Here's a few pics from my previous work to help this page get started. Feel free to distribute this stuff if you want - it is dumbed down for the web and is pretty low resolution though. All these pics were shot with DSLR's and I have attempted to keep the colors true to life, without any creative substitutions or artsy interpretations. All have been shot with custom white balance created in the camera with a gray card (except the Orion neb - it is from an un modded Nikon). I began my AP (astrophotography) with a stock Nikon D50 and D70, but have since moved to a Canon XSi (450D) that I have opened up and modified by removing the IR cut filter in order to improve the red response of the sensor. You can find the directions for this modification on the web at Gary Honis' website.
The first image is the area around Alnitak, in the belt of Orion. This complex is an imaging favorite due to the horsehead (dark) nebula and the flame nebula.
This next frame is IC 405 located in Auriga. It is a faint nebula that has a beautiful purple glow. I intend to revisit this one to do better justice to it this next year.
Here is the "Leo Trio" in all their glory. Bright galaxies that are easy targets for observers as well.
M27, the "dumbell nebula," so-called because of its shape. Actually the remains of an exploded star, this is another bright, easy target for visual observers.
This is the "Great Orion Nebula" which is the middle star of Orion's sword. Perhaps the brightest and most well known of the northern hemisphere's deep sky targets.
And M51, the "whirlpool galaxy," with its beautiful color palette of blues. I really want to shoot this again with a better image scale suitable for the object.
