The Great Orion Nebula (M42) in Orion

Octane (Humayun) · #1 12-03-2006, 09:52 AM

Hi all,

Taken at Lostock.

Read and view here.

Comments and critique welcome.

Warning: file is 554 KB in size.

Regards,
Humayun

acropolite (Phil) · #2 12-03-2006, 11:08 AM

Very nice effort Humayan, good to see such excellent results in such a short time. Polar alignment looks good with just a hint of stretching at the extremities of the field, I feel guilty having not even bolted my wedge on the LX yet...

fringe_dweller · #3 12-03-2006, 02:54 PM

very, very nice Octane! I like the unmodded canon look too, as much as I like the modded look, more blue/green dominating

[1ponders] (Paul) · #4 12-03-2006, 09:32 PM

Wow! Great shot Humayan. I didn't know you had an downlink from the hubble at Lostock.

Top shot guy.

h0ughy (David) · #5 12-03-2006, 09:58 PM

Nice shot, very sharp. you have been nailing some great shots lately

Octane (Humayun) · #6 13-03-2006, 05:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by acropolite

Very nice effort Humayan, good to see such excellent results in such a short time. Polar alignment looks good with just a hint of stretching at the extremities of the field, I feel guilty having not even bolted my wedge on the LX yet...

Hi Phil,

Thanks for the comment.

Bang the wedge on. Go on, you know you want to do it!

Regards,
Humayun

Octane (Humayun) · #7 13-03-2006, 05:37 AM

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Originally Posted by fringe_dweller

very, very nice Octane! I like the unmodded canon look too, as much as I like the modded look, more blue/green dominating

Kearn,

Thanks for the compliment.

After having seen what amazing things the Hutech-modified cameras are capable of, I'm seriously considering a purchase of either a EOS-20Da, or a Hutech-modified EOS-350D. May leave that for a few months, for now.

Regards,
Humayun

Octane (Humayun) · #8 13-03-2006, 05:40 AM

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Originally Posted by [1ponders]

Wow! Great shot Humayan. I didn't know you had an downlink from the hubble at Lostock.

Top shot guy.

Hi Paul,

Thanks for the compliment!

I'm not overly happy with this attempt. There's a cyan colourcast throughout (thanks Andrew/Rocket Boy). It ended up this way because when I tried to stretch the levels and set my black point, I ended up with a very thick red colourcast. This was a compromise. Although, I think it may have something to do with the ASINH stretching that I performed in IRIS. I might give the RAW's another process without ASINH stretching, or very subtle stretching.

Thanks again.

Regards,
Humayun

P.S. Can you imagine having a downlink from Hubble? Phwoar!

Octane (Humayun) · #9 13-03-2006, 05:41 AM

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Originally Posted by h0ughy

Nice shot, very sharp. you have been nailing some great shots lately

Hi David,

Mate, it doesn't hold a candle to your black-and-white wide field. It's amazing!

Thanks!

Regards,
Humayun

ving (David) · #10 13-03-2006, 02:23 PM

great stuff H.
your images are pretty darn good

h0ughy (David) · #11 13-03-2006, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Octane

Hi David,

Mate, it doesn't hold a candle to your black-and-white wide field. It's amazing!

Thanks!

Regards,
Humayun

I wouldn't say that you produced yours with great skill and mastery of your equipment, mine was just pure R'se

Astroman (Andrew Wall) · #12 13-03-2006, 06:49 PM

I dont think this is working for you at all Hummy, you should get rid of all your equipment and become a couch potato. Instead send me all your equipment and I will look after it for you.

Seriously
Great image Hummy, your getting quite good at this now, well done. The cyan is a little too over powering but it still is a great image.

space lover · #13 13-03-2006, 08:04 PM

Wow, great pic, my grandma was passing by the computer and she noticed it and thought it was beautiful and shes practically blind!

Octane (Humayun) · #14 13-03-2006, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by ving

great stuff H.
your images are pretty darn good

David,

Thanks, mate!

Regards,
Humayun

Octane (Humayun) · #15 13-03-2006, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Astroman

I dont think this is working for you at all Hummy, you should get rid of all your equipment and become a couch potato. Instead send me all your equipment and I will look after it for you.

Seriously
Great image Hummy, your getting quite good at this now, well done. The cyan is a little too over powering but it still is a great image.

Andrew,

OK, where should we meet?

Thanks for the compliment! I realise it has too much cyan in it. But, I kept losing nebulosity if I tried removing it.

Next time, I will take a lot more images at a lower ISO, and perhaps not use the ASINH stretch in IRIS so much.

Cheers, mate.

Regards,
Humayun

Octane (Humayun) · #16 13-03-2006, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by space lover

Wow, great pic, my grandma was passing by the computer and she noticed it and thought it was beautiful and shes practically blind!

space lover,

Thanks for the compliment!

You might want to do a search on my previous posts to see the other wide-field images I've posted and show them to nan.

Regards,
Humayun

space lover · #17 14-03-2006, 07:56 PM

Haha, will do mate, will do

iceman (Mike) · #18 15-03-2006, 05:50 AM

Really nice image, and I like your presentation. Nicely done.

Octane (Humayun) · #19 16-03-2006, 03:06 AM

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Originally Posted by iceman

Really nice image, and I like your presentation. Nicely done.

Mike,

Thanks, heaps.

Regards,
Humayun

tornado33 · #20 16-03-2006, 08:32 PM

Howdy
I love the nice subtle colours throughout the nebula

Scott