My best tarantula

[tornado33]

Hi all
I just had another play with Iris, this time my first astro images I took with my new camera 2x10mins ISO 200 with in camera n/r on (as at the time I didnt know how to do dark subtraction in iris). Anyway ive learnt some more of iris since then. Just now, I extracted both raw images in iris to cfa (monochrome looking images result), aligned them with single star align, then stacked them. I found that by ramping up the gamma ,faint detail that is lost starts to come out while preserving the brighter detail.
I also found the on the fly colour balance (white balance) function , they are both under View. I balanced the colour till it "looked right" then ramped up the colour balance. I used Levels to get a bright overexposed image showing just the fainter stuff and a dim image showing just the bright stuff.
I then masked them together in Photoshop, then ran Noiseware. Here is the result. I cant believe so much colour detail was in there that wasnt apparent on the raw images.
Scott

[RB (Andrew)]

Amazing amount of detail and colours Scott.
I've never seen it like that before.

Great stuff.

[vindictive666 (John)]

wow scott

come on admit it you had access to the HST didnt you

[tornado33]

Thanks
Im itching to take more images and process them in a similar way but Im trapped under a blanket of cloud, with a less than ideal forecast for next few days the moon is waning too.
Scott

[h0ughy (David)]

it seems as though Mr Alder has a renewed zest for Astrophotography! Well done Scott, I like what you have done, now thats slightly better than Paul's. Can't wait for his reply ;-)

[Striker (Tony)]

Pretty impresive Scott....nice processing as well.

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

Great Scott, Scott . What a shot. Impressive detail.

[Orion]

I like it very much Scotty!

[tornado33]

Thanks
Houghy has kindly lent me his Remote Timer to use for a few days As soon as weather clears I will try longer imaging sessions on the tarantula and others.
Scott

[seeker372011 (Narayan)]

that's got to be one of your best images, scott.

[danielsun]

Fantastic shot!!!!!

[Itchy]

Stunning shot Scott. You must be pleased!

Seems that you are sorting out Iris now. Well Done

Cheers

[Dennis]

That is simply a wonderful and amazing image of this beautiful region. Fantastic capture and processing skills.

Cheers

Dennis

[PhotonCollector (Paul)]

Geeday Scott,

As I said to you the other day - this image is marvellous. You have excelled yourself.

One thing I really like about your image is that it vindicates my earlier discussions on the thread http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...ead.php?t=7668 that the tarantula nebula appears to shine in green light as well as red light.

The greens and reds really make this a beautiful picture. I can't wait to see how you will go with deeper exposures. Glad to you used ISO200 too - I don't seem to get the green colours when I use a higher ISO.

Paul

[ving (David)]

fan-bleedin-tastic!

[Mr Bob]

Nice. Can I use it for my desktop background?

[tornado33]

Thanks for the compliments everyone
yes youre right Paul, I think theres a fir bit of oxygen 3 emissions there as well as the H alpha and beta.
Feel free Mr Bob and anyone ese who would like to use the images as desktop background
Thanks
Scott

[Harlequin]

Originally Posted by Mr Bob

Nice. Can I use it for my desktop background?

This superb image has already been set as my wallpaper.

Thanks Scott.


Regards


Daniel