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Comment by Nick Dudish on December 4, 2016 at 7:18am

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Comment by Marc Basti on January 1, 2011 at 5:31am

Hey Guys Thanks. Going back to this pic @ some point I still have about 3hr of 3mn exps. Not sure if it help or hurt, we'll see. Marc

Comment by spike77 on December 31, 2010 at 7:53pm

wow man this is the best m45 photo i think i have ever seen awesome job marc simply beautiful!!!!!!!!!!

Comment by Marc Basti on December 30, 2010 at 2:07pm

Thanks, I use a 2" Orion Skyglow Imaging Filt. for light pol. (cam is modded). In my slice of sky 5-6mn exps. is about max w/o totally blowing out the pixel saturation. I try to keep it around 1/3+- of the histogram. That seems to be the generally accepted method from what I've read. I'm not sure at what point in the flow you are talking about the rd/org bckgrnd. I'll go out this limb (if differ let me know) I think you need to equalize the bckgrnd. 2 ways I do it is; using GradientXterminator which cleans up any gradients and will balance bckgr (if you want), the other way is using levels in PS w/eyedropper. Marc

Comment by Trevor Woodrow on December 29, 2010 at 7:11pm

Very rarely do these type of pics look good at full size, but this my friend is sweet! Any filter used? I notice the 300sec exposures...how do you avoid the red/orange background...is this a mod camera?

Comment by Charles Dunlop on December 29, 2010 at 6:01pm

very nice.