cygnus and scutum cloud fields

[Nigella Bryant]

Hi all, my first images of wide field imaging of cygnus and scutum star clouds taken while on holiday a few weeks ago. Canon 1000dm, standard canon lens, omegron mini clockwork drive. Think my polar alignment was a little out. stacks of 5x3mins stacked in Dss. Edited with the new adjusted second image of the scutum cloud as it was suggested it was to green, which I agreed with. 

Edited July 18, 2019 by Nigella Bryant

[domstar]

I especially like the second one. Awe-inspiring.

[Nigella Bryant]

1 minute ago, domstar said:

I especially like the second one. Awe-inspiring.

Thanks domstar, my favourite too, better polar alignment as well. 

[Star101]

I agree, I think the second has much better polar alignment.

I see a green tinge to the image though. SCNR would remove that to give a much better image IMO.

[Nigella Bryant]

1 hour ago, Star101 said:

 see a green tinge to the image though. SCNR would remove that to give a much better image IMO.

I agree, just noticed it myself, will attempt to adjust it. Think this is better. 

Edited July 18, 2019 by Nigella Bryant

[Ags]

On my monitor the new version is more green, not less. But I like the pictures.

There is a trick you can use to circularize the stars in your first pic. Load the picture into Gimp of Photoshop and duplicate the layer. Set the second layer to Darken Only, and then offset the second layer by a few pixels along the path of the trails. This will darken the start and end of the trails, making the stars rounder.

[Nigella Bryant]

18 minutes ago, Ags said:

On my monitor the new version is more green, not less. But I like the pictures.

There is a trick you can use to circularize the stars in your first pic. Load the picture into Gimp of Photoshop and duplicate the layer. Set the second layer to Darken Only, and then offset the second layer by a few pixels along the path of the trails. This will darken the start and end of the trails, making the stars rounder.

My monitor must be weired or my eyes, lol. Looked less green on mine. Oh well. Thanks for the info on making stars rounder, I'll have a go. Thanks aga, there's always something else to learn, lol.