Lagoon Nebula

[mynameiscd]

Hi all,
Been a while since I've been here so I better pop in and have a look.
Looks like everyone is still producing outstanding images.

Lagoon Nebula
Captured this on Friday night during my Twitch Stream.
Very clear night and also freezing cold too!
But overcooked in saturation but I kinda like it.
@gibsonpics has inspired me to keep grabbing that saturation slider!!
40x5 mins (3 hours 20 mins).
Skywatcher BD 150mm
Canon 450D
Heq5 mount
Processed in Astro Pixel Processor and Photoshop.

Cheers
Andy

[Nikolas]

There is so much more data to extract from this image, you have clipped the darks too far. Have a go at toning down the contrast and you'll have a superb image.

[mynameiscd]

Hi Nicolas,
I was trying to get that sort of image of really clipped black point with oversaturated colours to make it pop.
I just did a 5 minute Pixinsight process to tone it down a bit.
Cheers
Andy

[mynameiscd]

I forgot to sharpen.

Cheers
Andy

[Sunfish]

That worked. Looks good.

[Startrek]

Andy
Nice Lagoon with plenty of detail
Although a bit rich in red bias for my taste
Well done !

[xelasnave]

Great images but not enough saturation.;)
Alex

[mynameiscd]

Thanks Ray, Martin and Alex

I'm starting to push the colour a bit lately.
It may not be technically be right but when you replace the eyepiece with a camera then all the rules go out the door and its more of an artistic interpretation rather than true colours otherwise is just fuzzy black and white version of what our eyes see.
That's why I love your colour pallet you use Alex. Technically not "correct" but really artistically pleasing and what is correct anyway?
I've seen NASA do it with Hubble data and replace the red channel with a blend of Oxygen and Ha and Sulphur to the blue channel but highlights certain dust formations.
Lately Have been playing around with gigabytes of free data from the US.
Its through a 17 inch Planewave and a RASA.
The owner of the remote observatories is freely giving away high end data for people to play with and compare processing. Some of the colour work is amazing but when you have 7 filters to use it gets quite interesting and its all up to personal interpretation.
Its probally all this lockdown and living with an artist has rubbed off a bit.
Anyway thanks for looking.
Cheers
Andy