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Old 27-07-2020, 08:11 AM
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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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Old 27-07-2020, 01:58 PM
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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.
Very philosophical thanks very much Ladies and Bruces
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Old 27-07-2020, 07:58 PM
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Wow, well that's moderately amazing Mike.
Oh OK, amazingly amazing!
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Old 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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Old 28-07-2020, 09:18 AM
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Wow, well that's moderately amazing Mike.
Oh OK, amazingly amazing!
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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.
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

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Old 28-07-2020, 01:04 PM
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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
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.

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Old 28-07-2020, 01:40 PM
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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.
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

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Old 30-07-2020, 09:05 AM
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Well done Mike!
I have enjoyed the interesting colour discussions.
A beautiful composition.
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Old 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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Old 30-07-2020, 10:07 AM
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great shot of a classic combo mike
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Old 30-07-2020, 12:18 PM
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Well done Mike!
I have enjoyed the interesting colour discussions.
A beautiful composition.
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Thanks Timmbo, Like the Rho region in Scorpius, it was a must do for sure

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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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great shot of a classic combo mike
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

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Old 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

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Old 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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Old 09-08-2020, 07:34 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.

Greg.
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

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Old 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!

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Old 11-08-2020, 01:36 PM
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Holy crap Strongman, kapow
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Old 11-08-2020, 07:35 PM
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Well done Mike,

Looks like you are getting some amazing imaged with your TAK refractor!

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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

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Old 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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Old 12-08-2020, 04:26 PM
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Nice one Mike; me likes.
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Old 12-08-2020, 05:08 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.
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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Nice one Mike; me likes.
Cool, I'm glad to hear it Lee

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