My first Rosette

[JMac85X]

I took this image about two weeks ago in a failry dark area. Shot with my William Optics GTF81 with a modded T3i ( Full Spectrum ), CLS CCD Filter, Shot 40 lights and darks at ISO 1600, 120 Seconds.

[Leveye]

It looks fantastic! If you use Gradient xterminator or HLVG to remove the green tint you'll be amazed even more!

[oldpink]

hoping to get some shots like this soon

absolutely fantastic picture

[Langy]

That's fantastic, what us newbies may only ever dream of doing.

[Chris]

Thats a very nice first go at the Rosette, there is a bit of a green cast which should be quick to sort out in PS, but a nice image still as it stands

Chris

[lensman57]

Brilliant effort, it can only get better. I have taken the liberty of removing the cast and match the histogram,  it is a very nice capture.

Regards,

A.G

[Robbo AR]

Really nice

[Pete Presland]

very nice 1st image, i would echo the advice above, re the green tinge. the rosetta is a fantastic imaging target, if only it was like that visually!

[JMac85X]

It's 3:45 a.m. here, I just came in from the backyard, I imaged the moon just now. It's been so cloudy here. I believe in the past month I've only seen maybe two good nights to observe/image. I get so restless when I can't use my telescope. Yes, processing is something I'm still learning. I noticed I never get color in my stars though, they are always white. How do I bring the colors out? Exposure time? Processing? 

[ollypenrice]

DSLRs are not the best for star colour because of their lower well depth. The stellar cores saturate early. You could try some short exposures just for the cores. Combining them is slightly tricky but gets easier of you have Noel's Actions for Photoshop. However, Martin B's tutorials on here take you through how to make a star selection manually.

Olly

[Velvet]

Nice image there

Velvet

[Eddy_]

Great picture, thanks for posting