Cygnus Dust Lanes

[laser_jock99]

Reprocess of an Oct 2011 image to try and bring out the dark dust lanes in Cygnus.

Edit- a smaller image showed the dust structure better, and try squinting- larger scale dust structures seem to leap out!

Single 180s sub, ISO800, Nikon 50mm lens @ F4, Fuji S5 Pro Camera

[Andrewsean1985]

absolutely stunning image pal. the amount of detail is staggering :-) well done!

[Shibby]

Very nice. The stars look good right to the edges, is this due to stopping down?

I see what you mean about squinting!

[laser_jock99]

Very nice. The stars look good right to the edges, is this due to stopping down?

I see what you mean about squinting!

Stopping down always gets you sharper edge of field stars- so even though this is a fast f1.4 lens, stopping down to F2, f2.8 or even F4 is required for nice stars at the edges. The downside is increased exposure time.

Squint effect- I'm wondereing if there is a way to digitally process for the same result. Any ideas anyone?

[Psychobilly]

Nicely done its such a star rich area I normally use a touch of star reduction...

Peter...

[martin_h]

I tried a very slight black point adjustment and the smallest contract curve i could....

[martin_h]

I tried a very slight black point adjustment and the smallest contrast curve i could....

[laser_jock99]

Okay- the 'squinting' version

And original version for comparison.

[Zul]

wow thats stunning ,very beautiful!

[chr1s]

so much detail!!!

[Sam]

There is a heck of a lot of stars in that image, it's quite amazing just how many nebulae there is, we have a very busy galaxy. Great image, a lot to look at! It's one of those images that I tend to spend a lot of time looking at.

[iwatkins]

I still am Sam. Been here for three days now.....

Seriously, I know what you mean. A star field like that draws me in. An astounding image OP.

If you struggle, don't ever sign up to download and analyse any of the recent ESO imagery. You'll be gone for weeks.

Cheers

Ian