Polar Triptych - gaps filled

Hi all,

The original South Polar triptych came about when I had the inevitable reduction in image size from the pre-registering process in Registax, there were gaps to be filled but meanwhile I liked the idea of a Lunar triptych...
http://www.pbase.com/slammel/image/71016266/original

Two versions of the final gap filled mosaic :
http://www.pbase.com/slammel/image/71246070/original
http://www.pbase.com/slammel/image/71245699/original - large, very

Each of these images was made separately and was processed very differently as I find my way around the different techniques. The triptych by the pre-registered/2x method with a grid of around 48x 128 MAP, 200-300/5000 frames each section. The large version is a 2x enlargement of a standard 12 x 128 MAP, 900/5000 frames and the gaps in the triptych were filled with sections from this to create the smaller image.

Regards,
Stefan

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Hi Stefan -

A fantastic wide field panorama - thanks for posting it to this group!

Alan

Excellent processing, without over doing it, leaving details and shadows as they really look. It is just like looking through a fine scope on a good night.

Beautiful image Stefan.... just gorgeous!

A truly splendid image Stefan! A great processing job as usual.

Regards,
Ed Roach

Stefan,

I finally got my jaw out of hyper-extension from looking at this the first time I viewed it.

Nice work.

C