M20 M8 Wide field

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

I found an unprocessed image from June 3rd.
Canon 550D @ ISO400
Canon 135mmL @ F4.5
37 x 2min exposures.
What a lovely piece of glass this is! Thanks to Ponders for the lend.

Added the repro.
Here's a link to a higher res one. http://www.flickr.com/photos/astro_j...n/photostream/

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Fabulous field that

Be good to see with the colour cranked up a little.

Mike

[multiweb (Marc)]

Nice and sandy. That's a beauty.

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Ill be doing a repro on this one shortly. It does need a bit of a kick doesn't it.

[mswhin63 (Malcolm)]

Very nice JJJ at my level I wouldn't touch it. Look fantastic!!!

[Gem (Grant)]

How dark is your site? Are you in Kilcoy itself?
Impressive... makes me want to buy a DSLR sooner rather than an astro CCD camera later!!

[RobF (Rob)]

Sorry to be picky, but I'd love to see the saturation come up a bit too Jeanette. Fantastic image though - love the star clouds and dust, not to mention that wonderful golden effect your getting come out so often now

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Originally Posted by Gem

How dark is your site? Are you in Kilcoy itself?
Impressive... makes me want to buy a DSLR sooner rather than an astro CCD camera later!!

Yes, I live on the edge of town though. I have a street light on the corner, but I set up behind the house, so it doesn't shine directly on the mount.
You can use the DSLR in the day time too.

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Originally Posted by RobF

Sorry to be picky, but I'd love to see the saturation come up a bit too Jeanette. Fantastic image though - love the star clouds and dust, not to mention that wonderful golden effect your getting come out so often now

Even with selective saturation, I can't seem to get good colour from the nebs. It all looks so artificial.
You guys are just too used to modded cams I think.

[RobF (Rob)]

Probably what you mean by selective saturation, but bumping up the sat for just the blue, reds and magentas from Ctrl-U doesn't help a bit?
I'm probably a bit spoiled by PI too - lets you do non-linear saturation curves which is nice for boosting saturation in just the colour-poor parts of the pic.

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Show me how at AF. only 29 days 11hrs and 42 minutes to go.

[RobF (Rob)]

Every day I look out at the blue sky and wish it was the last week of July....

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

It's always the best time at AF. I love catching up with everyone again.

[Ross G]

Hi,

Very nice photos.
Sharp and so much detail.
I love the colours, especially in the second one. Your processing skills are excellent.

Thanks.

Ross.