The Orion Nebula

[Joeistotalycool]

I finally got around to buying Photoshop for my computer, and boy was I missing out!

This is a 1.5h exposure with 4 min subs. All of the frames unguided and shot through an astronomik CLS clip in filter. Canon 1200D (MODDED). I'm not to sure how to remove the gradients without clipping any data so please leave ways of fixing that please!

I used the HDR Efex Pro 2 from the nik collections

 

[MarsG76]

Very nice... awesome...

 

[althecoal]

Seeing as its a jpg cant do a great deal to the image so not done much to it apart from run it through Gradientxterminator and a tweek in PS,

Gradientxterminator is well worth having in your collection of tools

[serbiadarksky]

@Joeistotalycool you can remove the gradient totally by using flats, use darks to rwmove the noise, use bias for i have no idea why we use them lol...nice image anyway, 4min unguided? Mount?

[Joeistotalycool]

2 hours ago, serbiadarksky said:

@Joeistotalycool you can remove the gradient totally by using flats, use darks to rwmove the noise, use bias for i have no idea why we use them lol...nice image anyway, 4min unguided? Mount?

It is just a celestron advanced gt CG-5. It has managed to get very good 10 min subs unguided before. Guess I just got lucky! 

Im hoping to try my autoguiding setup for the first time tonight

[Joeistotalycool]

2 hours ago, althecoal said:

Seeing as its a jpg cant do a great deal to the image so not done much to it apart from run it through Gradientxterminator and a tweek in PS,

Gradientxterminator is well worth having in your collection of tools

 

Yes I have been considering buying it. I was playing around in photoshop with more filters from nik collections and I ended up with this:

[newbie alert]

You could take some very short subs for the core/ trapezium  and merge/blend them in..

Very good so far thou

[Joeistotalycool]

16 minutes ago, newbie alert said:

You could take some very short subs for the core/ trapezium  and merge/blend them in..

Very good so far thou

Thanks for the tip! 

[wxsatuser]

9 hours ago, serbiadarksky said:

@Joeistotalycool you can remove the gradient totally by using flats, use darks to rwmove the noise, use bias for i have no idea why we use them lol...nice image anyway, 4min unguided? Mount?

Slight correction, flats will not remove the gradients.