My first M42

[Starflyer]

I've always wanted to have a go at this, but there was a 7' hedge in the way - the hedge is now a 4' hedge so I had a go on Monday evening.

It's a composite of 3 different exposures put together with layer masks in CS3.

30 x 8s, 21 x 60s & 11 x 420s taken with the cooled, modded 450D and 10" f/4.8 Newt;

[MrsR]

Beautiful

[Pete Presland]

great image that well done!

[brantuk]

Wow that's a beaut Star

[Vega]

Your first??? Oh My Gosh! incredible. Beautiful Orion neb

[ollypenrice]

Truly exceptional, with seamless layer masking and that fine quality of being at once highly resolved and yet smooth and unforced. Lovely brown dust around the emission nebulae, too. This may be famous but it is also darned difficult, though you make it look easy here. Another good sign.

Olly

[Starflyer]

Thanks guys

It was my first attempt at blending different exposures, does the colour look okay? I keep going back to it and thinking it needs a tad more blue.

[IvanT]

WOW!!!

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[ashworthacca]

That is a cracker....thanks for sharing and keep em coming.

[dogfish]

Hi Bro,

That is purdy. I'm a big fan of images showing that brown nebulosity. Is there a bigger version?

Cheers, Martin

[Starflyer]

I've just uploaded a bigger version here

[Shibby]

Very nice. Brilliant processing, you can still see the trapezium!

[jgs001]

Excellent job on that, very nicely captured and processed.

[Starflyer]

Thanks for the kind comments

I couldn't resist another play, here's the final process. Please let me know what you think, constructive criticism most welcome.

[laser_jock99]

Well done- like it!

[Mik3]

Oh my thats blumming stunning

[stolenfeather]

That's your first attempt? You must be a natural!

Isabelle

[gary1968]

Thats a nice m42 image Ian, well worth the wait.

Gaz

[carpman]

Thats a cracking M42 mate , i like this so much that its now my destop background , i hope u dont mind

[dogfish]

Thats a cracking M42 mate , i like this so much that its now my destop background , i hope u dont mind

Funnily enough it's now also mine. Cheers, Bro

[Starflyer]

Don't mind at all, I feel honoured

[melsky]

Very nice, your reworked version is a definate improvement.

Mel

[Psychobilly]

Absolute corker the layer processing is spot on... in so much that you cant tell its been done...

I am going to be different and say that I prefer the more "subtle" first image...

Peter...

[ollypenrice]

If the colour needs anything I agree that it might be more blue but it really is such a good image that I would be more than happy to leave it. To be sharp and yet gentle is the thing I dream of achieving and you have it here. If it ain't broke...

Olly

[RikM]

Lovely image that, well done.