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Moonrise over a Dales village
FenlandPaul replied to clarkpm4242's topic in Imaging - Widefield, Special Events and Comets
Lovely composition Paul. Reminds me of An American Werewolf in London! -
I’ve had a pair of these for a year and they’re great. Mainly use them for fiddling with cameras at night now, but before that they were great while threading filters onto eyepieces etc. Hands appreciably warmer than constantly removing ostensibly warmer, but more cumbersome, gloves.
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Christmas star over Shetland
FenlandPaul replied to richard ashbee's topic in Imaging - Widefield, Special Events and Comets
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FenlandPaul started following California Nebula at 135mm, Hi from the Fens and Belt and Sword of Orion at 135mm
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Orion region at 135mm
FenlandPaul replied to bocc54's topic in Imaging - Widefield, Special Events and Comets
That’s a terrific image! I did a similarly framed image a week or so ago but yours is definitely something to aspire to! -
2020SO aka Centaur upper stage
FenlandPaul replied to Rob_Jn's topic in Imaging - Widefield, Special Events and Comets
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Lunar Rover - built to last...
FenlandPaul replied to clarkpm4242's topic in Imaging - Widefield, Special Events and Comets
Absolutely love it, Paul. -
Using a Canon EOS 450D (modded), Samyang 135mm at f/2.8. About 2h41m of 45s exposures at ISO800, using a Skywatcher Star Adventurer. Stacked in DSS and processed in Photoshop. Feedback, observations, tips and constructive criticism welcome!
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California Nebula at 135mm
FenlandPaul replied to FenlandPaul's topic in Imaging - Widefield, Special Events and Comets
Thanks Kyle. It looks like something has crept in during processing. The original unprocessed stack (below) doesn't seem to have the same issue (to my eye - unscientifically) but it looks like it's come in when I tried to deal with the gradients. -
California Nebula at 135mm
FenlandPaul replied to FenlandPaul's topic in Imaging - Widefield, Special Events and Comets
Thank you. I did darks and flats as well, which I've found I definitely need to do with this camera / lens combo on anything remotely deep-sky-y. -
This is my second attempt at a widefield emission nebula, this time the California Nebula. For those interested: 201x 45s exposures at ISO800 with a modded Canon EOS450D, Samyang 135mm lens at f/2.8, all on a SkyWatcher Star Adventurer tracker. Processed in DSS and PS and cropped. I'd initially had about 50% more subs than that but some were ruined by cloud and others by my youngest son putting the back garden light on!! I'd really appreciate any feedback / tips - keen to learn more about this amazing craft!! Thanks, Paul.
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Thanks to those who provided some feedback. Managed to capture some flats today and added them to the stack, as well as working on the edit a bit more to remove some of the gradients. Much happier with this! Still some noise and parts that I'm not happy with, but the difference from the flat fields was remarkable!!