Horsehead Nebula

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Horsehead Nebula

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Hi all,

Taken with the same setup as Comet Holmes, 80mm with 350D, ISO 800 15 x 150s. Taken at NUS rooftop also.

Even though this pic is crude, but I hope all of you to go out and try taking pics!!!

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Hi,
WOW!! Excellent... :) :) I'll be very happy if I can get image like this!!!

Clear sky this weekend... clear sky this weekend... Clear sky this weekend... clear sky this weekend... Clear sky this weekend... clear sky this weekend... Clear sky this weekend... clear sky this weekend... Clear sky this weekend... clear sky this weekend... Clear sky this weekend... clear sky this weekend... Clear sky this weekend... clear sky this weekend... :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

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Nic pic Meng Lee!
Clear sky this weekend... clear sky this weekend... Clear sky this weekend... clear sky this weekend... Clear sky this weekend... clear sky this weekend... Clear sky this weekend... clear sky this weekend... Clear sky this weekend... clear sky this weekend... Clear sky this weekend... clear sky this weekend... Clear sky this weekend... clear sky this weekend...
Yes yes.. clear sky please! I have not touched my imaging equipments for 2 months. :(
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Lets all pray together! Combine all the brain waves and pray for CLEAR skies !!!
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wow nice!
We do it in the dark...
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I can't see your picture :(
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Post by kingkong »

Meng Lee, i'm struggling with post pocessing my horsehead photo... the learning curve is proving a bit steep for my oldish brain...
can i post it here and you have a go at it so i can see what the possibility is? with perhaps you sharing the steps needed to get to the final result, if you don't mind?
thanks in advance.
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Post by wucheeyiun »

Very nice meng lee...very nice
did not expect to get HorseHead in singapore sky....you are probably the first to get it :)
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Post by Meng Lee »

Hi all, thanks for all the nice compliments, I will work harder to get more nice pics.

kingkong: I am a novice in image processing, hehe, still reading Ron wodaski's book. But I am beginning to understand how to manipulate the curves properly. Email me your tiff file, I try to see what I can do with it. If the file is very large, you crop it. Don't send me jpeg. I can try to see what I can get, then I tell you the steps and then you can repeat it for the whole pic.

boothee: Can't see the pic? Maybe you can click the link in my signature to go to my album.
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Hi kingkong, I think you need a master to help you with the processing. I ended up like this, hope you don't mind:

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