by Ric

Very nice indeed Eric, a lovely and detailed image.

I'm quite looking forward to them coming into my field of view, still obscured by trees for me.

Cheers

Plenty of opportunities Ric. It just started to rise. I'm an early bird

Quote:

Originally Posted by tornado33

Great image, the internal reflection is quite good as normally the filters would cause light to reflect somewhat.

How come youre selling such a fine camera? or are u upgrading to a 350 or 400D

Cheer Scott. I think using both the UHC-S as well as the UV/IR filter helped to reduce the reflections. selling my cam for something better .maybe 350d, maybe 400d or even maybe the upcoming DSI III

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Originally Posted by ballaratdragons

Very nice clear image Eric. The colours are very nice. The detail is superb.

What's that? Did you say you are giving me your camera

thanks ken. i'll give it to you if you deposit $650 into my account

EzyStyles (Eric) · #11 12-10-2007, 01:28 AM

here's a slightly reprocessed version. Spent a few hours more tonight fixing bits and pieces. Taking the image is the easy part, processing takes 3 times as long

Higher Res here:

http://www.ezystyles.com.au/gallery2..._itemId=396507

Cheers

Alchemy (Clive) · #12 12-10-2007, 05:48 AM

consider camera sold will pm you

iceman (Mike) · #13 12-10-2007, 06:07 AM

Lovely image Eric. I agree with Jase that the off-center reflection on the bright star detracts a little, but otherwise a very nice image.

Garyh · #14 12-10-2007, 07:20 AM

Like Mike and Jase say about the diffraction pattern but the horse and the flame are real nice! A job well done!

cheers
love to upgrade my old 300d but I will have to wait another year or so.

h0ughy (David) · #15 12-10-2007, 07:37 AM

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Originally Posted by jase

Not bad Eric. The flare from Alnitak would have looked more aesthetic if it was concentric. This appears to detract from the image. Do enjoy the detail you've obtained in the flame though.

I agree with Jase on this one. Was your collimation out? it looks similar to an image I took at SPSP this year and the collimation wasn't even in the same universe as me.

EzyStyles (Eric) · #16 12-10-2007, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Alchemy

consider camera sold will pm you

no worries . Thanks

Cheers guys thanks for your reply.

Double checked my collimation seems to be good otherwise my stars will be flared out as seen from my recent M42 image:

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...ad.php?t=24228

no idea why it is like that.

bluescope · #17 12-10-2007, 05:37 PM

Good image Eric, the Horse and Flame are on my list of objects over the coming months and ofcourse big brother M42. I've been real slack of late.

DavidU (Dave) · #18 13-10-2007, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by EzyStyles

Hi David, cheers mate. yes, im in wheelers hill. about 20km's from Melb CBD.

LOL, I'm in Marykirk drv Wheelershill !!
jeez small world.

EzyStyles (Eric) · #19 16-10-2007, 01:50 AM

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Originally Posted by DavidU

LOL, I'm in Marykirk drv Wheelershill !!
jeez small world.

lol im very close to you. near lum rd.