[APML] Orions Sword - Supra 400

[dave.dockery@zianet.com]

Hi All,
I finally found some time to process my first TV85 images (taken last month) 
and I feel like I'm making a little progress in climbing that steep learning 
curve.  I used Jerry Lodriguss's procedure for combining two exposures and 
Matt BenDaniel's star shaping routine in processing the image and would like 
to thank them for sharing their expertise on their respective web-sites.  
These routines were extremely helpful in both processing this type of image 
and in learning my way around Photoshop.  I'm not sure I used Matt's routine 
to the fullest due to hard saturation on a couple of stars but it certainly 
helped.
This image is a combination of two Supra 400 exposures; a 45 minute for the 
faint stuff and and a three minute to recover the saturated core of M42.  I 
still have some saturation in the Trapezium region so I guess I'll try to 
capture and combine a one minute shot sometime in the future. 

More details with the image:
http://www.zianet.com/dave.dockery/orionsword.htm 

I was a little unsure on the final color balance and background levels so 
any feedback on this (or anything else) would be greatly appreciated.
Dave 

Dave Dockery
Las Cruces, NM
http://www.zianet.com/dave.dockery/AstronomyPage.htm 
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