M8, Lagoon Nebula.

[TheDecepticon]

Howdy.
I think in the end, I have over cooked the processing trying to get everything in the frame to show up, but it will have to do for now.:question:

M8, Lagoon Nebula, total of 5hrs LRGB, Megrez 110 guided on an EQ6, QHY9 @-20C.

http://cid-10df761f0508a820.office.live.com/self.aspx/.Public/Astrophography/M8%5E_minimum.JPG

Cheers.:)

[strongmanmike]

Well, I recon that's pretty good, the subtle dust envelopes are nicely captured. A little more vibrancy in the colours might be worth a look :question: but it's a terrific image.

Mike

[renormalised]

Good shot:)

[mill]

That looks very good but a bit more colour would make it pop out :thumbsup:

[gregbradley]

Subtle and delicate but it lacks a bit of impact to me. Lots of things done right though.

Greg.

[TrevorW]

A very good effort

[TheDecepticon]

Thank you very much, guys.:thumbsup:
Lacking colour/vibrancy/pop is a problem I do have with my images. I'll try to do something with it this week and hopefully get the time for a repro.:)

[multiweb]

Superb shot Grey. Tight stars and great details. Very natural processing too. Top marks on all counts. :thumbsup:

[Hagar]

Nice image Graham but I do have to agree with the other comments about it looking a bit flat. You might want to try a bit of selective sharpening which you can use with a layer mask to sharpen and highlight the edges a little more. A small selective lift to the saturation of the red will also give it a bit of a lift.

I hope you don't mind me having a go at your image but it may give you a few ideas.

[David Fitz-Henr]

A very nice image Graham - you've captured a lot of fainter nebulosity there and it has a natural flavour to it all. One thing - many of the stars appear to me to have a reddish duplicate slightly to the right of each star. Only the stars in the dark areas (not in the nebula)? Maybe a registration issue, or possibly my monitor is getting too old and I need to replace it !?!

[TheDecepticon]

Thanks for the comments, Marc!:)

Doug, you know I would'nt mind, and thanks for the constructive criticism.:thumbsup: I am toying with a repro, but I've done my back in again and can hardly do anything, hence even the delay in a reply to the post.:sadeyes::mad2:

David, cheers! I think that is from my processing where the core of the star has burnt through due to carelesness. :rolleyes:Sorry sir, I won't do it again:rolleyes::lol:

[TheDecepticon]

I bit the bullet and have performed a reprocess on this image, which taught me a few more things and made me pay attention to some others.:question:

What do you think, is it better or worse? Constructive criticism required.:eyepop:

Thanks!:)

http://tinyurl.com/33jcjk6

[SkyViking]

That's a very nice image, I like the natural smooth look and the colours being slightly understated (= more realistic). Great effort :)

[TheDecepticon]

Thank you very much Rolf!:):D