Starwaves

[alistairsam]

Hi John,

That's a truly remarkable image. I love the starless concept, some of Fred (Bassnut)'s work is also similar and gives it a very puristic and artistic feel.
NB Starless images look smooth.
you must have a lot of patience if you did all that with the clone tool. why not do it with processing software like PI or other? just a few clicks.
the sharpness is amazing. how dark is this site and what were the conditions that night? the flame is the sharpest I've seen.

Cheers
Alistair

[Ross G]

A photograph of amazing quality John.

Unique and beautiful.

Ross.

[SkyViking (Rolf)]

That is so beautiful John, very artistic and unique, and with impressive resolution. A great take on this old favourite
Although it would surely look impressive in colour too I really like this B/W version.
I found the same when I did my deep CenA, a B/W image has 'something' that colour just doesn't, very serene and pure - and vice versa! I think colour and B/W versions of a target compliment each other.

[dvj (John)]

Originally Posted by alistairsam

Hi John,

That's a truly remarkable image. I love the starless concept, some of Fred (Bassnut)'s work is also similar and gives it a very puristic and artistic feel.
NB Starless images look smooth.
you must have a lot of patience if you did all that with the clone tool. why not do it with processing software like PI or other? just a few clicks.
the sharpness is amazing. how dark is this site and what were the conditions that night? the flame is the sharpest I've seen.

Cheers
Alistair

Hi Alistair,

The image was taken from my urban back yard. Visual deep sky here is M13. The3nm bandpassis key to blocking broadband with high contrast. The 2 nights this series of subs was shot, seeing was quite excellent. Sub frame measurements - best measure was 1.2 FWHM - Manual focused too!

Great optics in the RHA helped.

jg