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Rho Ophiucus Cloud Complex - This image was captured using a Canon EOS R6 Astro-Modified Full Spectrum camera (with heat reduction system installed),Visible + H-Alpha Drop-in filter, Sigma Art 135mm lens. White balance set in Adobe Camera RAW. 10 Exposures (light frames), No Flat, bias or dark frames used. Tracked using a SkyWatcher StarAdventurer star tracker. Exposures were stacked in PixInsight, Color corrections, background normalization, automatic background extractions, noise reduction, color balance, all perfomed in PixInsight. Exported as a Tiff file for final editing in Adobe Photoshop.
Camera Settings:
Exposure: 10x120 Seconds.
Aperture: f:1.8
ISO: 400
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This image was captured using a Canon EOS 6D Astro-Modified Full Spectrum camera (with heat reduction system installed), Nikon AF-S 14-24mm 2.8 lens. No optical filters were used. Custom white balance was set during the day using a gray card. One single image, no stacking or composites.
Camera Settings:
Exposure: 25 Seconds.
Aperture: f:2.8
ISO: 2000
No tracking or guiding equipment used. WiFi controlled release via Canon EOS Remote app.
Glow Sticks were submerged into the water to illuminate the foreground and a small lantern was used to illuminate the rocks.
Post processing: Photoshop Camera RAW was used to slightly increase Clarity. Noise was reduced a small amount. Chromatic adoration removal selected.
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This image was captured using a Canon EOS 6D Astro-Modified Visible + H-Alpha camera (with heat reduction system installed), Nikon AF-S 14-24mm 2.8 lens. No On-Lens filters used. Custom white balance was set during the day using a gray card.
Camera Settings:
Exposure: 25 Seconds.
Aperture: f:2.8
ISO: 2000
No tracking or guiding equipment used. WiFi controlled release via Canon EOS Remote app.
Small flashlights were submerged into the water to illuminate the foreground and a small lantern was used to illuminate the rocks.
Post processing: Photoshop Camera RAW was used to slightly increase Clarity. Noise was reduced a small amount. Chromatic adoration removal selected.
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This image was captured using a Canon EOS 70D Astro-Modified Full Spectrum camera (with heat reduction system installed), Canon EF-S 10-22mm lens (at 10mm). No optical filters were used. Custom white balance was set during the day using a gray card.
Camera Settings:
Exposure: 5 Seconds. (10 Exposure Stiched Composite)
Aperture: f:3.5
ISO: 800
No tracking or guiding equipment used. WiFi controlled release via Canon EOS Remote app.
Small LED lanterns were used to illuminate the rocks.
Post processing: Photoshop Camera RAW was used to slightly increase Clarity. Noise was reduced a small amount. Chromatic adoration removal selected.
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This image was captured using a Canon EOS 6D Astro-Modified Full Spectrum camera (with heat reduction system installed), Nikon AF-S 14-24mm 2.8 lens. No optical filters were used. Custom white balance was set during the day using a gray card.
Camera Settings:
Exposure: 25 Seconds.
Aperture: f:2.8
ISO: 2000
No tracking or guiding equipment used. WiFi controlled release via Canon EOS Remote app.
Two small LED lanterns were used to illuminate the foreground rocks.
Post processing: Photoshop Camera RAW was used to slightly increase Clarity. Noise was reduced a small amount. Chromatic adoration removal selected.
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This image was captured using a Canon EOS 80D Astro-Modified Full Spectrum camera (with heat reduction system installed), Canon EF-S 10-22mm lens. On-Lens 590nm IR Filter used. Custom white balance was set during the day using a gray card.
Camera Settings:
Exposure: 250th of a Second.
Aperture: f:3.5
ISO: 100
2.0 second Self-timer release using Liveview.
Post processing: Photoshop Camera RAW was used to slightly increase Clarity. Noise was reduced a small amount to help. Chromatic adoration removal selected. Converted to Black & White using Photoshop CC.