my flats finally worked!

[Spoon]

evening all,

well after 18 months, my flats have finally worked and boy does it make a difference in processing! before i used to get crater like gradients and whatever but at last! feels so good to finally be able to use every pixel my camera has!

this is a 6x300sec image of the double cluster.

hope you like it

cam

[lensman57]

Flats are hell to get right but once done you'd never want to go back. Good flats also allow you to get more detail out during processing.

A.G

[Spoon]

Flats are hell to get right but once done you'd never want to go back. Good flats also allow you to get more detail out during processing.

A.G

I did a process earlier without them and there were nowhere near as many stars.

Cam

[MiguelMJr]

Very nice image and congratulations on the working flats.

Miguel

[Spoon]

Very nice image and congratulations on the working flats.

Miguel

Thanks [emoji106]

[Fordos Moon]

Really like the star colour - my modded Canon 1100D turns all my stars red with a 5 minute exposure!

[Spoon]

Really like the star colour - my modded Canon 1100D turns all my stars red with a 5 minute exposure!

Thanks, do you have a CLS clip?

[symesie04]

Very nice, so what did you do differently to get the flats to work?

[PatrickGilliland]

Good work, flats are working well there.  As you can see so much more data to play with.

Paddy

[Spoon]

Very nice, so what did you do differently to get the flats to work?

I have no idea they just sort of did!

Good work, flats are working well there. As you can see so much more data to play with.

Paddy

Thanks [emoji106] yeah they make a lot of difference

[GaryCH]

Great pic. What software did you you use?

[carastro]

Congratulations, I seem to recall  your previous thread about not being able to do flats.  

Great when you finally get them right isn't it?

Carole 

[Spoon]

Congratulations, I seem to recall your previous thread about not being able to do flats.

Great when you finally get them right isn't it?

Carole

Yeah it's a really good feeling. Something off my shoulders!

Great pic. What software did you you use?

Thanks [emoji106] Erm for capture it was APT then DSS then PS CS3

[Fordos Moon]

Thanks, do you have a CLS clip?

Yes I have tried both the Astronomik CLS and CCD CLS filters and still get the Red :-(

[Spoon]

Yes I have tried both the Astronomik CLS and CCD CLS filters and still get the Red :-(

That's very strange. I'm not the one to ask really. I'm the more "monkey see monkey do" guy, not the theory guy

[Uranium235]

Fordos Moon, on 08 Jan 2015 - 1:51 PM, said:

Yes I have tried both the Astronomik CLS and CCD CLS filters and still get the Red :-(

Modded DSLRs are always red heavy without a custom WB.

On a sunny day, pop a lens on and take a jpg photo of a piece of copier paper (sun must be shining on it, and must fill the frame). Then, use that jpg as a custom white balance in your camera. After that, your subs should turn out less skewed towards red.

[Spoon]

Modded DSLRs are always red heavy without a custom WB.

On a sunny day, pop a lens on and take a jpg photo of a piece of copier paper (sun must be shining on it, and must fill the frame). Then, use that jpg as a custom white balance in your camera. After that, your subs should turn out less skewed towards red.

Might have to have a go at That!

[Spoon]

Modded DSLRs are always red heavy without a custom WB.

On a sunny day, pop a lens on and take a jpg photo of a piece of copier paper (sun must be shining on it, and must fill the frame). Then, use that jpg as a custom white balance in your camera. After that, your subs should turn out less skewed towards red.

Might have to have a go at That!