[jase (Jason)]

Originally Posted by gregbradley

A wonderful image Jase. The Nebula and surrounding blue stars are divine. Love the whispy blue misty O111 areas. It reminds me of the Lagoon when fully imaged. Really well handled. I like that aspect of the image exactly as-is.

The only attention sticking point for me were the orangy coloured stars which presumably would be yellow in a standard LRGB. Is this a result of the Ha/OIII blend? I know its a mostly Ha OIII image.

Greg.

Thank you Greg. Pleased you enjoyed it. With regards to the orange star colours. The larger orange stars colours are natural. If you look at the wide field version, they are indeed M class stars. The saturation has pushed them to a slightly deeper hue in order to match the intensity of the blue stars (O,B class). The smaller orange stars may have been influenced by the HaOIII blending technique but keep in mind I relayered RGB data just for star colors alone. In hindsight, it may have been better to used screen and opposed to lighten blend modes as this would increase the intensity for the tiny orange stars resulting in less saturation. The cool think with screen is you can duplicate the layer for greater intensity, then dial back the opacity to suit. I will consider this next time I process a similar Ha/OIII. Thanks for the constructive input.

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

I like it.

My cat seems to like it (he is by far, my toughest critic) .

You done good.

PJW Esq.

Cheers Peter. I'm deeply relieved your cat likes it. I thought I may have to repro it for a while there.

Originally Posted by avandonk

Jase, Gendler would be very proud!


Bert

Thanks Bert. Can't compete with Gendler's mega mosaic of this area using the 14.5" RCOS. Another panel to extend the scene would have been nice but I'm pleased with the result.

Originally Posted by RB

Wonderful Jase !

Cheers RB Haven't heard from you in a while. Good to see you're keeping tabs on the imaging scene still. Hope to see more of your work soon.

Originally Posted by RobF

There's been enough high-brow discussion already, that I feel I need to just say B@$@#$ Awesome, Jase. Really enjoyed it.

Rob

Thanks Rob Yes, plenty of discussion for a thought provoking image. Thanks for checking it out.

Originally Posted by dvj

A target worthy of your pixel imaging scale. Great star colors and you have not pushed too hard on the universe. ;-)

j

Cheers John. Yes, .65 seems to do the trick. Definitely no dents on the universe. In fact, only a few photons were killed during the production of this image. Image not tested on animals, other than on Peter Ward's cat which survived the ordeal so I must be doing something right.