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27-07-2020, 08:11 AM
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Narrowing the band
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A stunningly beautiful photo.
Mike you're giving us a whole new way of looking at nebulae in natural colour, where you use the general milky way star fields as a beautiful golden sandy background, making it both look pretty (not just more raw liver and lavender) and adding astrophysical meaning by showing those hyper-abundant quiet stable long-lived stars. That approach makes adding in the NB data natural and easy and pleasing to the eye. Brilliant.
We both made many "wow" and "yum" noises.
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27-07-2020, 01:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Placidus
A stunningly beautiful photo.
Mike you're giving us a whole new way of looking at nebulae in natural colour, where you use the general milky way star fields as a beautiful golden sandy background, making it both look pretty (not just more raw liver and lavender) and adding astrophysical meaning by showing those hyper-abundant quiet stable long-lived stars. That approach makes adding in the NB data natural and easy and pleasing to the eye. Brilliant.
We both made many "wow" and "yum" noises.
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Very philosophical thanks very much Ladies and Bruces
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27-07-2020, 07:58 PM
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Mostly harmless...
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Wow, well that's moderately amazing Mike.
Oh OK, amazingly amazing!
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27-07-2020, 08:00 PM
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Nice image Mike. Composition, detail and colours are great. I concur with the golden stars, maybe a tad over really, but that is infinitely better than not showing them at all.
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28-07-2020, 09:18 AM
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Originally Posted by RobF
Wow, well that's moderately amazing Mike.
Oh OK, amazingly amazing!
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Originally Posted by Paul Haese
Nice image Mike. Composition, detail and colours are great. I concur with the golden stars, maybe a tad over really, but that is infinitely better than not showing them at all.
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Cheers Rob and Paul
In response to the processing feedback, I've had a play with the image but didn't come up with anything more satisfactory, so, I have left it for now
Mike
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28-07-2020, 01:04 PM
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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
Cheers Rob and Paul
In response to the processing feedback, I've had a play with the image but didn't come up with anything more satisfactory, so, I have left it for now
Mike
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I don't know if you use Photoshop but:
Selective colours/yellow/reduce cyan to nothing makes the colour more golden.
Further improved by: Saturation/yellow/move tint slider towards the blue a bit.
It seemed to only change those golden stars and nothing else.
Greg.
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28-07-2020, 01:40 PM
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Originally Posted by gregbradley
I don't know if you use Photoshop but:
Selective colours/yellow/reduce cyan to nothing makes the colour more golden.
Further improved by: Saturation/yellow/move tint slider towards the blue a bit.
It seemed to only change those golden stars and nothing else.
Greg.
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Thanks for the suggestions but sounds pretty much like what I tried.... slight adjustments like that are really just going to change how the image looks on some monitors/tablet/phone screens and not others, some for the better some for the worse, we all think our monitor is the best and as I said, I have weird eyes
Mike
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30-07-2020, 09:05 AM
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Well done Mike!
I have enjoyed the interesting colour discussions.
A beautiful composition.
Cheers,
Tim
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30-07-2020, 09:31 AM
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I love how its so deep it makes the Lagoon look like a giant foot, with the Lagoon as the heel. Great colours too
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30-07-2020, 10:07 AM
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great shot of a classic combo mike
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30-07-2020, 12:18 PM
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Originally Posted by topheart
Well done Mike!
I have enjoyed the interesting colour discussions.
A beautiful composition.
Cheers,
Tim
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Thanks Timmbo, Like the Rho region in Scorpius, it was a must do for sure
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Originally Posted by tornado33
I love how its so deep it makes the Lagoon look like a giant foot, with the Lagoon as the heel. Great colours too
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Thanks Scotty
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Originally Posted by rustigsmed
great shot of a classic combo mike
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Indeed, Russ, the last time I captured the scene was back in about 1986 with a Pentax 6X7 and 300mm F4 lens on B&W film. Unfortunately I don't have the result to make a comparison but suffice to say, there is a biiiiiiiiiiiig difference ...for starters, in comparison, the stars in the film shot looked more like over exposed planets ie they were more like white discs, not points
Mike
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09-08-2020, 12:46 PM
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A cold wet Sunday ... so...I've removed the posturisation of the blues that was evident in a couple of small areas, reduced the slight green cast in the star fields, reduced the noise (using lighten mode blending of the RGB, not noise filter/reduction) in the dark lanes and improved the general colour variation across the scene
Same links as in the original post
Mike
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09-08-2020, 03:31 PM
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Very nicely done. Turned an excellent image to a superb image.
Its such a rich tapestry of colour and detail.
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09-08-2020, 07:34 PM
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Originally Posted by gregbradley
Very nicely done. Turned an excellent image to a superb image.
Its such a rich tapestry of colour and detail.
Greg.
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Thanks a lot Greg ....there are so many other classic fields in the vicinity that suit the 4degX4deg square field too, not enough time
Sigh..the problems we have to endure
Mike
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11-08-2020, 12:55 PM
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Well done Mike,
Looks like you are getting some amazing imaged with your TAK refractor!
John K.
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11-08-2020, 01:36 PM
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Holy crap Strongman, kapow
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11-08-2020, 07:35 PM
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Originally Posted by John K
Well done Mike,
Looks like you are getting some amazing imaged with your TAK refractor!
John K.
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Originally Posted by TrevorW
Holy crap Strongman, kapow
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Thanks a lot John and Trevor Yes, the FSQ106EDX4 is a masterpiece of imaging glass, eats up the tiny 37mm X 37mm, 16803 chip with ease
Mike
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12-08-2020, 01:11 PM
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Wasn't too keen on the original rendition but I like the repro better. Something funky still going on in M20 blue reflection neb though. Looks like the red channel has been adducted by aliens.
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12-08-2020, 04:26 PM
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Nice one Mike; me likes.
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12-08-2020, 05:08 PM
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Originally Posted by multiweb
Wasn't too keen on the original rendition but I like the repro better. Something funky still going on in M20 blue reflection neb though. Looks like the red channel has been adducted by aliens.
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Hey, I'm ok with funky Its funny, I wrote an article for Sky and Space magazine, a few years ago, in conjunction with David Malin, about the colours of the Trifid Nebula.... and my understanding is that the nebulosity around the magenta/pink central Trifid, is indeed a slight teal colour....and given my inclusion of some OIII, I may have showcased this a little more than other Trifid shots but..oh well ..Overall I was very happy with the out come, I can now put this classic field in the, done that basket ..The decision now is, what to do next while the Milky Way is passing over head through the night
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Originally Posted by codemonkey
Nice one Mike; me likes.
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Cool, I'm glad to hear it Lee
Mike
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