Horsehead (B33) & Flame (NGC 2024) using 2 cameras - Page 2

tornado33 · #21 21-03-2009, 12:32 AM

Worked very well, great image.
Scott

Deeno · #22 21-03-2009, 08:14 AM

Bravo!!!!

More

seeker372011 (Narayan) · #23 21-03-2009, 10:05 AM

v well done Andrew.
You should be pleased with that result

kinetic (Steve) · #24 21-03-2009, 10:11 AM

Andrew,

Speechless!!

Steve

strongmanmike (Michael) · #25 21-03-2009, 10:43 AM

Like Jase said he would do I too just had another look at this Andrew and yeh it's a great image, one of the best wider field Hoursheads posted on here, and better than most of the cooled CCD images too, nice work!!!

Mike

Dennis · #26 21-03-2009, 11:02 AM

Hi Andrew

What a masterpiece! This cosmic vista is just so pleasing to look at; it has everything and you have done a superb job in capturing, processing and presenting this data so masterfully. Excellent work!

Cheers

Dennis

spearo (Frank) · #27 21-03-2009, 11:29 AM

beautiful
well done!
frank

richardo (Rich) · #28 21-03-2009, 12:31 PM

Andrew,
man that is brilliant!!
Such a fov that brings in all the intricate treasures associated with this area of sky.
Sounds like a bit of fritzing around, but the proof is in the pudding, just keeping doing what you did.

Top shelf!
Enjoyed it immensely

All the best
Rich

mexhunter (César) · #29 21-03-2009, 02:29 PM

Hello RB:
That photography is seen very well, congratulations!
Many greetings
Cesar

Lester · #30 21-03-2009, 02:39 PM

Outstanding image Andrew.

gregbradley · #31 22-03-2009, 12:38 AM

That's a beautiful image Andrew. Well done you must be rapt.

Greg.

Paul Haese · #32 22-03-2009, 10:42 AM

Lovely image, colours look really nice, better than my recent attempt. Must go back and take a look at the data again I think.

I like the composition and Altinik's radiance is reduced nicely. How did you go about doing that Andrew?

CoolhandJo (Paul) · #33 22-03-2009, 01:31 PM

To be honest, I havn't seen detail like that of the flame yet! The dust clouds on the left are amazing. Congratulations!

RB (Andrew) · #34 22-03-2009, 04:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bluescope

Looks really nice Andrew ... very smooth across the whole fov and lovely detail in the horse head itself in fact throughout the whole image ... well worth the effort. Focus and guiding are spot on.

p.s. How do you make that little popup that stops saving the image.

Cheers Steve.

I found a piece of java script code which I include in the page HTML:
I'll finish replying to all the posts and then include the code in a separate post for you.

Quote:

Originally Posted by iceman

Oh wow! That is stunning!
.....
Was this taken at home, RB?

Thanks Mike, yes this was from home, it's just so much easier to work from here rather than travel, I'm very lucky in that respect.
Although the light pollution is getting noticeably worse.

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlexN

Nice Andrew! Real nice!

I would have thought that stacking the images from the two different cameras would have been detrimental to the overall image, .....
...
Nice work buddy.
Alex.

Thank you so much Alex, much appreciated mate.
Yes I had concerns too whether it would work.
And I suppose I have lost some response from the 20Da (see later, my previous attempt), but it worked out well in the end.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Quark

Excellent effort Andrew,

Must agree with you regarding the colour balance achieved by combining data from modded and unmodded cameras. I have a book of David Marlin's images "The Invisible Universe" and the colours in your image are an excellent match for Davids image, well done and congratulations on thinking outside the square with this effort.

Regards
Trevor

Trevor cheers mate, yes I had a look at David Marlins images too and I was surprised at the similar colour rendition.

Quote:

Originally Posted by jase

Magnificent image RB. Lovely colour balance and detail on this composite. Will be certain to come back to view this a few times to enjoy the scene. Well done.

Jase thank you for your compliments, glad you liked the image, it's because of your detailed advice on here that has helped not only me but a lot of us who admire your work.

Quote:

Originally Posted by atalas

Andrew,very nice work dude ! your best yet I think....hopefully will see more deep shots from you.

Louie thanks, glad you liked it too, you're standard of work is something to aim for.
I feel it's my best too and I hope to be able to produce more images over the coming months.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bassnut

Excellent Andrew, top detail, just a litttttle more selective noise reduction.........

Cheers Fred, thanks so much.
I had a hard time with the image and tried as best I could not to make it too plastic looking with NR.
Still learning in that respect.
Thanks for the suggestion and glad you liked it mate.

RB (Andrew) · #35 22-03-2009, 04:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nice work....and don't listen to Fred he doesn't like noise in images cause he plays so much of it in his band

Nothing wrong with this image at all, that TOA on a EM400 is a killer! Now if you get a cooled CCD astrocamera.....?....Maaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaate

Mike

Thanks Mike, you guys are inspirational and your work amazing.
Your advice is always welcome.
I'd love a CCD but at the moment just have to make do.
I feel I still haven't reached the limits with the DSLR, and I do love my setup.
One day I'll be contacting you for advice on a CCD setup.

Quote:

Originally Posted by leon

Very nice Andrew, magazine stuff, love the high res version, well done indeed.

