Lovely Rick, about what I expected after your little galaxy tasters ...the colour is certainly bold and contrasty and the HII regions perhaps a little lipstick in contrast to the arms but personal taste that...grows on ya if you look at it for a while. Some lovely detail across the galaxy and plenty of exposure has done the trick with picking up faint fuzzies, Mike BJ will love it .. very nice work fella
Lovely Rick, about what I expected after your little galaxy tasters ...the colour is certainly bold and contrasty and the HII regions perhaps a little lipstick in contrast to the arms but personal taste that...grows on ya if you look at it for a while. Some lovely detail across the galaxy and plenty of exposure has done the trick with picking up faint fuzzies, Mike BJ will love it .. very nice work fella
Thanks, Mikey! I might wind it back a little. Always hard to tell. Looks great on my bigass processing monitor but a touch oversaturated on my laptop.
Hi Rick,
that's a top image.
I like the way you've handled the background -
you weren't afraid to leave some noise in it
whereas some people would have smoothed it all out & lost the detail.
The background also shows the black area around M83 which
is missing from so many pics yet is real.
The dead bright center of M83 looks hardened & over sharpened
but that's the only thing I can find for a possible improvement.
It is certainly vibrant on my laptop but doesn't look too over the top
I agree with Allan, the bright core looks like it's been smashed a little but other than that
Great work Rick (and Martin). I get the feeling you've tried hard to show background cirrus and the black swirl around it as well as making M83 pop. Stunning......
Spectacular stuff Rick although I'm thinking the HII regions are perhaps just a bit overdone.
Thanks, Steve. I might wind it back just a bit...
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Originally Posted by alpal
Hi Rick,
that's a top image.
I like the way you've handled the background -
you weren't afraid to leave some noise in it
whereas some people would have smoothed it all out & lost the detail.
The background also shows the black area around M83 which
is missing from so many pics yet is real.
The dead bright center of M83 looks hardened & over sharpened
but that's the only thing I can find for a possible improvement.
Thanks, Allan. I agree the core is a bit rough and will see if I can improve it.
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Originally Posted by Camelopardalis
That’s an interesting reference image Rick
Loads of raspberry ripple too, or is that just a pommie flavour?
Thanks, Dunk. I think we have it too
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Originally Posted by Atmos
It is certainly vibrant on my laptop but doesn't look too over the top
I agree with Allan, the bright core looks like it's been smashed a little but other than that
Ta, Colin.
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Originally Posted by RobF
Great work Rick (and Martin). I get the feeling you've tried hard to show background cirrus and the black swirl around it as well as making M83 pop. Stunning......
Thanks, Rob. Yes, I tried to leave some of the faint stuff. There's a star stream on the left but very faint. Needs a lot more data or a faster scope.
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Originally Posted by astroron
Definitely looks good enough to eat, Rick
Strawberry flavour is a nice filling.
Great pic.
...the colour is certainly bold and contrasty and the HII regions perhaps a little lipstick in contrast to the arms but personal taste that...grows on ya if you look at it for a while. Some lovely detail across the galaxy and plenty of exposure has done the trick with picking up faint fuzzies, Mike BJ will love it 
.. very nice work fella 
