Clear night stars - My first attempt

The last few nights it has been incredibly clear and the stars have been crisp and bright. I have not tried much in terms of astrophotography before, but with these conditions I had to give it a try.

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com …s/gunnerphoto/8​211430682/

M45 the Pleiades you got there . Best you could do here is try editing the red out and watch your BP , don't clip it . IMHO you have over processed this image . Can you post the original ?

Certainly. Will be back home in a few days.
I have little experience with the processing side of star shots, but found the red interesting.

i liked the red too, had no idea it wasn't supposed to be there.

The red is mostly all noise . That's why your editing brought it out so well . Here is a link to Nighthound that is a member here . It's a perfect example of M45 :

http://s3.beta.photobu​cket.com …chxx2.jpg.html?​sort=6&o=2

Very interesting. When processing, once I adjusted the brightness, the red started to appear. I liked how it looked, and as I do not know the stars at all, I did not know it was not supposed to be there. Once I get back home, I will clean it up and repost.

Celestron wrote in post #15283876
The red is mostly all noise . That's why your editing brought it out so well . Here is a link to Nighthound that is a member here . It's a perfect example of M45 :

http://s3.beta.photobu​cket.com …chxx2.jpg.html?​sort=6&o=2

I wouldn't compare JGunn's against Nightbound's - their equipment, skills and techniques are worlds apart. There must be someone with similar equipment. Try the 'You don't need a telescope' thread.

Trace wrote in post #15284111
I wouldn't compare JGunn's against Nightbound's - their equipment, skills and techniques are worlds apart. There must be someone with similar equipment. Try the 'You don't need a telescope' thread.

I wasn't comparing skills for skills . I was posting a picture for him to see what it is suppose to look like . If you miss-interpreted something there then you may not be alone . Alot of ppl do but i just come across as easy as i can . The way i see it is if your going to do astro-photography then you should at least research and find out how things are suppose to be , this is what educates you knowing how it should be without guessing what your camera is interpreting to you . Night imaging is just like the statement , "It's like Night and Day" , totally different than what you expect . Not pointing out anyone in particular , just saying that people who want to do astro-photography should study on it some the same way they study how to take day time shots and make improvements . Hopefully i have enlighted you some on astrophotography . Have a nice day !

BTW you have alot of beautiful images on your Flickr page but no astro-shots . I'm sure you had to do quite alot of learning to get that good . Have you ever compared any of your today shots to some back when you begin doing photography ? I have and they were terrible but what i have now is also not the best of anything either .

Celestron wrote in post #15284579
I wasn't comparing skills for skills . I was posting a picture for him to see what it is suppose to look like . If you miss-interpreted something there then you may not be alone . Alot of ppl do but i just come across as easy as i can . The way i see it is if your going to do astro-photography then you should at least research and find out how things are suppose to be , this is what educates you knowing how it should be without guessing what your camera is interpreting to you . Night imaging is just like the statement , "It's like Night and Day" , totally different than what you expect . Not pointing out anyone in particular , just saying that people who want to do astro-photography should study on it some the same way they study how to take day time shots and make improvements . Hopefully i have enlighted you some on astrophotography . Have a nice day !

BTW you have alot of beautiful images on your Flickr page but no astro-shots . I'm sure you had to do quite alot of learning to get that good . Have you ever compared any of your today shots to some back when you begin doing photography ? I have and they were terrible but what i have now is also not the best of anything either .

Yep spot on I'd say. Astro is something I'm interested and as you allude to I'm learning by surfing at this stage. Thanks for the comment on my images. Hope to do some astro stuff soon.

Cheers Trace