Took this shot over the course of 2 nights in September using my 10" newtonian telescope from my backyard in Bedford, NH. This is a composite of 5 10 minute exposures with a IDAS light pollution filter and 5 10 minute exposures with a hydrogen alpha filter. The hydrogen alpha filter allows me to shoot through sky fog and pollution and isolate the red part of the nebula. I then combined the HA image with the red channel of the original which adds depth and contrast to the image. Once combined I then adjusted color channels, contrast and some selective repair of overbrightened stars.
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I gave you a 7 in this challenge... Its pretty good, but your Orion photo I thought was your best I've seen. That'll probably be the standard I hold you to!
I would love to attend a workshop on how to do this. I used to love looking for constellations.
I'll always score good, even decent, astrophotography high, because I have such envy and respect for those who can do it. This is very good. I wish I had studied astronomy...
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