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10-01-2011, 07:54 PM
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Wow, that is one sweet image. 
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10-01-2011, 08:18 PM
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Your images have really gone into the A league of late.
Nice one
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10-01-2011, 08:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Exfso
Wow, that is one sweet image. |
Cheers.
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Originally Posted by Peter Ward
Your images have really gone into the A league of late.
Nice one |
Thanks very much Peter.
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10-01-2011, 10:57 PM
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Great shot Greg...
Amazing colors.
Leo
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10-01-2011, 11:11 PM
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Mostly harmless...
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Wonderful image.
Man what I've give to have that many clear nights in a row at a night tranquil dark sky site. Congrats Greg.
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11-01-2011, 01:54 AM
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Love reflection Nebs !
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Hi Greg,
lovely job of this!
Nice tight focus and very well processed!
My pick, and it was a hard one, is actually the lighter version.... the faint wisps look excellent... my thinking, is that with the high mag of those blue stars, the light would definitely be hitting every bit of dust surrounding the area... so that's my choice and I'm sticking to it!
I can never get a shot at this and it would be the ultimate for me having sooo much reflection in it.... but it's too low to give it a reasonable go. So I do enjoy looking at others images of this lovely object and this is a gem!
Great stuff.
All the best
Rich
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11-01-2011, 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by gregbradley
I had a dream run of weather at my dark site over the Christmas break. I had 10 out of 12 nights clear and 1 night clear for several hours.
Greg.
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Man...you must have an astronomical angel looking over you  ...how many images will be forced to look at with envious eyes then?  
This latest version of M45 is pretty darn good Greggles
Mike
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11-01-2011, 03:12 PM
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11-01-2011, 04:33 PM
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Hi Greg, nice image of the seven sisters, maybe a bit too "strong" to me. I definitely prefer the darker version, perhaps with a tad less de-noise.
What is surprising me is the amount of details and the beautiful color balance you got, I supposed Pleiades to be too loo on horizon from down-under to be easily imaged. This prompt me to give them a try from Coonabarabran, when this %#=% weather will give more than few hours of clear (it has been raining most of time there for the last two months..)
Clear Skies
Marco
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11-01-2011, 05:47 PM
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A very eye carching rendition. Very envious of your amazing clear sky run too.
guy
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11-01-2011, 07:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Leonardo70
Great shot Greg...
Amazing colors.
Leo
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Thanks Leo. It's a rich area for sure.
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Originally Posted by RobF
Wonderful image.
Man what I've give to have that many clear nights in a row at a night tranquil dark sky site. Congrats Greg.
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Thanks Rob. Yes it was a wonderful change from the usual cloud in the Sydney area for so long now.
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Originally Posted by richardo
Hi Greg,
lovely job of this!
Nice tight focus and very well processed!
My pick, and it was a hard one, is actually the lighter version.... the faint wisps look excellent... my thinking, is that with the high mag of those blue stars, the light would definitely be hitting every bit of dust surrounding the area... so that's my choice and I'm sticking to it!
I can never get a shot at this and it would be the ultimate for me having sooo much reflection in it.... but it's too low to give it a reasonable go. So I do enjoy looking at others images of this lovely object and this is a gem!
Great stuff.
All the best
Rich
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Thanks Rich. I like the bright version as well as it shows up the dust areas better but it does lose some contrast as a result.
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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
Man...you must have an astronomical angel looking over you ...how many images will be forced to look at with envious eyes then?
This latest version of M45 is pretty darn good Greggles
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Thanks Mike. Yes there are a few in the works. 
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Originally Posted by suma126
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Originally Posted by marco
Hi Greg, nice image of the seven sisters, maybe a bit too "strong" to me. I definitely prefer the darker version, perhaps with a tad less de-noise.
What is surprising me is the amount of details and the beautiful color balance you got, I supposed Pleiades to be too loo on horizon from down-under to be easily imaged. This prompt me to give them a try from Coonabarabran, when this %#=% weather will give more than few hours of clear (it has been raining most of time there for the last two months..)
Clear Skies
Marco
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It is quite a low target for sure. I understand it may be too strong for some. I guess these are the processing choices I made that reflect my view on it which won't of course be shared by all. That's art for you.
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Originally Posted by Doomsayer
A very eye carching rendition. Very envious of your amazing clear sky run too.
guy
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Yes I felt like I won the lottery.
Greg.
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11-01-2011, 08:59 PM
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I am a bit late to chime in but what an excellent image! The light version shows the Pleiades like I haven't seen before.
Cheers,
Alex
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11-01-2011, 10:00 PM
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Billions and Billions ...
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Whoa!!! An in your face spectacular image Greg!! Well done!!
Cheers, Marcus
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11-01-2011, 10:28 PM
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Agreed with everyone else, mate, this is super!
How about you try and layer mask the two, so you get the best of both worlds? Might be a good way about getting the rendition you had in your minds eye when capturing.
10 out 12 clear nights. What I wouldn't give...
Well done, mate. : )
H
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11-01-2011, 11:22 PM
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I though this image will only be good if its deep and WOW that is so deep with detail everywhere you look with brown gas too.
John.
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12-01-2011, 06:57 PM
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Originally Posted by alexch
I am a bit late to chime in but what an excellent image! The light version shows the Pleiades like I haven't seen before.
Cheers,
Alex
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Thanks Alex. It does show a lot of the background dust which I wanted to capture.
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Originally Posted by marc4darkskies
Whoa!!! An in your face spectacular image Greg!! Well done!!
Cheers, Marcus |
Thanks Marcus.
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Originally Posted by Octane
Agreed with everyone else, mate, this is super!
How about you try and layer mask the two, so you get the best of both worlds? Might be a good way about getting the rendition you had in your minds eye when capturing.
10 out 12 clear nights. What I wouldn't give...
Well done, mate. : )
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That's not a bad idea. I'll try that. Cheers Humi.
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Originally Posted by John Hothersall
I though this image will only be good if its deep and WOW that is so deep with detail everywhere you look with brown gas too.
John.
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Thanks John. I was very happy with the result.
Greg.
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12-01-2011, 09:28 PM
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Greg iam speechless what a beautiful image the best i have seen .
AL
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13-01-2011, 06:15 AM
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Originally Posted by alan meehan
Greg iam speechless what a beautiful image the best i have seen .
AL
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Thanks very much Alan, I appreciate your kind words.
Greg.
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