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Old 31-March-2008, 12:48 PM
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A Session i started in december and finished in january but never processed until now. Thanks to the bad weather i started to uncover some sessions that i put on hold and forgot and this is one of them. Hope you like it and Clear Skies to All.

UpDate: I soften the star and slightly made the stars smaller from asugestion from Terry at sbig group. New one posted.
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Old 31-March-2008, 02:46 PM
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Mr Rivera, it's a beautiful composition.
You are so patient, persistent and kind.

Thank you for sharing.

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Old 31-March-2008, 09:13 PM
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Nice close-up of the "horse". It would make a nice background on your website opening page.

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That is very nice, very clear, good focus and tracking, excellent
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Thanks Mahesh and Robert i'm glad you liked it. Thanks for the thought Robert, im working on one as of now Thanks again. Clear Skies my friends.
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Thanks Gordon for your kind words, The trick was getting it align when i added an extra half hour on Lum and Ha and the train setup after a long period but it worked out pretty ok, Thanks again and Clear Skies.
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hi Efrain,

whow! what a nice glowing around the horses head!
very nicely done!
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Wow, that is beautiful! up close and personal! Is that cropped? What's the FOV of your camera?
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Thanks Diets, trying to bring out certain colors and retaining the background (Ha) was a project and bringing out the halo around it. Clear Skies my friend.
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Thanks Mike, i'm glad you liked it. It was not croped, with the reducer it brought down my fl from 25400 (F10) to 1650mm (f6.3). The Camera is a SBIG ST402me with a Kodak-0402me chip, 9x9microns and its size is 6.9x4.3mm very sensitive with a fullwell of 85% it's also my Guider. Thanks Again and Clear Skies
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That's really nice Efrain. The processing is excellent -- color quite nice which is hard to do with Ha.
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Thanks Andy, Just uploaded a new photo with some recommendations at Sbig group.
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Thanks Andy, Just uploaded a new photo with some recommendations at Sbig group.
Thanks my friend and clear skies.
That's a little brighter on the edges. and a bit more orange, but that could be the monitor.

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I agree with Deitmar, lovely crystaly light in the bright band. You have incorporated the Ha beautifully.

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...........i'm glad you liked it. It was not croped, with the reducer it brought down my fl from 25400 (F10) to 1650mm (f6.3). The Camera is a SBIG ST402me with a Kodak-0402me chip, 9x9microns and its size is 6.9x4.3mm very sensitive with a fullwell of 85% it's also my Guider. Thanks Again and Clear Skies
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Thanks Andy, Matt and Mahesh. Very seldom i get a response from the sbig group if you dont have a high end camera and scope you wont get much feedback that is why this group is tops!. At this mag all imperfections are easily noticed so it took me an extra effort to process but worth it. everyday you learn something new. And thanks Mahesh lol .
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Great shot with the shock front glow showing so well. I wanted to retake it this year and add color but the weather never cooperated.

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WOW! WOW! WOW! that is so beautiful, well done, and thanks Mahesh for pointing me to here!
Again WOW!
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Thanks Rick and Chrissy for your kind words and wellcome Crissy i'm glad you like the photo .
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Thanks Rick and Chrissy for your kind words and wellcome Crissy i'm glad you like the photo .
It is fantastic ,do you have any more?
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Hi Chrissy, Yes i do and have been posted here before. Will be opening my web page within a week or so, when ready will post with a link to my site. Thanks again and Clear Skies.
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look forwards to viewing it JAICOA.
I won't be having any clear skies tonight or the weekend snow is forcast!

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