Airbrushed Space.

[bloodhound31]

I was playing around with photoshop and randomly clicking tools, when I discovered the airbrush function......WOW!...I love this thing! :thumbsup::eyepop:I spent half an hour blowing paint all over this square thing in front of me and this is the result....

[leon]

Now Barry that is a fine image what is that object exactly, :lol: :lol: well done mate it looks so real.

Leon :thumbsup:

[wasyoungonce]

OMG it's the 4th Quadrant...as in star trek Voyager:D

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galactic_quadrants_%28Star_Trek%29# Delta_Quadrant

[okiscopey]

Good one Barry! I've never used the airbrush tool .. looks like I'll have to phone you for a lesson! ;)

[dannat]

looks great Baz,:thumbsup: ,does anyone know if Gimp has a similar function. that pic is worthy of framing, is that 47-tuc in the top left?

[programmer]

There is an airbrush button in the toolbox, or just press A.

[Phil]

Great stuff Baz i do alot of art myself painting in oil. I was always interstrd in airbrushing to but have never had a go at it.
Phil

[ballaratdragons]

Hmmm, focus is a bit out! Try a longer exposure to bring the neb out more.
:rofl:

It's the Baz Nebula remnant :thumbsup:

[Ric]

Very nice Baz, it's quite realistic.

Cheers

[bloodhound31]

Sorry about that Ken..it's hard to meet your fine standards mate....:whistle:

Is this better?

[ballaratdragons]

Ahhh, yep, that's better Baz!
Focus spot on, filter seems to be working fine :lol:
Stacked nicely too :rofl:

Great artwork, Baz!!!!!:thumbsup:

[Garyh]

That looks like fun on a rainy day! Baz
Should have a competition who can make the best fake image :lol:
cheers

[bloodhound31]

That sounds like a GREAT idea! Who's up for it?

[Nightshift]

IMHO All photo's touched by Photoshop or any other image enhancer is a fake image (in fact, that's exactly what it is by defintion), which of course is most images. this is precisely why I dont bother with imaging, I'm an old fashioned astronomer, I like to see what the object looks like not what the imager imagines it to be.

Before you all go crook at me, this comment is not designed to offend, just my opinion FWIW.

Cheers. Dennis.

[bloodhound31]

That's OK Dennis, I think we can all totally understand where you are coming from in that regard and most would agree with you to some extent.

Looking through the telescope or through the eyes of the camera are two different fields, but I still very much appreciate the tremendous skill and effort of the capture of light and detail in an image.

Thats not to discredit artists, whos have just as much skills composing an image with inks and dyes on a canvas.

Both are forms of very skilled art IMHO and I for one, enjoy both. Can't wait to have another crack tonight during this thunderstorm.

Baz.:D

[bloodhound31]

This one took a little longer tonight, just over an hour.

[Ric]

Very nice Baz, that has a Veil Nebula feel to it

Cheers

[Garyh]

good one BAZ! :thumbsup:
Good colors and I like the Glob in it.
Great for a hours exposure!
in the process of making up one,
another hour or two work and it will be done!
I won`t get into that can of worms Dennis! :)

[bloodhound31]

Advice noted and applied....heres a three hour effort.....

One is a photo, one is my painting.....can you tell which one is which? lol....

Baz.:D

[Garyh]

I like the one on the right! LOL
Still havn`t finished mine yet...
Might called it the 6" ultra deep field :)
:thumbsup:

[Garyh]

Here`s my best galaxy image so far with my newt!...:eyepop:
Gives hubble a run for its money..:lol:
cheers
oh - 3 hours exposure in total!

[vash]

Even added the noise this time, should stack a couple of them

[bloodhound31]

Wow Gary! Top job mate. Nice detail.

Baz.:D