In a closer look of the Running chicken nebula (IC2944) you can see a series of black clumps dotted against the background - they are known as Bok globules.
Dark Bok globules absorb the light from their more luminous background.
These globules are potential sites for condensation of newborn stars.

Please see next image for a closer look...

Imaged with the 16" f3.75 Dream Astrograph.
Apogee Alta U-16M camera.

Ha-O3-S2 Hubble color mapped.
RGB for the stars
Ha - 60 min
O3,S2 30 minutes each Bin 2x2
RGB 6 minutes per channel Bin 2x2

(Total of 2 hrs 18 minutes minutes )

Imaged from Tivoli farm in Namibia July 2013.