Still chipping away...part 2

[peter shah]

Managed to get the next part last night before the snow clouds came in

ive got a few bits to tweak some very slight gradients to sort out...but it close for now until i get the last part

any comments welcome

thanks for looking

Peter

[astroimpulse]

It's beautiful. And very wide!

Have you plans to remove the ring above the horses head? Just cloning etc? I can see one in the bottom left too.

Hope that's not coming across as negative. It's a stunning pic.

[ollypenrice]

This is a delight and a really new 'take' on the region. Very easy going, very gentle, very natural. I think most of us push too hard on the Ha looking for fierce contrasts. This is cloudy, nebulous and subtle. Yes, I like it a lot!

Olly

[peter shah]

many thanks guys....the halo above the horses head i think is from the bight star Mintaka just out of shot, caused by off axis light hitting the edge of my unmounted UV/IR filter (i think), i was hoping there would be enough overlap to hide it but i needed place the second frame there in order to get M42 in the next frame

There is still lots to do on this shot, selective unsharp mask on detailed areas and possibly a bit of star reduction, and of course those slight gradients ....I blended it by eye using PS...no mosaic software for this one

[ncjunk]

Fantastic shot but i am a bit confused...last part?? Surely you have lots more to do to get all of orion in and barnards loop? (just kidding, i know thats pushing it for the amount of clear skies we get but it would look amazing!)

Cant wait to see the last bit in place.

[peter shah]

Fantastic shot but i am a bit confused...last part?? .

Just in case it isnt clear....The last part is the third data set for the M42 frame....i cant really do any final tweaks until i have all three frames infront of me...it is just easier to get a good balance of adjustments in the detailed areas across the full image.

BTW I did get the joke....

[ncjunk]

I was just being annoying, sorry, its going to look great with the next set of data though.

[dc509]

One of the best I've seen of that area - outstanding

[SlipperySquid]

Really nice Peter! I don't think I have the time or the patience to get something like that..mmmm...maybe one day

[peter shah]

I was just being annoying, sorry, its going to look great with the next set of data though.

[adamsp123]

looking oh so good, an excellent image as usual Peter.

[peter shah]

This is where M42 should sit when i have the final frame....i should just about squeeze it in....wall to wall blue skies at the moment...i wonder?

[ollypenrice]

Wishing you luck!

Olly

[Taff]

Hi Peter' that's a very nice capture of the B33 and flame neb area' great colour of the nebula.Mark