Lagoon inHubble Starless

[DJScotty]

Hi all. I know starless isn't everyone's kettle of fish, but I quite dig it. There is something amiss with my SII data somewhere.

I just discovered selective colour layering after the image is flattened. Quite powerful.

Full version here at 2x drizzle
http://www.astrobin.com/211994/

Thanks for looking
DJ Scotty:D

[gregbradley]

I quite like that Scotty.

Do you have a link about the selective colour layering? It sounds interesting.

Greg.

[strongmanmike]

Aaaah, yes, while these colours express less love they do look good and very 70's with the green/brown/orange tones :thumbsup:

Interesting view, I like it :)

Mike

[Bassnut]

Im a bit partial to starless, and this is a cracker. I like the colour. That layering sounds interesting.

[DJScotty]

Thanks Greg and fred.

The selective colour is a photoshop adjustment layer. You just select which colour range you want to play with and adjust the sliders.
I found it on bf-astro.com
http://bf-astro.com/hubbleP.htm

Mike, I love the 70s! My palette inspiration attached! :D

[gregbradley]

Thanks Scott.

That is a useful link. I've often admired that colour palette and think it suits many narrowband objects. Good timing as I have a couple of narrowband images I am about to process.

Greg.

[DJScotty]

No worries Greg. Happy to finally be giving something back!
The most intense adjustments come from the neutral and black colour selection. And just as a reference, I have uploaded the image prior to selective colour layering (or there abouts)

[Ryderscope]

There is definitely something cool with these starless renditions. A nice view indeed

[DJScotty]

Thanks Rodney. Fortunately it is pretty simple with Straton. BUT your subs have to be really good in regards to calibration, otherwise it looks like schyt!

[Slawomir]

Very interesting colours Scott :thumbsup:

I like your interpretation of the Lagoon, however, as you probably know I am not a big fan of starless images, they look to me lifeless (a bit like a ghost town)...

[DJScotty]

Thanks slawomir. The star positioning on the starry version was crap. Looked terrible.

[RickS]

Looks good, Scotty!

[DJScotty]

Thanks Rick. Congratulations to you too.

[Andy01]

Hey Scotty, that's funky - as in James Brown funky.

Very bold colours, kinda cool I reckon:)
Not sure if you're familiar with these links, but you might find the recipes interesting if you like creating with PS & selective colour :)

http://bf-astro.com/hubblep.htm

http://istarion.net/Picturepages/Processing/Modified%20hubble/Modified%20hubble.shtml

Cheers
Andy

[strongmanmike]

Wow, nice jumpers huh? :eyepop: :rofl:

[DJScotty]

Thanks very much Andy. Greatly appreciated. I like funky! (Get up, get on up, like a sex machine!)