ChrisBeere

I have the 14mm f/1.8 and it does exhibit severe batwings at the faster apertures up to f/2.8 where it cleans up nicely and the batwings are completely gone by f/4.0 although some coma still ...

Great shot ! Reminds me of the first time i saw the Cocoon from the desert on the Saudi/UAE border back in 1997 with a pair of Vixen big binos !!!

Mark, The factors you describe closely support what i have experienced when experimenting with a modded camera without applying a white balance. You really have to attenuate the red hard to bring ...

In my experience the best you can do is observe the histogram. With a decent white balance and aligned RGB channels you will get a *true* colour image. From there it becomes subjective.

Another shot from the Kalahari run with the Sigma 105 and the 6D MKII. Data is pretty sketchy - focus is off and it needs more exposure but i managed to salvage a reasonable stitch out of it i ...

That's a beauty Michael ! Color is very nice.

Thanks guys ! Yeah the 105 is just insane at f/1.4, it really surprised me how deep it can go.

I posted an early draft of this a couple of weeks ago when i got back from the desert and have since managed to squeeze a bit more out of the data. Im heading back out to the Kalahari in January ...

Awesome punch in the H-Alpha knots. For me, the sheer strength of the H-Alpha data has overwhelmed the original color balance and lost that lovely blue/gold contrast you had in the original.

Really nice color and so many background galaxies !!

Beauty. Narrowband can often look garish but that is lovely and warm - a very late autumnal palette ! Top data and processing, you should be well pleased with that effort.

Yeah 2 rigs is actually pretty hard work. I ran a Fornax and an Astrotrac last time out and I was worn out by the end of the run. I had to carry the rigs one at a time from the guest room at Tivoli ...

Great rig ! I considered attempting something similar but opted to buy a second Fornax.

Thanks Greg ! I definitely plan to use it as a mosaicing lens in future so i can just crop all the rough stuff - Im going to try it out at f/4.0 and see how it goes. I have imaged the galactic ...

Another shot from my Namibia run. SQM hit 22.13 on this night and the Gegenschien was huge . Zodiacal band was the widest i have ever seen it - the whole ecliptic plane was blazingly bright. (1) Sigma ...

Thanks Michael ! Yeah, no words can do the Namibian sky justice. Out on the Savannah in true darkness is a sublime experience.

Thanks Greg !

Thanks for the encouraging words Rudy, really appreciate it. I have a few more images to share so stay tuned !

Awesome video really enjoyed it. Clearly a lot of work went into making it, respect. I toyed with the idea of visiting la Palma in January but decided on heading back to the Kalahari. January up on ...

Hey guys, just signed up so this is my first post. Just got back from Namibia last week and this is the first of my data sets to get processed. Its a 4 panel mosaic with my Canon 6D MK2 (modded) ...