NGC6334 narrowband

[gregbradley]

I took this a while ago. I added to it as clear nights became available.

9 hours and 10 minutes of narrowband plus some colour. I played with the colour palette for a while and settled on this which is a bit unusual but I thought it looked the best of the versions I made.

I like the tendrilled nebula the best. It looks like the jellyfish nebula in the northern hemisphere nebulas we don't see here.


http://www.pbase.com/gregbradley/image/161900896/large regular size

http://www.pbase.com/gregbradley/image/161900896/original large size



Greg.

[Slawomir]

Really nice shot Greg!

I really like the colours, and my favourite would be the "sea shell" nebula in the top left :)

[gregbradley]

Thanks Slawomir. Its an unusual palette and I used that link you sent me for the modified Hubble. Its not exactly that but it was based on it.

Greg.

[RickS]

I like the colouring too, Greg. Not as angry looking as my last effort :)

[gregbradley]

Thanks Rick.

I've added an alternate colour version which is more saturated.

http://www.pbase.com/gregbradley/image/161900896/large

Greg.

[RickS]

I think that lifts it just a little more, Greg.

[Atmos]

At first glance it looks a bit like the Cats Paw. Very nice shot and interesting colour pallet :)

[gregbradley]

Thanks Rick. Yes I like it better. The original is a bit muted for my taste as I generally prefer saturated colour.

Greg.

[gregbradley]

Yep its the Cats Paw. It looks a lot different in narrowband doesn't it?

I think narrowband suits this object as it can be a bit boring in LRGB.

Greg.

[Placidus]

Very sharp and very nicely detailed, Greg. Well processed. Nice balance between faint features and bright detail.

The unusual colour mapping caused us to look at in a fresh light, which was fun.

What colours have you mapped H-alpha and OIII to? Our guess is blue for H-alpha and a sort of salmon for OIII.

[gregbradley]

Thanks Mike. Its green to Ha red to S11 and blue to O111 as usual but then some shifts per the modified Hubble palette of Rob Franke I think it was and then some tweaking using the selective colour tool, extra blending layers.

Greg.

[Andy01]

:thumbsup::thumbsup:Well that's a sexy image isn't it!
Deep, moody & spot on with your choice of colour in the saturated version :)
You've gotta be happy with that ;)

[Slawomir]

The second version with more saturated colours is even better, I reckon it deserves a quality print and some space on a wall in the living room :thumbsup:

[gregbradley]

Thanks Andy. High praise from you and Slawomir - the local narrowband kings of the trade!



Thanks for that. It turned out good in the end. I took a long time to process it to where I was happy. I have found a number of my imaging projects are a bit stalled as the processing doesn't go to a place where I am happy.
PixInsight has been helpful in a few of those.

Greg.

[LucasB]

Lovely image Greg. The colour palette is very appealing.
Lucas

[gregbradley]

Thanks Lucas. I like that palette also. The standard one wasn't working that well on this image.

Greg.

[Flugel88]

Interesting colour pallet I like it :)

[gregbradley]

Different, unusual! I like it too.

Greg.

[Somnium]

Great image Greg , it is really different but done extremely well

[topheart]

Hi Greg,

Yes, it is different.

I'm going to keep coming back to look at it....it challenges me.

All the best,
cheers,
Tim

[gregbradley]

Thanks Aidan.



Thanks Tim.

Greg.

[Slawomir]

Ha ha, thanks Greg. Andy's narrowband skills are surely excellent, but I am not quite sure about that other guy...

But your photo deserves praising (and printing) for sure :thumbsup:

[Stevec35]

Looks great on my iPad Greg. Lovely detail!

Steve

[gregbradley]

You're being modest.



Thanks Steve.

Greg.

[strongmanmike]

Overall a cool shot of a cool neb Greg, the contrasting neb shapes always amazes me and I quite like the tight crop but to me the processing looks a bit pushed and harsh in places and the star shapes detract a tad, what do you think caused that?

Mike

[Nico13]

Very nice work Greg and yes the colour palette gets a tick from me also.
Thanks for showing.

[gregbradley]

Thanks Ken.

Greg.

[Shiraz]

I have also been coming back to this one - wasn't sure what to make of it, but it has been growing on me. Overall, it's an original and impressive image with appealing colour.

[gregbradley]

Its not for everyone and as you say its different and the colours are striking and I personally like the tendrilled nebula and the surrounding blue reflection nebula that looks a lot like the Crescent Nebula. Being narrowband its rather artificial but hey that's the freedom of narrowband.

Greg.

[astronobob]

Fantastic, & amazingly done Greg, The 2nd rendition looks even betterra.
Champion Image :cool2: :cool2:

[gregbradley]

Cheers Bob. I am glad that you like it.

Greg.

[graham.hobart]

Greg, that is pretty cool. It's almost sepia and quite surreal. It brings out certain details I have never noticed before.
Cheers
Graham

[rustigsmed]

very nice Greg, I thought I had already commented on this but turns out I hadn't.
I like the palette you've chosen, the jelly fish is looking good :thumbsup:

[gregbradley]

Thanks Graham. It was a bit of an experiment and its good to have alternate ways of presenting the data.



Thanks Russ. Appreciate your compliment.

Greg.

[Fabiomax]

Wow,
Watching large size It looks impressive . The colors make excellent contrast and details of the nebula!
Cheers
Fabiomax

[gregbradley]

Thanks very much Fabiomax.

Greg.

[gregbradley]

Yeah, over 1000 views. That makes it one of my most popular images ever.

Greg.