M8 - HaRGB

[codemonkey]

Finally got a just enough RGB to go with that nice Ha data I got recently. Nebulae aren't my strong point, especially HaRGB but I think this one came out ok.

Full res / high quality here (https://www.astrobin.com/full/417359).

Edit: New new version

[Slawomir]

Fantastic image Lee - you inspired me to try HaRGB with my next image :thumbsup:

[Paul Haese]

That is rather nice Lee. The detail in the core is excellent. Looks like the scope is well tuned now.

[Atmos]

That's come out really well Lee with a lot of fine contrasty detail all the way down to the hourglass.

[JA]

Wonderful image Lee :thumbsup:

Best
JA

[codemonkey]

Thanks very much all, appreciate the feedback :-) I've made a new revision now using only Ha for the luminance, as that data was a bit better than the RGB data (though that was very good too). I think it's better... though I always tend to think that of reprocesses and then with time decide that I made it worse :p



Cheers Paul :-) Still got some more work to do on the scope; now I have some tilt that needs resolving... not sure what I'd do without a problem though, maybe I'd get bored.

[strongmanmike]

An excellent M8 Lee, beautiful colour and a natural gaseous look, very nice, it looks real :thumbsup: The only thing I recon you might consider doing though, is selecting those vague blue halos around the brighter blue stars and just add some magenta/reduce the blue to blend them better with the gas.

Mike

[codemonkey]

Thanks Mike, that's good feedback. Those halos came up as a consequence of using only Ha for the luminance of the nebula. I'll have a shot at that... tricky part will be getting the mask.

[strongmanmike]

As it is not a large number of stars needing attention, you could just manually lasso the more obvious halos and feather in PS then adjust the colour...?

Mike

[Bart]

That is very nice. Great colour and detail, nice and smooth. :thumbsup:

[ChrisV]

Really like the colour and detail in this.

[codemonkey]

I don't have PS, I only use PixInsight these days and masks are one thing I find a bit lacking. Nevertheless, I think I managed it. Two biggest stars still aren't great but the rest are a lot better.





Thanks very much guys :-)

[strongmanmike]

Nice work Lee, as I said, really is an excellent M8 close up :thumbsup:

Mike

[gregbradley]

A lovely Lagoon. Great detail and colour. A bit of chromatic aberration around those stars though. Lightroom chromatic aberration sliders work best for that. Also in Photoshop under camera raw filter.

Greg.

[willik]

Great shot Lee
Martin

[Ross G]

Great colour and detail Lee.


I very nice looking closeup photo.


Ross.

[multiweb]

Beautiful close up. Really nice. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: