At 50% on my screen the tunnel effect is striking, like the way you have shaped this giving it the 3D entrance look. The contrasted ring of gas around the centre stands out so well, this has been carefully processed. The fainter stars look a little too blue in the centre area but this may be natural? As for the animal shapes lay off the weed.
Hey Mike isn,t nice to get some clear skies for a change ,the rossette looks awesome such detail well done and you missed the cocker spanial dog above the cheetah.
AL
Sensational picture. I really like the dark boks in the center. There are small ones I've never seen in there. The center blue wisps are really well defined too. That should make up for all the clouds in newcastle. Gotta be stoked with that one.
Oh yeah! Gorgeous image there mate!! Colour looks spot on to me!
I'm working on this now - well, when the moon goes down again. It will be interesting to compare mine with yours when I'm finished. I may post the Ha in the meantime.
At 50% on my screen the tunnel effect is striking, like the way you have shaped this giving it the 3D entrance look. The contrasted ring of gas around the centre stands out so well, this has been carefully processed. The fainter stars look a little too blue in the centre area but this may be natural? As for the animal shapes lay off the weed.
You do think of great names for these subjects.
John.
Thanks John glad the 3D appearence was so noticable for you, it was this that made me think tunnel on fire
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Mike, I like the Cheetah. Top work mate
It looks a bit too blue on my monitor, but still a top job
Cheers Ken Regarding the colour, you could be right but it looked pleasing to me and remember this was compiled from almost entirely narrowband data so there is only so much a magician can do
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Gotta love it I recon u could start a new fad there Mike.
Thanks Marccus.
Fad? what fad do you mean?
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Hey Mike isn,t nice to get some clear skies for a change ,the rossette looks awesome such detail well done and you missed the cocker spanial dog above the cheetah.
AL
Thanks Alan...oh yeeeeaaahhh! two all nighters was hard but still heaven No, I saw that dog actually except I thought it looked like a Labrador..but the other three look strikingly like their names - to me anyway
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Sensational picture. I really like the dark boks in the center. There are small ones I've never seen in there. The center blue wisps are really well defined too. That should make up for all the clouds in newcastle. Gotta be stoked with that one.
Thanks Marc, yes I am happy, I wanted it to be an interesting image to scroll around, there are so many strange little details. It was mostly clear again last night but I was too tired and I have to say I was a bit over the setup required..out of practice see
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Originally Posted by marc4darkskies
Oh yeah! Gorgeous image there mate!! Colour looks spot on to me!
I'm working on this now - well, when the moon goes down again. It will be interesting to compare mine with yours when I'm finished. I may post the Ha in the meantime.
Cheers, Marcus
On ya Marcus, I knew you would like the colour
Your image is sure to be a corker, you get better seeing than I do so I expect that will help you, hope you are imaging at F5.6 with this one though, that field would be a corker.
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Beuatiful image Mike.
The cheetah I had no problem with , but the fish and the donkey required some fairly strong hallucinogens, but I got there in the end...
Visualising strange things is my specialty Adam ...they're there
Wow, Mike – that is a masterfully stunning image, really something quite special. I am so glad that there are people out there, like you, who satiate our hunger with these wonderful cosmic feasts.
Wow, Mike – that is a masterfully stunning image, really something quite special. I am so glad that there are people out there, like you, who satiate our hunger with these wonderful cosmic feasts.
Yes this is probably the best of your images Mike. I have been contemplating an RGB with narrow band for a while and I think this really works well in your image. Narrow band often gives more 3D forms and shapes than RGB, but the RGB does help with the star colours and control of the look. Cracking image and a real show stopper. If that does not win some prize in some competitions this year I will be very surprised.
Yes this is probably the best of your images Mike. I have been contemplating an RGB with narrow band for a while and I think this really works well in your image. Narrow band often gives more 3D forms and shapes than RGB, but the RGB does help with the star colours and control of the look. Cracking image and a real show stopper.
Thanks Paul, kind words
I am surprised more people don't use narrowband data to do RGB type work actually, it really ain't rocket science
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If that does not win some prize in some competitions this year I will be very surprised.
....ahhh, probably not DM's cup of tea I am afraid ... maybe if I put three next to each other in the one frame...
Hats off to you Mike. I don't know how you managed to find a virgin in Newcastle to sacrifice to the imaging gods but it certainly was worth it.
Stupendous image with a real 3D quality
Hats off to you Mike. I don't know how you managed to find a virgin in Newcastle to sacrifice to the imaging gods but it certainly was worth it.
Stupendous image with a real 3D quality
Cheers Al
Actually it was clear last night too but some cloud was predicted to be around and develop after midnight so with it not getting dark until nearly 10pm this time of year and the effort I go to to set up and pull down each session...I decided to be happy with the 7hrs I had
Love the image only critque is that I;m not overly keen on the flaring/spikes (not the diffraction spikes) around the stars but thats just a personal taste thingy
the detail in the nebula structure is superb as is the colour
I've never been able to pick animals out of clouds
(faint.....)
...but at least it is a new image 
so I hope you like it 
"Billions of bilious blue blistering barnacles!"
