Orion Nebula - 2021/01/14

JimFox

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I went out a few weeks ago to capture some Deep Space photography. It was a night I have already mentioned that was very windy, and it was a bit hard at first to get shots without the wind blowing the tripod and camera around and turning every star into a squiggle. As I was checking my polar alignment and then the wind conditions, I aimed the setup towards Orion since it was sitting there and it's so easy to find with the intention of just using it to shoot a couple of test shots before moving the cameras focus on the Triangulum Galaxy. But then when after a few shots the squiggles had stopped, I decided what the heck, I was already set up with Orion, so I might has well shoot it for a while. :)

One thing that's different with this one is it's much more blue then my previous captures of Orion and Running Man. That wasn't on purpose, and I just processed what I had captured. I have noticed that it seems like my Deep Space captures never look exactly the same each time I capture them. Which I guess is good as it gives a bit of variety to the look. :)

SkyGuider Pro - Tracking
Nikon D850 - Not Converted
Tamron 150-600mm @ 500mm
Iso 64
f 6.3

22 images @ 90 secs
12 - Black Frames

All comments are welcome,

Jim

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JimFox

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chuckp said:
Nice shot Jim, the Skyguider pro works really well. Very nice focus.
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Hey Chuck, thanks so much. Yeah, it works awesome especially when you consider how heavy the Nikon D850/Tamron 150-600mm combo is. I have gotten up to 3 min subs on it.
 
Mike Lewis

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Jim,

Nice version, very interesting about the color differences, as this one does seem bluer than I would expect. What other differences can you pinpoint between this effort and your last one? Was there a significant altitude difference?

ML
 
JimFox

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Mike Lewis said:
Jim,

Nice version, very interesting about the color differences, as this one does seem bluer than I would expect. What other differences can you pinpoint between this effort and your last one? Was there a significant altitude difference?

ML
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Thanks Mike. No difference at all that I know of, most of my shooting has been done out at Joshua Tree.

The only one difference perhaps is this is all 1 shot at ISO 64 (Base ISO on the D850) and I was exposing for the highlights and just pulled detail out of the dark for the rest. You know how usually for Orion you expose twice for it. Once for the main body and then 1 for the core that is so much brighter and gets blown out otherwise. So maybe that? Though I don't think that would account for that much color shift in the Nebula itself.
 
Mike Lewis

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JimFox said:
Thanks Mike. No difference at all that I know of, most of my shooting has been done out at Joshua Tree.

The only one difference perhaps is this is all 1 shot at ISO 64 (Base ISO on the D850) and I was exposing for the highlights and just pulled detail out of the dark for the rest. You know how usually for Orion you expose twice for it. Once for the main body and then 1 for the core that is so much brighter and gets blown out otherwise. So maybe that? Though I don't think that would account for that much color shift in the Nebula itself.
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Yes, I agree, nothing in your described differences that would seem to account for such a noticeable color shift in my opinion. A bit of a mystery...

ML
 
Todd H

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JimFox said:
I went out a few weeks ago to capture some Deep Space photography. It was a night I have already mentioned that was very windy, and it was a bit hard at first to get shots without the wind blowing the tripod and camera around and turning every star into a squiggle. As I was checking my polar alignment and then the wind conditions, I aimed the setup towards Orion since it was sitting there and it's so easy to find with the intention of just using it to shoot a couple of test shots before moving the cameras focus on the Triangulum Galaxy. But then when after a few shots the squiggles had stopped, I decided what the heck, I was already set up with Orion, so I might has well shoot it for a while. :)

One thing that's different with this one is it's much more blue then my previous captures of Orion and Running Man. That wasn't on purpose, and I just processed what I had captured. I have noticed that it seems like my Deep Space captures never look exactly the same each time I capture them. Which I guess is good as it gives a bit of variety to the look. :)

SkyGuider Pro - Tracking
Nikon D850 - Not Converted
Tamron 150-600mm @ 500mm
Iso 64
f 6.3

22 images @ 90 secs
12 - Black Frames

All comments are welcome,

Jim

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Hi Jim
I’ll get back in the habit of posting here. Your nebula looks good, it’s just more blue than what I’m used to seeing. Looks like the white balance is too cool. Overall though, very nice.
 
Todd H

Todd H

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Hi Jim
I’ll get back in the habit of posting here. Your nebula looks good, it’s just more blue than what I’m used to seeing. Looks like the white balance is too cool. Overall though, very nice.
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