Orion Nebula - 1 hour 15mins data (M42 M43)

[tooth_dr]

I seem to have a slight knack of getting carried away, plus I didnt have any colour data worth talking about (esp blue where all 6 minutes worth was poor due to cloud) which I think might be why it looks a little yellow.

LRGB = 1 hour 15 minutes in 180s subs for L, and 20s+90s subs for RGB.  I tried using the shorter subs to make the core better, but it all got too much so I abandoned that idea.

L=51 minutes

R=9 minutes

G= 9 minutes

B= 6 minutes

 

Thanks for looking

Adam.

 

[MarsG76]

Looks awesome

 

[geeklee]

Yeah, the core might be blown out a bit, but there's so much other great detail to concentrate on in the image. It looks brilliant. 😀

Edited December 27, 2019 by geeklee

[tooth_dr]

3 minutes ago, geeklee said:

Yeah, the core might be blown out a bit, but there's so much other great detail to concentrate on in the image. It looks brilliant. 😀

Thanks! It was totally saturated in the 90s and 180s subs I took. I did get a few 20s subs (even they were quite saturated tbh) and the transitioning between core and outer regions didn’t work with my attempt at using masks, the centre became too coloured/saturated. If it ever clears I’ll get a few more subs and try again. 

[Allinthehead]

Very nice. You managed to pull quite a bit out of that given the limited colour data.

[tooth_dr]

3 hours ago, Allinthehead said:

Very nice. You managed to pull quite a bit out of that given the limited colour data.

Thanks Richard for the comment.  Yes the 360s of blue suffered from cloud too, causing halos around the brighter stars, most noticeable on Hatsya.

[astro mick]

Very nice Adam.

The colour not too saturated.Thumbs up.

Mick,

[Space Bat]

Nice image.  Some excellent rift detail.  

[lux eterna]

I like the natural look - not overcooked. Just the core need some more efforts, but it is so easy to overdo this also. If you "HDR" it too much the punch may suffer - which is a bit too much here. But I wish it was mine...

Ragnar

[Mick H]

It's always a wow when you see an image like that.

Well done.

[Ouroboros]

That's a cracker. It illustrates very nicely how little colour data is necessary to make a decent image. 

Your image might even tempt me to step into mono-imaging myself. 🙂 

[maw lod qan]

I still work with my Canon DSLR single shots, so when I see an image like this, with the time that goes in it I cantbhep but be impressed

Orions Nebula is a lot like Saturn. Being you can see it decently visually, the first time you get excellent viewing you just cant help but go wow!

[Ruud]

A lovely image! Warm and wonderful colours - great choice of palette.

[knobby]

Really nice image, looks lovely.

[Rodd]

That’s as good as it gets.......better. WoRodd

[Sunshine]

Fantastic image! love the post work.