M8 and M20 with 60Da

[Erskin71]

With clouds over head this weekend I took a shot and reprocessed a pic. I shot this 8-9-12. The first nite I had my new Canon 60Da and CLS clip in filter (So my 1st light image I guess).

It's the 1st time I have tried my hand with HDR in PS.

Target: M8, M20 and M21
Date: 8-9-12
Time: 21:15 to 22:15
Camera: Canon 60Da
Lens: None
Method: Prime Focus
Filter: Astronomik CLS
Mount: Orion Atlas
Telescope: AT65
Guiding: Orion SSAG w/ 50mm guide scope
Lights: 60x60 sec (1 HR)
No calibration frames
Sky zone: Orange/red (since I live in an apartment as the target moved toward the Meridian I had to deal with lights from the stairwell).

Thanks for looking. Feedback appreciated.

[Nikolas]

Nice but how much noise reduction did you use? It really looks like the noise reduction made the stars look almost like a mosaic.

[rick_reno]

Very nice color

[Erskin71]

Thanks Rick.

I used a few techniques to reduce the star size and blur the background a bit. maybe this gave it that look? I tried HDR toning in PS for the 1st time also. Now that I think about it I did take some darks but that wouldn't be the cause.