Orion + runningman nebs.

[xtreemchaos]

Orion + runningman and maybe a orionoide. taken a few nights ago just got round to looking at it. taken with ED80 and sony alpha, iso 800, 20x30 sec.  thanks for looking clear skys  charl.

[seo]

IMHO if you play a bit more with your color balance and perhaps lower a little your streching I think this image can show way more of its "hidden" potential...   

Also ii think your tracking needs a bit of "correction".

In any case this is a nIce image Charl, well done ! 

[xtreemchaos]

thanks Dimitris, yer agreed mate, this another one from the night when the mount wasnt playing ball i should of took 20sec subs, and i dont think my focus is very good, but ill have another play tommorrow and see if i can get a bit of red to come out. thanks again clear skys  charl.

[laudropb]

Your improving all the time Charl and that's the main thing.

[seo]

Charl, you can also try to reduce your blue channel a bit with and leave the red one as it is. This action may introduce a bit more green in the stars halo and in some areas of nebulosity where now the purplish rules. If it does then IMHO your stars will be more white and the M42 more "natural".  I'm saying this because, at least in my eyes, your red channel seems to be very well close to where it "should" be. Also, again as my eyes see, your stars all have a bit of bluish appearance and that is not only affecting the stars color but also some nebulosity of red areas have became a bit purplish. So, again IMHO,  by trying to boost the red probably will not have the result you may want.

In any case, what counts is what YOU like and what makes YOU happy !   

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Nice M42 and running man. I get the impression tracking might have been ever so slightly off. Stars aren't perfectly round (close however)

[xtreemchaos]

update, Dimitris had a play thismorrnig and ended up with this, i think its better what do you think?thanks for your help, clear skys charl.

[seo]

Now you talking Charl...!

At least to my eyes this is way better. You can't do anything about  the tracking problem in your image, although there are progs like Astroart which can correct enough your star shape, but the colors are way more natural and a bit more detail has emerged. Well done .

[xtreemchaos]

thanks Dimitris, yer im happy with that,and on the 14th when i seen how the tracking was i was going to delete ,glad i kept it for a rainy day,  thanks for you help and message.  clear skys  charl.

[Stub Mandrel]

I'm impressed by how much colour you are getting.

[xtreemchaos]

thanks stub mandrel , i think the blues from me frac,"false colour". clear skys  charl.

[Fay]

Charl, hope you dont mind, I had a little stretch of your Orion, lots more around the outside.  you got a very nice image there

Fay

[xtreemchaos]

wow Fay,thanks mate, thats impressive, i didnt think there was that much there, i will save that and see if i can do the same. thanks again  charl.

[Fay]

Glad you did not mind me having a go, Charl!

Fay

[Stub Mandrel]

I found a trick for correcting slightly egg-shaped stars when the tracking goes wrong.

You copy the image and paste it as a new layer on top of itself, then set it to 'if darker'. Move the top image around and the stars will change shape because they only show where they overlap. If you find the 'sweet spot' then suddenly all the stars, big and small, become round! Probably frowned on by the experts, but it's rescued a few of my pictures.

Why is it always easier to tweak some else's pictures than your own?

[xtreemchaos]

thanks stub mandrel, ill give it a try later sounds good.  clear skys charl.

[xtreemchaos]

thanks Fay, yer mate i dont mind at all, i would take any help i can get, sometimes i carnt see the wood for the trees and you showed me the forrest. clear skys charl.

[StargeezerTim]

Nice one Charl...

[xtreemchaos]

thanks TIm, hoping for another go soon. clear skys  charl.

[Fay]

Thanks, I am the same as you, then,  Charl, can never see the obvious!!!!

Fay