Finally got a just enough RGB to go with that nice Ha data I got recently. Nebulae aren't my strong point, especially HaRGB but I think this one came out ok.
Thanks very much all, appreciate the feedback :-) I've made a new revision now using only Ha for the luminance, as that data was a bit better than the RGB data (though that was very good too). I think it's better... though I always tend to think that of reprocesses and then with time decide that I made it worse :p
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Originally Posted by Paul Haese
That is rather nice Lee. The detail in the core is excellent. Looks like the scope is well tuned now.
Cheers Paul :-) Still got some more work to do on the scope; now I have some tilt that needs resolving... not sure what I'd do without a problem though, maybe I'd get bored.
An excellent M8 Lee, beautiful colour and a natural gaseous look, very nice, it looks real The only thing I recon you might consider doing though, is selecting those vague blue halos around the brighter blue stars and just add some magenta/reduce the blue to blend them better with the gas.
An excellent M8 Lee, beautiful colour and a natural gaseous look, very nice, it looks real The only thing I recon you might consider doing though, is selecting those vague blue halos around the brighter blue stars and just add some magenta/reduce the blue to blend them better with the gas.
Mike
Thanks Mike, that's good feedback. Those halos came up as a consequence of using only Ha for the luminance of the nebula. I'll have a shot at that... tricky part will be getting the mask.
Thanks Mike, that's good feedback. Those halos came up as a consequence of using only Ha for the luminance of the nebula. I'll have a shot at that... tricky part will be getting the mask.
As it is not a large number of stars needing attention, you could just manually lasso the more obvious halos and feather in PS then adjust the colour...?
As it is not a large number of stars needing attention, you could just manually lasso the more obvious halos and feather in PS then adjust the colour...?
Mike
I don't have PS, I only use PixInsight these days and masks are one thing I find a bit lacking. Nevertheless, I think I managed it. Two biggest stars still aren't great but the rest are a lot better.
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Originally Posted by Bart
That is very nice. Great colour and detail, nice and smooth.
A lovely Lagoon. Great detail and colour. A bit of chromatic aberration around those stars though. Lightroom chromatic aberration sliders work best for that. Also in Photoshop under camera raw filter.
