Processing of Milky Way using DSS (Help please!)

[Mr. Peri Peri]

Hi,

I took some shots of the Milky Way to stack using Deep Sky Stacker and was fully expecting to see a bit of detail there but am not having much luck at all. Was hoping someone could take a look at the images and see what their thoughts were, maybe where I could be going wrong or if I'm just expecting to much.

First picture is an example of a single frame that is being used in the stacking process. There are 44 all together, 9 of them dark frames.


IMG_2734 by MrPeriPeri, on Flickr

Second picture is of a stacked result from DSS and have played a little in Photoshop with Curves:


Stacked by MrPeriPeri, on Flickr

Third photo is a single frame that I have played with in Photoshop as a comparison to the stacked image:


Single Shot Result by MrPeriPeri, on Flickr

I think there is a lot of data there and it could be a good image but I think my processing is screwing it up to be honest. I have tried following tutorials but not having any luck. If anyone has any advice or wants to have a play with the images and see what detail you can draw out please feel free.

Below is a separate image I took of the Milky Way and was expecting something was like this, but have not been able to produce anything close.


Sky 2 by MrPeriPeri, on Flickr

Any help will be very much appreciated!

Phil

 

[Mr. Peri Peri]

I tried to get as far away from the light pollution as I could (living near London doesn't help ).

Hopefully I got the Milky Way in that shot! Will feel a bit stupid if not lol I thought it basically spread across the sky from horizon to horizon. I had checked on Stellarium before going out so I knew where to shoot but as I am pretty new to this there is a good chance I may have got it wrong