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[APML] Crux - Eta Carina and Friends



After a break of several months I am finally getting back to dusting off this hobby.
I found some photos of the Crux/Eta Carina region taken February last year with my Canon FD 55mm lens so I figured that it would be good training to try combining them in Registar and processing them in Photoshop.
I would appreciate a critical review of the final image which can be found here:
 
http://www.ryderhome.com.au/ap/page_003.htm
 
I am not entirely happy with this image but I think I have spent far too much time staring at the screen so it is time to put it out there for review. The image is an average of three frames of 10/15/20 minutes each taken on FP400F. The basic steps I went through were to:
- Scan in image using Vuescan (Minolta DiMage Scan Dual III scanner)
- Crop image and tweak black/white points in Vuescan
- Register and average three images in Registar
- Black/White points, levels and curves in Photoshop
 
The image seems noisy to me but I am not sure any more as I have been looking at the screen to long and I think I am seeing spots in front of my eyes.
 
Rodney Watters
 
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