Antares/Rho/Blue Horsehead repro

[troypiggo]

Couldn't help myself. Had to go back and see how much more dust I could dig out. I decided to use some of Rogelio's tricks to accentuate it. Unfortuntately for the keen eyes, it also exaggerates the vignetting.

Anyway, here 'tis alongside the previous version.

[strongmanmike]

Yeah, nice work :thumbsup:...dunno which I prefer though as I do like the bold star field :question:...but both are good.

Mike

[RickS]

I'm undecided as well, Troy. Is there a bigger version somewhere?

[multiweb]

I like the one with less stars.

[nebulosity.]

Very nice :thumbsup:

Jo

[dutch2]

They're both great images, well done.
:thumbsup:

[Regulus]

Nicely done Troy. I like them.

[Rod771]

Gee that's effective, but I prefer the second one. That's just me though, they're both very good! :thumbsup:

[troypiggo]

Thanks mate. Personal taste, I suppose. Must admit, at web viewing scales I like the reduced star version. But at 100% I just noticed it's a bit ugly with artefacts from the star reduction and the original is better.



Here's some 1920px versions, and a mosaic of the corners, edges and middle using the PI script AberrationInspector:

Original: 1920px (http://piggo.com/filechute/antares/Antares_1920.jpg), corners at 100% (http://piggo.com/filechute/antares/antares_corners.jpg)
Reduced stars: 1920px (http://piggo.com/filechute/antares/Antares2_1920.jpg), corners at 100% (http://piggo.com/filechute/antares/antares2_corners.jpg).



Thanks mate.



Thankyou.



Cheers.



Thankyou.



Sure is, hey. I hadn't thought about it til I attempted these - that reducing the stars makes such a difference in making the nebulosity and dust more visible.

[RickS]

I like the reduced stars version after seeing the 1920px images, Troy. Very tasty!

[Ross G]

Hi Troy,

Great looking photo of a beautiful part of the sky.

I really like the "less stars" version.

Very nice composition as well.

Ross.