Elephant's Trunk Nebula IC1396

[carastro]

Taken over 3 nights as it was late rising over the house tops with little Astro darkness. 

Atik460EX and Samyang 135mm F2 lens @ F2.8
HEQ5
Ha 4 x 900
Ha 15 x 600
Oiii 10 x 300 binned
Sii 12 x 300x2
RGB stars 6 x 150 (each
Total of 6 hours 5mins

[MarkAR]

Lovely image yet again Carole, colour looks superb.

[silentrunning]

That has come out fantastic Carol. Can't fault that although my own personal preference is for a slightly darker background. Cracking image.

[ApophisAstros]

wow,

Roger

[carastro]

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my own personal preference is for a slightly darker background. Cracking image.

Is this better John?

Edited May 31, 2020 by carastro

[MarkAR]

Looks better to me, little more contrast and definition by the looks.

[silentrunning]

Whoaaa, yeah for me that looks better. I would also try to remove a little of the purple from the background although I know how near impossible it is to identify true "space" in such a nebulous area. Not criticisms in anyway more personal taste, it's a gorgeous image. I look forward to your comments on my Butterfly neb that I'll be posting shortly. 🙂 

[carastro]

I've done another version, as I am never really a fan of those burnt yellow colours.  This is the same palette but just processed differently, and I also did some star reduction which i think always shows up the Nebulosity better.

Image deleted, decided I didn't like this version.

Carole 

Edited June 1, 2020 by carastro

[cloudbuster]

Nice one Carole....beautuful detail...

[MartinB]

That is a stunning image Carole.  These things are monitor dependent.  On my uncalibrated laptop the first image is peachy perfect with a little background sky glow and very nicely rendered background dust.  Well done.  It is on my to do list and this is exactly the result I am aspiring to.

[carastro]

Thanks Martin, good praise coming from yourself.

Carole 

[Physopto]

2nd effort is in my mind the best of the lot. Very nice image with lots of detail. Well done  Carole.

Can't wait for the Galloway Star camp to try to more data for my attempt at this. Only managed a few  subs of Ha so far.

Derek

[DaveS]

Second image does it for me, looks to have more definition.

[carastro]

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2nd effort is in my mind the best of the lot. 

Do you mean the amended first version (the burnt yellow), or the 2nd colour version?

Carole 

[Physopto]

As you call it the "amended first version or burnt yellow". I know you are not fussed on the colour but I think it is the best with the most clear definition. A cracking shot.

Derek

[bob-c]

They are all pretty dam good to me.

Bob.

[rodrigol]

The first one was spectacular enough for me! For me it is one of a few wide field that stand out!

 

[tomato]

They are all top notch, my favourite is the second rendition.

[ollypenrice]

First or second for me. There really isn't any 'background' in this frame anyway. Good stuff, Carole.

Olly

[carastro]

Thanks Olly and every-one else who has replied.

I have done what I hope, is one last tweak to the version every-one seems to prefer.  Its the same image but with a bit of star reduction and a colour balance which produced a colour that I preferred.

Edited May 31, 2020 by carastro

[knobby]

I prefer the burnt yellows but the last one is really nice !

[Magnum]

Looking good Carole, i prefer 2nd one best.

lee

[Allinthehead]

Beauty Carole 1st or 2nd for me, i think 1st by a hair.