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Hi All,

I have finally had a chance to process some data. I had a lot of trouble with the background of this one with a moderate flare/reflection streaming across the main galaxy.


A LRGB rendition.

Regards,
Tim


https://savannahskies.smugmug.com/Galaxyies/i-xpCk3Xg/A

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Yaaaaay!

Nice bright and colourful Tim, keep'em coming

Mike

[casstony]

Maybe a little overly bright but terrific image

[Tony_ (Tony)]

Nice one Tim.
How do you get the background so black? Admittedly, my skies are a light grey at best - but I can't get anywhere near that black without clipping.
Id it because you have dark (black) skies - or is it partly in the processing?


Regards,
Tony

[gregbradley]

A bright exposure of a fairly dim object. It must have been nice to have some dark skies with no smoke.

Greg.

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Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Yaaaaay!

Nice bright and colourful Tim, keep'em coming

Mike

Thanks Mike....yep only a few terabytes of data to dig in to here!!

Cheers,
Tim

Originally Posted by Tony_

Nice one Tim.
How do you get the background so black? Admittedly, my skies are a light grey at best - but I can't get anywhere near that black without clipping.
Id it because you have dark (black) skies - or is it partly in the processing?


Regards,
Tony

Hi Tony,
I think it is the processing I use....I had to get the flare/ star reflection away, but I generally like a darkish background.....
Regards,
Tim

Originally Posted by gregbradley

A bright exposure of a fairly dim object. It must have been nice to have some dark skies with no smoke.

Greg.

Hi Greg,
Yes, I am so sorry, but we have had clear skies up until the monsoon trough coming down in the last 10 days or so, no smoke!
Regards,
Tim

[marco (Marco Lorenzi)]

Hi Tim, I find the image a bit "violent" in contrast, I believe that muting a bit the brightness would actually give a more natural look, IMHO
Clear skies
Marco

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Originally Posted by marco

Hi Tim, I find the image a bit "violent" in contrast, I believe that muting a bit the brightness would actually give a more natural look, IMHO
Clear skies
Marco

Thanks very much Marco! Yes, I can see what you are getting at....thanks very much for the advice. I will do a version 2!

Cheers,
Tim

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A version 2..... I have tried to reduce the brightness and contrast and I have done a bit of noise reduction.

https://savannahskies.smugmug.com/Galaxyies/i-T9SvZKv/A


Thanks,
Tim

[Paul Haese]

I like that second linked image. Nice colour and detail Tim.

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Originally Posted by Paul Haese

I like that second linked image. Nice colour and detail Tim.

Thanks Paul!

[Geoff45 (Geoff)]

yes, the second image is way better. nicely done