M8 and M20 the Lagoon and Trifid nebula

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Comment by Martin Cohen on June 17, 2011 at 12:44pm

Beauty! As you can see, I am a bit of a stickler for deep black skies, but I have noticed that a lot of experienced astro-photographers prefer to aim for higher detail in the nebulosity.

Comment by Steve Coates on June 17, 2011 at 11:57am

Thanks for the suggestion Martin! The "redo" is posted here. I went and set the the level so the background is where it should be. Thanks for your comments and welcome to AG!

Comment by Martin Cohen on June 16, 2011 at 7:07pm

Gorgeous image!! I try to attach a quick re-process in Photoshop CS5, just redoing the level (Ctrl L) so the blacks are nice and deep. It takes 20 seconds and it really makes a difference. Not sure if the attachment is coming through!!
Best,
Martin

Comment by spike77 on June 6, 2011 at 1:12am

very nicely done steve

Comment by Steve Coates on June 5, 2011 at 6:04am

Thanks Trevor. We are having an extended imaging season here in FL. This time of year we usually get afternoon thunderstorms and the atmosphere gets pretty thick. So needless to say I'm making the most of our drought. Thanks for looking.
Steve

Comment by Trevor Woodrow on June 4, 2011 at 10:58am

Well done Steve! Both of the individual nebs look great, as does the cluster, and having all in the same fov, very nicely done.