Rho Ophiuchus in moon light

[Paul Haese]

Not been feeling great all week with some sort of throat infection, so I decided that despite this I would take some subs of Rho Ophiuchus region with my D3 and my 300mm lens. There were quite a few subs that had elongated stars due to me putting the whole kit on a ball head which is only rated to 5 kgs. LOL Time for some rings to hold it into position.

Focus was not totally spot on either but overall I am happy with the final result so far. This is taken with an unmodded CMOS sensor and yet there is quite a bit of lovely colour in the image. See processing makes a huge difference.

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Feel free to comment.

[DavidU (Dave)]

Amazing colours Paul, I have not seen one like it.
Super job as usual.

[seeker372011 (Narayan)]

I like it!

[rcheshire (Rowland)]

Stunning piece of sky and beautifully captured.

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Gorgeous, rich colours Paul. A real treat to the eyes.

[h0ughy (David)]

nice work, though i feel as though it may be just a little to yellow in some areas, though i do love the composition. Hope your get well soon

[richardo (Rich)]

That looks great Paul!
I'm a sucker for these wides fields in this area.
Yes, as mentioned, wee bit yellow with perhaps M4, but I do like the rich saturation else where.
Dedicated image, not letting sickness get in the way!

Rich

[Hagar (Doug)]

Lovely image Paul, Great detail for such a big field.
Is it 75 minutes in 5 min subs or 75 x 5min subs?

Well done.

[TrevorW]

Nice well done

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Neeeeeearly as good as Jase's

Seriously, a good effort Paulie for sure, nicely framed and a solid rendition of this amazing colourful field

Mike

[Paul Haese]

Thanks all.

Doug, this is only 75 minutes. The close up detail requires a lot more subs to rid the image of noise. It is sort of a test really to see what I could get.

Mikie, no way is that as good as Jase's image. Least it has some of the same colours. Just nice to have a bit of fun.