Opinion request: NGC 3324

[baileys2611]

Hi Colleagues and Betters,


May I ask your opinion. Darker or lighter? One shot shows more detail, the other more contrast and I am not sure what is preferred by those with more experience than I. May I ask your opinion please?


Thanks for looking,
Simon.

[Stevec35]

Hard to say. My preference would be for the lighter one because the bright star isn't blown out so much. You could always just blend the two until you get a mix that satisfies.

Cheers

Steve

[RickS]

I'm also voting for somewhere between the two. The lighter one has no data at the left of the histogram. The darker one is a bit black clipped.

Cheers,
Rick.

[LewisM]

I combined the 2 images in PS6 (using layer align - the scale of the 2 are different), with the darker image as the base image. I changed the top layer to an 85% luminence layer, and then also removed the green.

You may not like this but we all have different tastes :)

[E_ri_k]

I'd prefer a mix of both..I feel your dark is a tad too dark. A somewhere in between would be good.

Erik

[baileys2611]

Excellent, thanks for the feedback. Lewis - great idea combining the two! I might give that a go. I use Gimp 2 for my PS equivalent fiddling.