Colourful LMC mosaic.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Hi,

Here's some Photo shop trickery to bring out HA regions while leaving the cyans in this 4 panel mosaic with an unmodded Canon 1100D.
I think it's all in the right spots.:question:
Anyway it was good fun to do, chipped away at over the past month.

7 x 8 minute subs per panel, at ISO 1600, 4panels at f/6 220mm standard 80 to 300mm kit lens.
Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker .Processed in PS Cs2.

Cheers,

Justin.

[Stevec35]

Nice bit of trickery there Justin. It looks good to me.

Cheers

Steve

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Thanks Steve!:thumbsup:

Always a little hard to know what's right.

Cheers,

Justin.

[Rex]

Beautiful Justin. Love the wild field view of this area.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Thanks Rex!:thumbsup:

Mosaics are fun and the best way to do the LMC.

Cheers,

Justin.

[Larryp]

Great result, Justin

[pluto]

So much stuff going on in there, nice image :)

[cometcatcher]

I can't see the trickery so good job! I remember when I first moved here 34 years ago I could see the LMC easy by eye, now I can barely see it and it's not just my eyes.

[Paul Haese]

Nicely composed wide field Justin. And; it looks like everyone is doing this region at the moment. Well not everyone but it is a popular area.

[Camelopardalis]

Beautiful Justin, well done :thumbsup:

[atalas]

Love the LMC !great work Justin.

[RickS]

Great mosaic'ing, Justin!

[alpal]

Hi Justin,
Very nice,
I wonder what it would look like if you split the channels -
then swapped blue & red - then recombined?

cheers
Allan

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Thanks Laurie!:thumbsup:



Thanks Hugh!:thumbsup:

What really intrigues me is the different colours you get in the LMC compared to our own galactic nebula.
I wonder if someone has an explanation???:question:



Thanks Kevin!:thumbsup:

Light pollution sucks!!




Thanks Paul!:thumbsup:

Yep, I've been following your LMC nebula images, great colour and resolution.:thumbsup:
I've a two panel mosaic of the same area which I'll post later.



Thanks Dunk!:thumbsup:



Thanks Louie!:thumbsup:



Thanks Rick!:thumbsup:

I must admit mosaics are a lot easier now with programmes like ICE, don't know if I would have the patience to do it Photo shop.



Thanks Allan!:thumbsup:

That's a good idea!
Must try that out, wonder if anyone else has done that:question:

[Andre27]

Great image , love it.

[Ross G]

Great looking wide photo Justin.

Nice colours and details.

Your "magic tricks" are producing better and better looking photos.

Ross.

[alpal]

Yes - you might not need the
"Photo shop trickery to bring out HA regions" if you do that.
I've seen it done before on the LMC with DSLR data.
I think there is something about the Bayer matrix on a DSLR that causes problems with colours on the LMC & SMC.

cheers
Allan

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Thanks Andre!:thumbsup:



Thanks Ross!:thumbsup:

Nothing like tarting up the image.:D



Thanks for that Allan!:thumbsup:

Cheers,

Justin.

[Shiraz]

lovely work Justin - looks just "right"

[multiweb]

Wow! That's very nice. Love the colors. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[strongmanmike]

Hmm? missed commenting on this one :question: This is a very nice capture Justin, quite balanced and enough field to show many of the interesting LMC tid bits many people (including myself) are shooting this time of year :thumbsup:

Mike

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Thanks Ray!:thumbsup:



Thanks Marc!:thumbsup:



Thanks Mike!:thumbsup:

Glad it's useful as a reference image.

Cheers,

Justin.