M17 - 20D (M) and ED80

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

M17 - ED80, Canon 20D (M), WOII FR. 5/5min@ISO800 ICNR. Aligned and stacked in IP, processing in PS (CS2).

A tricky one this one as there is so much gas and dust around it it is not easy to find a piece of clear sky to set the background levels too

[dugnsuz (Doug)]

Very nice image Paul - highlights the potential of the modded DSLR well.
Do you see a big difference in processing the modded pics?
Doug

[Lester]

Very nice image Paul.

[Alchemy (Clive)]

Nice and tight , good to have clear skies .... hmmm not here , oh well i can check out your pics, ........ any more?

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

Thanks guys.

The processing is much the same Doug except for the colour balancing. But I've gone back to the Astrophotographers bible (Photoshop Astronomy) and picked up a few good ideas from there. Nothing too fancy though

Thanks Lester.

oh well i can check out your pics, ........ any more

I hope to have a few more to process this weekend. I'm just setting up atm. Sky's lookin' pretty good atm.

[h0ughy (David)]

well done mr ponders. i look forward to some others soon

[acropolite (Phil)]

Nice depth, I imagine it would look even better in high res.

[iceman (Mike)]

Nice one, Paul. Doesn't look much like a swan with all that extra nebulosity
Processing looks good!

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Lovely image and I like the square FOV

Mike

[jase (Jason)]

Great work Paul. Histograms look clean and balanced. Well done.

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

Thanks all for the positive feedback. It's nice to know I'm headed in the right direction.

[Matty P (Matt)]

Great work Paul.

Looks like you have been getting a lot of clear skies lately.

Well done.