a different kind of astrophoto

[moonshinegnomie]

more of an experiment than anything else but i think i like it

[Solly Mack]

1. Spirograph. Sky drawing version.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Well, it certainly is different! Looks like it's growing hair.

What is it?



On edit: I see Solly Mack knows what it is. Thanks, Solly! A spirograph.

[moonshinegnomie]

3. its actually started out as a nebula

the veil nebula.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. That was quite a transformation. Thanks for explaining it! nt

[CrispyQ]

5. My grandmother crocheted pillow decorations that looked like that.

[usonian]

6. Enter the vortex, Beeblebrox.

[HAB911]

7. you KNOW I love that!

does this use the polar coordinates function? that is something I have on my to-do list, which is getting longer not shorter!

Love it!

[moonshinegnomie]

8. no

i started with a photo i took o the veil nebula
removed the stars using star exterminator plug in (a plug in i used for a lot of my astro photos,it lets me edit the nebula and stars seperatly)

then i duplicated the nebula and rotated it 20 degrees. i used the lighted layer blend mode
i basically repeated this 20 times although i had to sometimes edit the intermediate results to keep the background black
over all its 18 layers each rotated 20 degrees to make the full circle

[HAB911]

9. Excellent! Really beautiful