Its Raining... Sidonio time....

[AlexN]

Well.. What else can we do when its raining but fiddle with old data...

Heres my M8+M20 image from September redone..

Details.
24x20min 7nm Ha
60x5min OSC

Total exposure time - 13 hours.

Ha Ha+R G B (Ha+R mixed 70:30)

Taken with:
Orion SS Pro + Baader 7nm Ha
TMB 80mm F/6 Triplet APO
HEQ5 Pro
QHY5 + WO ZS70ED guide setup.

Image 1 : Previous HaHaRGB attempt.
Image 2 : Sidonio'd data.

Cheers for looking...

[strongmanmike]

Yes a nice improvement in contrast Alex and you have revealed the fainter nebulosity bewteen M20 and M8 better in the second. I like the overal hue of the Lagoon in the fist one though.

Looking foward to a break in the clouds in a week or so....oooor perhaps I revisit that Centaurus A shot :question:.......just kidding :P

Mike

[AlexN]

Speaking of that Centaurus shot.. I don't suppose theres any way someone could con you into sending it on a DVD is there? I would LOVE to have a play with that for a while just to see what I could get out of it..

[bmitchell82]

Ide have to say im a fan of the original one, it just looks like you have really pushed the blue in the second one to bring up triffid blue more and done some really big contrast movement that has broght up some of the fainter stuff between m8/20 but lost some in other places. maybe some selective layer masking could give you the best of both worlds. apart from that the image is really nice ! :)

[AlexN]

Thanks brendan, I actually left a fair bit of room on the left of the blue histogram as I like the sky to have a blue hint to it. When I bring the levels back so that the RGB peaks line up, overall look is very different, I cant say whether its better or worse (colourblind...) but I kinda like it as is...

Mike - On the topic of the hue of M8, I actually adjusted the hue of the reds in this image to suit what is visually pleasing to my crazy eyes.. Maybe I'll do a V.3 image with the hue and saturation levels untouched to see if thats more natural to everyone else..

Cheers.

Alex.

[bmitchell82]

If you want al, slip it over to me and i can balance it as sometimes the levels will not give you a balanced level. that way you have a base

[multiweb]

:confuse3:I'll probably be the party pooper in saying that I loved the first shot. The sidonio'ed is a bit too saturated to my taste. Nevertheless great framing and composition. :thumbsup:

[tlgerdes]

What I like most, that we have corrupted the english language and turned a proper noun into a verb.

I am sure the Mike wants to get into the dictionary and is therefore promoting this euphemism :lol:

[strongmanmike]

Hey, nuttin to do with me really..I'm just running with the gag :lol: