Arse colossal

Brings a new meaning to "Does my bum look big in this?"

Sorry for the late reply.... things have been a bit crap!

Thank you all for your comments. At somepoint more will appear as will terrestrial photos. I haven't had a play in a while....

@1stEverPentax....

This is where, for me, it gets truly mind boggling....

Rosette and Jellyfish Nebulae are 5000 light years from earth. That is 29,000 TRILLION miles!!! Jellyfish is also a supernova remnant. The same supernova is also believed to have created a neutron star! Rosette is 130 light years (750 trillion miles) in diameter.

Soul Nebula is 6500 light years from earth, this is 37,700 trillion miles away! The numbers arse just colossal!

@Lubbyman....

STOP MAKING ME BLOODY LAUGH.... i have broken rib!!!

We've had a few clear nights... so that lead to me ending up, going pale and confused due to lack of sleep....

But oh man was it worth it!

In order I took them...

Soul Nebula



Jellyfish Nebula



Rosette Nebula

Post processing is not a new thing.... it certainly has not come about because of Photoshop....

I used to develop my own film. There were tricks of all kinds you could do to an image while developing. Photoshop just made it massively less of a faff!!

My astro images are horrendously post processed!! In this case it is the only way to do it....

I think it's a personal choice... for me I let the image dictate the level of post processing. Some have bugger all, some are quite heavily processed. Like the aforementioned astro stuff. We should appreciate the time and effort someone has taken to go out and shoot the image. Then process however they like. At the end of the day, this is an art form. People can choose there own path to get the result they like..... But....

I do try and do it all on the camera. Hence my heavy use of filters.

@davidwozhere.... i bloody love this image!!!

Thank you all for you kinds words!!!

I is liking these!!!

Altho planetary photography is somet I have not yet dabled in deeply!

Ted.... next time video it. That's how they do it. Capture a couple minutes, then use PIPP and AutoStakkert. There are plenty of tutorials on gloo toob!

Last night I pointed my deep sky kit at probably the most photographed subject beyond our solar system...

Orion...

This lead me to troll the gallery here.

This was the first image of the Orion Nebula I put up. Shot in my back garden!




Just over two years down the line, I shot this in my back garden last on new years day!

I love the journey I have undertook of discovery and learning!!

Stephen....

DO IT!!!!

I love night photography.... it's peaceful, and you don't get stupid comments or people asking what you are doing! Yes I have been asked that.....

Even tho Xmas is now an overboated "hey look how much I have spent" debt creating occasion...

It does make for some good night photography sessions!

Hope everyone has a not to debt riddled Xmas!

I would have liked to do more but as usual the weather bloody ruins it!

What he says!!!

It must be fantastic to have scenery like that to take advantage if!