red dwalf Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 (edited) finally managed to take this picture after all the trouble i had with my equipment last night, mount stopped slewing and camera seemed to be having a day off aswell. taken with unmodded 1100d, a 8" SCT scope fitted with a 6.3 focal reducer, 16 x 50 second subs at iso 800 and 15 darks. Edited September 9, 2013 by red dwalf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmic dave Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Lovely Image rob:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red dwalf Posted September 9, 2013 Author Share Posted September 9, 2013 thanks, i`m sure i can can tease alittle more data from this, was very tired yesterday evening, but i`ve noticed that when processing in photoshop the image looks slightly too over processed in areas, but when the image is saved as a jpeg file it smooths out somewhat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Despite your troubles it's a still great image, well done Rob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kheldar Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Well earned that one Rob I suspect you're right and there may be a bit more in there to tease out later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Type-R Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Nice one Rob, considering the amount of muttering and tinkering that was going off and the occasional threat of the lot going in the lake, then that's great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xanthic Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Nice pic. Can't wait to get some M42 data for myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glider Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Nice one Rob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tibbz2 Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Good one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brantuk Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Smashing pic Rob - well worth the hassle in the end Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perkil8r Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Nice one Rob. As regards Photoshop, every now and then if you go flatten the layers it puts the detail back in so you can see it. It occasionally looks a bit strange on the work window I find, but if you flatten it it brings it all back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red dwalf Posted September 9, 2013 Author Share Posted September 9, 2013 cheers Mike, i`ll try that out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red dwalf Posted September 9, 2013 Author Share Posted September 9, 2013 be kind Mike and tell me step by step what i need to do, can`t find flatten the layers in photoshop, don`t laugh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perkil8r Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 be kind Mike and tell me step by step what i need to do, can`t find flatten the layers in photoshop, don`t laugh snigger Nah, seriously, no worries matey. After doing a few actions, go to the top menu bar, layers, from the drop down menu pick flatten layers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red dwalf Posted September 9, 2013 Author Share Posted September 9, 2013 cheers Mike, I`ll write that one down, heres another redone version, how do i blacken the back ground or is that a result in too many levels and curves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldfruit Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Nice capture, Stephen was right, there certainly was a lot more data in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perkil8r Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 That's a corker I wouldn't worry about the background, it's not supposed to be black Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest foundaplanet Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Very nice.. I managed two subs of this on Saturday before my battery went flat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman161 Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Fantastic image rob I'd be we chuffed with that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Harper. Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Great job Rob. really nice.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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