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Beehive (M44) and King Cobra (M67) Clusters




Photographed by Colin Clark on April 10 2005 at Mactier, Ontario

Exposure: 30 minutes on Kodak Ektachrome 200 (Pushed +1)
Camera: Bronica ETR with 150mm lens at f/4
Notes: This is my first successful shot with the Bronica medium format camera; the lens has a fair bit of vignetting but is sharp to the corners even wide open! My composition was a little off, so this version is a cropped close-up of about two-thirds of the full 6 x 4.5cm frame.
Processing: I used a simple vignetting mask to correct the falloff in the corners of this lens, and then simply made basic levels and curves adjustments for contrast and to set the tone of the background.


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