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Welcome to my SpaceShip!
Welcome to my SpaceShip!
Pascal


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Self Portrait Without People III (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-1000D Rebel XS
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM II
Location: Kariani, Greece
Date: Jul 20, 2012
Aperture: f2.8
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 22.5 min (total)
Galleries: Sky, Astrophotography
Date Uploaded: Jul 24, 2012

 My most favorite Deep Sky Object, the magnificent Rho Ophiuchi region. I was expecting long time my chance to depict this splendid area of our galaxy.

- GoTo Mount : AstroTrac TT320X
- Camera : Canon 1000Da (modified for astrophotography)
- Focal Length : 175mm
- Exposures : a) 10 x 135 sec at f2.8 and ISO 1600
- FOV : 77.65%

- Alignment, calibration, stacking with DeepSkyStacker
- Further processing with PixInsight LE, PS CS3 and Neat Image.
- Specifically in Photoshop:
Levels (3 or 4 times)
Selective color (7 or 8 times)
Color balance (2 or 3 times)
Exposure (2 or 3 times)
Blending modes (to reveal the fine details of the colorful nebulae)
Color Dodge
Clone out lot of hot pixels that were enhanced because of the processing
Crop
Resize and save for web

Statistics
Place: 8 out of 67
Avg (all users): 6.4902
Avg (commenters): 8.6667
Avg (participants): 6.3611
Avg (non-participants): 6.5606
Views since voting: 1301
Views during voting: 202
Votes: 102
Comments: 9
Favorites: 2 (view)

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AuthorThread
 08/03/2012 05:37:27 PM
One of your best deep space images. Very nice capture and a top 10. Well done!
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 08/03/2012 01:04:55 PM
Congrats on the tt.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/02/2012 10:05:48 PM
Nice! Good to see a Deep Space image doing well!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/02/2012 05:12:19 PM
Stunning
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 08/02/2012 10:24:50 AM
It is mine too. Great one.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/30/2012 08:06:26 PM
You must be a stargazer! It's fun to see the faces formed.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/28/2012 08:11:43 AM
Top 3
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 07/27/2012 09:37:28 AM
i really like this shot. great capture! (curious to see once voting is done if there is any details, or the usual blank // n/a box.
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 07/26/2012 08:11:57 PM
fantastically difficult
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