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[xcoupeb]

hello everyone, this was my first go with phd guiding the neq6. i took 3*5 minute exposures 800 iso on the 5d mk 2 through ed80 with reducer/flattener, then stacked with dss and processed in photoshop.
i know my processing skills need major work- i really just did a bit of this and a bit of that till i thought it looked half decent. i would appreciate comments on how i could process better and basically get it to look how it should. thanks

[Visionoz]

Hi

There is an IIS member who had been presenting some Photoshop tutorials online off his website that might prove very useful for your purpose:
http://www.atalas.net (Look for the links around the bottom right hand corner) and here's all the links to those tutorials:
http://atalas.businesscatalyst.com/Levels_and_Curves_for_Photoshop.htm l
http://atalas.businesscatalyst.com/Noisless_Color_for_Photoshop.html
http://atalas.businesscatalyst.com/Boosting_Star_Color_For_Photoshop.h tml
http://atalas.businesscatalyst.com/Masks_for_Photoshop.html
http://atalas.businesscatalyst.com/Star_Repair_for_Photoshop.html
http://atalas.businesscatalyst.com/Noise_Reduction_Masks_for_Photoshop .html
http://atalas.businesscatalyst.com/Deconvolution_for_Photoshop.html
http://atalas.businesscatalyst.com/Correcting_Color_Bias_for_Photoshop .html

HTH
Cheers
Bill

[rcheshire]

There seems to be a lot of data there. It might be better to back off on the saturation. Much of the finer detail has been obliterated as a result. Go for detail rather than colour at this stage, then work on the saturation.

[midnight]

The 5D MkII is a wonderful instrument for low noise - allows you to get away with ISO800 where others can't.

Little too red. As suggested, check out Atalas' tutorials - they are fundamental if you're processing in PS.

Have a look - even if you don;t have PS, it gives you a good indication on processing.

Good luck and by the way, nice post too.

Darrin...