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M42 - The Great Orion Nebula, Alessandro Cavallaro
M42 - The Great Orion Nebula
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M42 - The Great Orion Nebula

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M42 - The Great Orion Nebula, Alessandro Cavallaro
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M42 - The Great Orion Nebula

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No need for introduction... The Great Orion Nebula is the king (or the queen?) of the winter sky!

The greatest challenge capturing this celestial object is to balance the very bright central part with all the rest of this stunning nebula.

HDR technique can help a lot, but too much dynamic extension gives the nebula an unreal look totally different from it's reality.

I hope that with this version I gave a fair and beautiful appearance to those gorgeous hydrogen filaments!

Copyright: Alessandro Cavallaro

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M42 - The Great Orion Nebula, Alessandro Cavallaro