Ok, this is most likely to the tastes of some and not to others. I followed some of Adam Blocks tutorials in photoshop and did a 30% Ha blend on top of a LRGB. So now effectively this is a HaLRGB.
Controlling the pink has been tough and still not 100% to my liking. I think I have the star colours right and the outer nebulosity is more magenta but maybe not as it should be. The blue is really there. No matter how much I reduced the saturation in this colour it just stays there.
This image is also half the size of the original. There is the odd dark ring around a star, particularly in the darker areas, but I just don't have this skill at present to control this or come across something that will work 100% I do think I have the halos pretty much as good as I can get it.
I can say I am happy with the image, but I invite anyone to let me know anything you think is not correct. It might not mean I will fix the problem but I like to see what people are thinking as being distracting. So Peter and Mikie S (I know it probably looks plastic still
but I tried mate I really did) feel free to let me know what is wrong with the image.
The image is very large and around 3.2meg, so if you are on dial up I am sorry.
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Finally, I just want to say thanks to all that contributed to the advice in the previous threads. I promise this is the last time I will post this image. Well maybe this year.