Tractor Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 Not a very good picture of galaxy M51, but I wasn't going for a long exposer. Only caught enough of the image to practice level/curves adjusting in PS. http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f185/EWhytsell/M51websized.jpg Evan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clifford Automotive Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 Is this PP'd or out of the camera. I like it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractor Posted July 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 Its shot using the cameras body and the telescope as the huge freaking lens. The only editing I did was basically increasing the brightness and decreasing the background noise. The details are I used 6 3minute frames then shot 3 3minute frames with the lens cap on to make what we call a dark frame. Then you subtract the dark frames from the actual pictures and what happens is all the noise from the cameras photo sensor getting hot gets erased. Evan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 Thats a heck of a nice shot. Its amazing how many stars are out there. It captures the vastness. Definitely worth your effort! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinwebb Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 wow thats cool as hell how do you get that many stars here in OH must be way out in the country cause i could never see that many here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractor Posted July 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 I live about 25miles north of polaris right across the line in morrow county so I have reasonable dark skys for Ohio. The next time I take a crack at that galaxy I'll go for at least an hour worth of light data and probably end up with a very printable photo. The moons coming back around now so it messes everything up. Evan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractor Posted July 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 Here it is again after about 2 more hours of processing the levels and curves. http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f185/EWhytsell/2ndprocessed.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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