Anne Dromeeder

[xelasnave]

Originally Posted by JA

Hi Alex,

Love your M31 -great pickup at such low altitude. To each their own and I hope you don't mind, but I darkened the background and increased the blue a little to make the galaxy pop a little more....

Best
JA

I welcome folk working on my images... Some folk dont like it but for me I take it as the highest of compliments...
The more dark the background the better as that is where you notice noise I find and when you notice it there you start looking elsewhere...well I do anyways...I took it as far as I dared but very happy with your interpretation... well done and I sincerely thank you.

AND I am very very lucky in my spot as most of what I will look out over will be Ocean if you think about it..I have a neat little window for this one. AND shooting near the horizon is not such a big deal and I believe is where short notice exposures pay off as they can manage the increased problems due to turbulence...That is just my opinion and is a belief rather than a finding supported by evidence...it is so easy to turn a belief into a fact and something I avoid hence my qualification...all I can say is thats the way I do it.

Alex

[xelasnave]

Originally Posted by Nikolas

Nice work Alex this one is too close to the horizon in Melbourne.

Thank you very much for your kind encouragement Nicholas as I do appreciate you taking your time to comment.

I would say if you can see it have a go...there will be spots that are better than others so select your window to maximise your chances.. if you can see it at all..I think because of its size it may be more forgiving than you expect..I dont know..can you see it at all?

We can talk ourselves out of doing things cause we listen to others... and so often I find folk giving advice have not done what they advise you on...like look at the folk who say dont get a ZWO camera because of that streaking problem..have you got one mate? Mmm you havent OK but you now like to show your knowledge. Thank you.. ...if you can see it have a go... short exposures high gain break the rules and fix it in photoshop.
Alex

[JA]

Originally Posted by Nikolas

Nice work Alex this one is too close to the horizon in Melbourne.

Good point Nik. In Melbourne I think it gets to around 11 degrees maximum elevation in direction of North, whereas in upper NSW it would probably get to around 20 degrees in elevation.

It's a beautiful galaxy - I would love to image it with a 300mm lens. Maybe somewhere around Melbourne we could find a relatively uncluttered / flat / non-light polluted Northerly horizon. Maybe from the Mornington Peninsula looking North-ish towards Melbourne ~50km over the water the Melbourne light dome may not be THAT BAD and possibly be OK to image down that low for an hour or so. Or possibly over the Dandenong Ranges somewhere. It would be interesting to try.

Best
JA

[Nikolas (Nik)]

Originally Posted by xelasnave

Thank you very much for your kind encouragement Nicholas as I do appreciate you taking your time to comment.

I would say if you can see it have a go...there will be spots that are better than others so select your window to maximise your chances.. if you can see it at all..I think because of its size it may be more forgiving than you expect..I dont know..can you see it at all?

We can talk ourselves out of doing things cause we listen to others... and so often I find folk giving advice have not done what they advise you on...like look at the folk who say dont get a ZWO camera because of that streaking problem..have you got one mate? Mmm you havent OK but you now like to show your knowledge. Thank you.. ...if you can see it have a go... short exposures high gain break the rules and fix it in photoshop.
Alex

I would have to go right out into an area where the Northern sky is uncovered right down to the horizon, If I ever get my gear further north it might be an option. It's a great target!

[xrekcor (Rob)]

Wow! Top shot! We’ll done

[Mickoid (Michael)]

I took this shot a few years ago 90km from the Melbourne CBD. I've also captured it much closer, it's doable, you just need a good clear northerly horizon.

[xelasnave]

Thanks Rob but I think Michael gets first prize.
Thank you Michael for showing that it can be done..a great shot.
Alex