Ic 4604 & M16

[Benny L]

http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa314/thephotoguy131/Astro/M16F.jpg

http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa314/thephotoguy131/Astro/IC4604.jpg

Not too happy with the noise that is in the IC4604 image.. will have to get it into neat image and clean it up a bit :screwy:

other than that both images are straight from the camera, some minor sharpening & levels adjustments applied.

RGB Combined = 3 hours exposure for IC4604 & 1 hour for M16

[jase]

Good work Benny. Its hard to see what's going on with the small resolution images provided. In my opinion, I wouldn't bother sharpening the images when operating at this focal length. You'll probably do more damage than good, especially with the M16 wide field image. You can still sharpen, but make sure you mask the layer to sharpen the areas of interest, not the entire image. I'd suggest you raise the black point on the M16 image too. Look forward to seeing more.

[Phil]

Very nice Benny like the second one better.
Phil

[Garyh]

The second one is very nice...me likes it!
The M16 is nice too but needs a little more tweeking!
Nice work Benny!

[sjastro]

Nice images Benny.

If they are straight RGBs, you can reduce the noise by stacking the individual images into a synthetic luminance and process as an LRGB.

Regards

Steven

[Benny L]

Never thought of that.. might give it a crack.. cheers Steven :thumbsup:

[Alchemy]

looks like the second shots the favorite... me too, nice to see a blue image instead of all the red ones for a change.

[Tamtarn]

Two nice images Benny.

Have to agree M16 the favourite with us too !!