Orion's belt and sword

[RachelC]

Orion in Trees - first ever attempt
Orion's belt and sword setting behind the trees. Bit behind processing this. A lot to learn, steep learning curve!

Canon EOS 650D. 20 images + 5 darks. 5 seconds at 55mm, f/6.3, ISO-6400. Stacked in DSS. Histogram and curve adjusted in Photoshop CS2.

[Carole]

Another well done Rachel, you seem to have got some of the processes under your (own) belt already.

Carole

[Kenny]

Well done Rachel. Lovely wide field of the Orion nebula below the belt.

[RachelC]

Thank you Carole. I have lots of books and the internet is a great help Things are starting to make sense a bit more. I still have a long way to go though but am really enjoying the 'process' 

Thanks Kenny. I do love Orion. So much going on in there... Can't wait to image it again.

[Kenny]

Thanks Kenny. I do love Orion. So much going on in there... Can't wait to image it again.

With your new star adventurer...

[RachelC]

LOL Kenny.

Yes with my new star adventurer bundle that is still in it's boxes!

Thanks to a lot of excellent advice from Duncan et al at Astrofest I am looking forward to trying it out very soon.

[MarkS]

Great result.  A nice clean image.

[julian]

Very nice image well done

[The Thing]

Nice shooting Rachel. Where did you take it? There seems to be a good horizon with not too much light pollution.

[RachelC]

Thank you for your kind comments. I took this on the grounds at Sevenoaks Prep School.