Dumbell from Astrofest

ozstronomer (Geoff) · #1 27-08-2009, 04:54 PM

Hello All,

This is my first photo on Ice in Space any comments welcome.

Second night at Astrofest:

Skywatcher ED80 with Canon 20D(unmodded)

6 x 5min shots @800iso - Guided with PHD

Thanks to all at "Imaging Central" for the processing help.

Thanks for your patience Paul

Geoff

acropolite (Phil) · #2 27-08-2009, 05:22 PM

Nice effort Geoff, I'd be very happy with that.

gbeal · #3 27-08-2009, 05:26 PM

Cripes Geoff, good "first". Now do it all again with the Mak/Cass. Very nice.
Gary

troypiggo (Troy) · #4 27-08-2009, 05:31 PM

Very nice. Looks even better on this monitor. Well done mate.

I'm still practising this processing business, trying to recall Ponder's tips. I took notes but re-reading them, they don't make any sense. I think I was a bit tired when taking them and they're all jibberish. Ahahahaah.

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #5 27-08-2009, 05:48 PM

That's just lovely Geoff!
Beautiful colours too.

RB (Andrew) · #6 27-08-2009, 05:50 PM

Well I reckon that's a fantastic effort Geoff.

Very well done my friend.

peter_4059 (Peter) · #7 27-08-2009, 06:03 PM

Nicely done Geoff. You can't beat processing central for photoshop tuition.

Peter

[1ponders] (Paul) · #8 27-08-2009, 06:04 PM

What a cracker Geoff.

You're more than welcome, glad the tips were of use.

PeterM · #9 27-08-2009, 07:17 PM

Look at all the colour, great image Geoff, yet another Astrofest winner. So next years Erwin Vandervelden memorial Astrophotography trophy will have several boards to vote on!
PeterM.

peeb61 (Paul) · #10 27-08-2009, 07:20 PM

Nice one Jeff! Another DSLR beauty!

Paul

ozstronomer (Geoff) · #11 27-08-2009, 08:31 PM

Thanks to all for the words of encouragement. Lets hope it wasn't just beginners luck.

Geoff

h0ughy (David) · #12 27-08-2009, 08:46 PM

did well nice image

RobF (Rob) · #13 27-08-2009, 08:57 PM

Nice going Geoff! Looks like its all come together nicely on that one for you.

Octane (Humayun) · #14 28-08-2009, 11:09 PM

Geoff,

Kudos to you. That's a wonderful first image.

One thing I can note that could do with a little improvement is that there is a slight green cast to the image. If you tone that down in Photoshop, it'll finish off an already excellent image.

Well done.

Regards,
Humayun

ozstronomer (Geoff) · #15 29-08-2009, 10:35 AM

Humayun

Thanks for the kind words, I'll run through ps4 and see if I can improve it

Geoff

Lester · #16 29-08-2009, 05:21 PM

Top image Geoff.

Hagar (Doug) · #17 29-08-2009, 08:39 PM

Great first image Geoff. A very pretty dumbell to be proud of. Looks like Astrofest was a corker for the weather looking at the number of photos taken. Maybe get there one day.

Nice image well done.

multiweb (Marc) · #18 30-08-2009, 08:45 AM

That is very nice indeed. Great pic.