M8 Lagoon in the morning.. my best?

[bluescope]

It's a glorious image Eric. Equipment can almost always be improved upon ( SBig - Severely Big $'s ) but the dedication and patience required to make excellent images can achieve great results. I've seen many, many images made with expensive gear that are a load of expensive crap IMOH.

WELL DONE AGAIN !

Ofcourse if I had an unlimited supply of cash I would have it all .... perched on top of a mountain in Hawaii or Chile, heh heh heh !

[Mr. Subatomic]

Magnificent.

Question: I've never taken up astrophotography, but did you produce this image by stacking those 10 exposures in specialized software? If so, is this 'stacking' one of the fundamentals of astrophotography? Also, what is the advantage of stacking images? Does it produce more detail?

Thanks.

An again, a really beautiful shot you've got there.

[Carl]

Hi Eric
Excellent shot. You took a series of exposures and then stacked and processed. Mind telling me how you stacked? Any dark, flat and bias frames? and i presume you finished it off in photoshop.
I'm just starting out with an unmodified Canon 350 using deepsky stacker and photoshop CS

REgards
Carl

[Dr Nick (Nick)]

I like the 1st one better, the second one looks a bit dark and gloomy.

They are both fantastic though!