Test shot of Omega Centauri

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aleetk
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Test shot of Omega Centauri

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Did a test shot of Omega Centauri last Monday evening. Not properly focused.

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Imaging Camera: Nikon D7000
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Good effort Alex, what ISO you used ? i prefer to pull the curve to darken it so as to hide the light pollution (from very strong light source), and then crop it, if you do not mind

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Good test! Keep shooting.
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Or run it through a few layers and try to weed out the noise and LP:
(nice shot by the way! :) )
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Thanks guys for the advice. Peter: I used a combination of iso1600 and some iso3200.
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Good effort aleetk! :)
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