Leon

Cheers Leon, thanks mate.

Quote:

Originally Posted by multiweb

Terrific!

You're too kind Marc !

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robbie

That is amazing!!!!! the only thing wrong with it is that I didnt take the shot

Cheers Robbie.

Quote:

Originally Posted by h0ughy

no dont like it

- its got nice colour balance

, well layered, nicely processed and i am green with envy

. there is noise

, but thats the nature of the DSLR

unless you have several hours on it

(wonder how it would be to get upwards of 5 and see what the different would be though 3 hours is awesome), might need to do that in the future

? I am gobsmacked that you havent used the doorstop

that you have but continiue to use the guide scope

for this work!

Thanks mate and thanks for your advice on the image.
Yes unfortunately it's the nature of the DSLR.
LOL @ the doorstop.....one day I'll get to use it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by peeb61

Beautiful work Andrew!!

Paul

Paul much appreciated mate, thank you.

Quote:

Originally Posted by spacezebra

Stunning image Andrew, absolutely stunning!

Cheers Petra d.

Thank you so much Petra, very glad you enjoyed the image.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Garyh

Love it Andrew! I don`t know how it worked with the 2 cameras but it sure did!
Colors just look right on the dollar!

Gary thank you so much, you are a true inspiration mate.

RB (Andrew) · #36 22-03-2009, 04:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Screwdriverone

Hey Andrew,

I must say....that picture redefines the word WOW!

Absolutely BRILLIANT!

The most astoundingly clear, detailed and vivid astro image I have ever seen.

Run out of superlatives I have!

Fantastic.

Cheers

Chris

Quote:

Originally Posted by marc4darkskies

Very, very nice shot Andrew!!!

Well done!!

Cheers, Marcus

Quote:

Originally Posted by ENVY

Andrew

Can't wait for your next post of nebulea's

because to beat this one. Can it be done?

stunning,terrific,amazing

cheers

peter

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tamtarn

Wonderful image Andrew. Everything has come together perfectly on this one

Have to agree with Louie this must be your best. Can't wait to see what you come up with next

D & B

Quote:

Originally Posted by tornado33

Worked very well, great image.
Scott

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deeno

Bravo!!!!

More

Quote:

Originally Posted by seeker372011

v well done Andrew.
You should be pleased with that result

Quote:

Originally Posted by kinetic

Andrew,

Speechless!!

Steve

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dennis

Hi Andrew

What a masterpiece! This cosmic vista is just so pleasing to look at; it has everything and you have done a superb job in capturing, processing and presenting this data so masterfully. Excellent work!

Cheers

Dennis

Quote:

Originally Posted by spearo

beautiful
well done!
frank

Chris, Marcus, Peter, Dave & Barb, Scott, Deeno, Narayan, Steve, Dennis and Frank, thank you so much for your kind comments, very much appreciated and I'm so glad you enjoyed.

RB (Andrew) · #37 22-03-2009, 05:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by richardo

Andrew,
man that is brilliant!!
Such a fov that brings in all the intricate treasures associated with this area of sky.
Sounds like a bit of fritzing around, but the proof is in the pudding, just keeping doing what you did.

Top shelf!
Enjoyed it immensely

All the best
Rich

Thank you Rich, always enjoy your work.
Yes it was a lot of mucking around with this and I probably wouldn't do it with all the shots but I wanted to see how it would go on the this region.
Cheers.

Quote:

Originally Posted by mexhunter

Hello RB:
That photography is seen very well, congratulations!
Many greetings
Cesar

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lester

Outstanding image Andrew.

Quote:

Originally Posted by gregbradley

That's a beautiful image Andrew. Well done you must be rapt.

Greg.

Thank you so much Cesar, Lester and Greg, very glad you liked it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

Lovely image, colours look really nice, better than my recent attempt. Must go back and take a look at the data again I think.

I like the composition and Altinik's radiance is reduced nicely. How did you go about doing that Andrew?

Thank you so much Paul, I was very happy with the result.
I have been spending a lot of time reading and trying different techniques that are available on the net, some great resources available, it's a steep learning curve as everyone knows.

The effect around Altinik was partly due I think to the Astronomiks CLS filter I used and the reductions I did in PP using selective layering.

Have a look at my previous attempt from a few years ago and you can see the difference in processing.

Horsehead (2006)

Quote:

Originally Posted by CoolhandJo

To be honest, I havn't seen detail like that of the flame yet! The dust clouds on the left are amazing. Congratulations!

Cheers Paul, thank you.
Here I also used selective sharpening and layering to bring out detail as well.

RB (Andrew) · #38 22-03-2009, 05:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bluescope

p.s. How do you make that little popup that stops saving the image.

Steve here is the text of the java script to insert into your HTML.
I know it disables the right click function, but haven't got a clue if it's written efficiently. Someone with more knowledge can advise on a better code.

gmbfilter (Geoff) · #39 22-03-2009, 05:48 PM

Great shot Andrew,
Very clever technique....what next?

Inmykombi (Geoff) · #40 22-03-2009, 06:45 PM

Well done Andrew,
One could spend a lot of time examining the entire image.
Loads of detail and very nice colour. Nice pinpoint stars as well which shows up some very tiny ones all over the place.

As Deeno says.....MORE MORE.

Geoffro.