Tarantula wider view

[pkinchington]

I am finding it a challenge to try and make the Tarantula Nebula stand out from the background without overcooking the image.
Cheers Kanga

[JA]

Hi Peter,

It would help with suggestions from others to known what sort of exposure duration, ISO/gain etc.. & what gear you used for the image, but at first suggestion try reducing the exposure time and/or ISO/Gain and see what you see.

... If you want to see the little guy:D in the middle then you'll need to go easy on the exposure/iso and/or try a darker location.

Also depending upon where you are in Melbourne, images can get washed out considerably due to the effects of light pollution reducing contrast significantly. Where we are in Melbourne the (artificial) sky brightness is not so good at 3130 µcd/m2, which is about 18x brighter than what it is at a truly dark location (~170 µcd/m2). You may be luckier than that depending on your suburb & local conditions- the further from the CBD the better.

Best
JA

[multiweb]

Nice fov and colours. Well done. :thumbsup:

[pkinchington]

Thanks Marc

[pkinchington]

I used 10in newtonian 2.75h total exp. (100s subs), 30 darks and 30 flats. Zero gain.

[Nikolas]

In Photoshop I make 2 layers, in the underlying layer I will tone down the highlights in the core, then in the upperlayer add a layer mask and paint out the bright core. It then shows the less blown out core underneath.
At least that's what I did here, in your initial stretching I would do it there and keep adding layers and adjust

[pkinchington]

Looks alot better:).