Bored... reprocessed M101 from last year

[high kite]

... just boring... maybe NoiseX v3 added something, or took sometning away
... yay... or whatever... shite pic!

... sticking with this... galaxies do not do it for me... maybe it'll click with me emotionally later!

[trim meteor]

you either did too much blurx or noisex

cuz the detail is like

melted

soup

[dim palm]

I think it's both

[trim meteor]

😬

[high kite]

Show me yours @trim meteor / @dim palm

[dim palm]

this is not a competition. Astrophotography is art and an artist needs criticism to improve. Asking us about our M101 images now makes no sense. no one has to prove anything to anyone here, but we are able to criticize and that's okay, isn't it?

[high kite]

that is correct... so show me how you did it (I hate my pic, it sucks)

[dim palm]

My M101 image is the first astro image i've ever taken. Only 2h of exposure time, no H-alpha, no calibration frames whatsoever and taken with a 85mm refractor. It doesnt even come close to your result to say at least

[high kite]

... I am not precious about my images... and weirdly everyone on here who knows me, knows that I effing hate galaxy pics...

... we know what good pictures are here. Critique is fine... just have the collateral

same goes for @trim meteor

[trim meteor]

wat

[high kite]

show us your M101

[trim meteor]

never did it lol

[high kite]

... have you shot anything?

[trim meteor]

yes

[high kite]

is it good?

[trim meteor]

i would like to think so

why am i getting asked this

[dim palm]

I don't think it's necessary to have photographed the same object to the same extent to judge whether an image had a little too much BXT or NXT.

[trim meteor]

you’re typing out a whole book bru

[high kite]

... well you wouldn't cos you chimed in without thinking it though

I cannot even remember how many nights / hours went into this rubbish image... (was taken back in april through may last year)

[trim meteor]

i just said that you had too much blurx/noisex

simple feedback

i could do more if you want

[high kite]

... I am tempted to ask

but 1 iteration of BlurX and / or NoiseX is not what made the image suck

[dim palm]

A person is always harder on themselves than others. In no world is that a rubbish image

[soft dragon]

Gotta be honest. I quite like the colors. HA regions are popping nicely. Yea yea background is a bit blue and purple and yea yea the core details are a bit overdone but for something that you probably didn't enjoy processing its pretty nice.

[dim palm]

I agree. Little things aside, the overall impression is quite nice

[high kite]

No, it is utter crap... it's a widefield shot at 550mm

I was looking for way more from the surounding area, but that sucked just as badly, so cropped in on the stoopid galaxy

[high kite]

Funnily, the Ha stuff is just down to the hours spent... it's LRGB albeit that I may have had the Antlia R+ filter then, cannot remember exactly

[high kite]

Oh, I had done the blue BG correction earlier... I just posted the wrong image 🤣 🤣 🤣

I am not a galaxy shooter... I just don't find them fun lol

[soft dragon]

I kinda shoot everything but somehow the galaxy images of mine usually turn out better than expected

[high kite]

I am a dusty / ldn sorta guy... basically I like long LRGB projects ... planning a Shark offensive currently, dual scope at 200mm

[soft dragon]

I mean longest projects I did were 11h orion and 17h on the leo triplet but my camera make those look like half of that...

[high kite]

... my southern arc from back yard sucks... 3h of orion tops before the neighbours tree gets in the way... they actually offered to cut it back for me (we get on very well) but I couldn't let them... it's a nice tree lol

[soft dragon]

damn thats actually very nice of them but also very nice of you turning that down.

[soft dragon]

this is the latest.. (havent posted it yet) its 9h

[high kite]

ahhh, that is looking very nice... I am guessing by the blueness of the stars that you aren't filtered ... but I may be wrong

markarian's chain et al yaddah... I'd have to go to alternative site to get hours in... problem there is that I f I did that... I'd end up taking dark stuff again (I've missed the witch for the 4th year now)

[soft dragon]

Nope.. stock canon eos 750d and no filters

[soft dragon]

ah the chain.. got that one too lol

[high kite]

Excellent... natural stars, it's da ting!

[soft dragon]

Yeaaa thats why im a big fan of star clusters

you can always find a way to make use of your gear

[high kite]

I was just outside Brisbane in October last year... and shot LMC, Nikon d810, filterless at 200mm...

I got decent detail on the Tarantula (albeit tiny!) but the stars were banging... in the end, it was a pic of stars with some colour behind it haha

[soft dragon]

still cool tbh

would love to see the southern sky once

[high kite]

this little guy is my fave... stuck out there on his own... just wanting a friend haha!

[dim palm]

This is very cool, quite a deep image!

[soft dragon]

true! where is that xDD

[soft dragon]

ty!!

[spice hawk]

I´m glad to see you turn to the light! 🙂

[high kite]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooo.... was just a reprocess blown up crop from last year.... I will never be turned!!!!!

[spice hawk]

Oh, darn.. Well I guess the dark nebulae needs talented ppl too...

[high kite]

... next project is literally dust and no more... well, some stars I think lol