M-81, galaxy, 220min. exp (5 min subs.) Synta 120mm, Newton 200mm, canon 350d

I not too successful astrophotographer so I shall be glad to criticism

You hit the mark! Sharp focus, great detail of the spiral arms, not overly saturated center, pitch black background (no gradients - did you use flats? or Photoshop?). For me you accomplished successfully the capture of M81... ( Did you ever try M82 next to it? I would be curious to see your results. Congrats.

Your comment is quite wrong Georg , the image is perfect. So the success is established. Manfred

Great work! Don't sell yourself short.

 

--Lannie

Incredible shot. WOW X81 million.

And so I had to find out about M-81 galaxy here is another one

Great shot Georg. I have the same camera, but haven't got M81 as good as you have captured it. I will keep trying.

 

Regards,

 

Steve B.