M13 - the start of the slippery slope I think

[RikM]

I finally figured out how to attach the 300D to my SW150P so I thought I'd have a first crack at taking a picture of a DSO. I thought I'd start with an easy one.

ISO800; 14 x 30 sec lights, 3 x 30 sec darks, no flats or bias. Stacked in DSS then a very quick tweak in PS Elements 7.

I will definitely try this again.

Rik

[the rev]

Really good image for a first. Do keep trying its well worth the time and effort.

Kate

[Psychobilly]

Nicely Done Rik...

Thats an amazing first DSO image ther propellor is popping nicely taking a few flats would be the next thing to think about doing as it will help even out the field and make processing a lot easier...

Peter...

[steppenwolf]

With good results like that you should definitely try some more - excellent start!

[Earl]

Very Nice, my M13 shot feels like the colours are wrong where yours looks far more natural in Colour.

[great_bear]

If that's your first shot, I can't wait to see what you come up with next

[Beyond_Vision]

Thats a great opening image Rik a lot better than my first attempts

Regards

Kevin

[RikM]

Thanks for the encouragement everyone. I gave it another little tweak to bring out the star colours a bit more. Bring on the dark nights...

Rik

[Coco]

Thats a cracking first shot Rik.....

Hope you have deep pockets

Guy

[tarqs101]

Brilliant mate!!

Well done. You'll be hooked now!

Gavin

[Cloudwatcher]

There is indeed a lot of colour hiding in the stars which shows to advantage if you reduce the magenta using the hue/saturation tool in photoshop. You can further enhance specific areas using the saturation brush............ course if you don't like dark backgrounds then this method may not appeal.

Anyhow,this is the kind of result you should get............ Nice capture by the way.

[gary1968]

Nice one m8, loads of stars in there right to the core. I aint done any globs. yet, this gives me something to aim for.

Gary

[Dalglish]

Cloudwatcher

How did you get the inner stars to look yellow. I have never seen them in anything other than glob regulation reds and blues?

Dalglish

[Cloudwatcher]

Cloudwatcher

How did you get the inner stars to look yellow. I have never seen them in anything other than glob regulation reds and blues?

Dalglish

With great difficulty!

No not really. Very quick and easy........... Use the sliders in Hue/Saturation tool in PS to reduce magenta and increase yellow.

See quick sample below which includes relevant history on the right in blue.

Hope that helps.

[Cloudwatcher]

Ooops! Sorry,wrong image.

Correct one attached.

[adamsp123]

What a great start you have achieved, keep up the good work and welcome to the dark side!

[Dalglish]

Thanks CW, that was extremely helpful.

Dalglish

[ollypenrice]

Great start, quite amazing.

Not sure about glob regulation red and blue stars though. I think the stars in M13 are blue with a smaller number of highly contrasting reds... The trick is, though, to avoid magenta, which they're not, and to get the distinction. Resolution is the key there and, in CCD, not binning the colour.

Olly