[SkyViking (Rolf)]

Originally Posted by Rex

Absolutely stunning Rolf, I love the mottled appearance in the nebula. Great stuff.

Thanks very much Rex, the details came out quite well.

Originally Posted by gvanhau

That's an outstanding image of this subject Rolf.

Like the star and nebula colors, the 19 H did their work here.

Geert

Thank you Geert, I'm glad you liked the colours. This nebula is very red so I did my best to bring out the subtle colour differences that exist.

Originally Posted by RickS

Very impressive, Rolf! A huge amount of detail for a LRGB and great colour.

Cheers,
Rick.

Thanks a lot Rick, I find that LRGB can reveal quite a decent amount of detail - although a Ha filter would be handy for those moonlit nights

Originally Posted by sjastro

Excellent image Rolf.

Steven

Thank you Steven

Originally Posted by Rod771

Excellent detail! Always enjoy your presentations Rolf, great work!

Thanks very much Rod, I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Great result Rolf, lot's of exposure for sure there mate a wonderful view.

Good to see you got essentially the same colour palette as I did on this too .

My only feeling is that you have perhaps suppressed the bright areas of the nebulosity a bit too much so it flattens the image a tad but still an excellent image

Mike

Thank you Mike, yes the overall hues are similar to your version. Not much colour variation across this nebula, it is just so red!
Re the bright areas I did experiment with the best stretch, but found that I preferred the deep rich tones over brighter highlights. Perhaps the overall brightness could be lifted, I'll have a think about that Thanks for the feedback.

Originally Posted by Ross G

A beautiful photo Rolf.

So sharp.

I love the colour and composition.

Ross.

Thank you Ross, I was happy with the crisp detail too - the seeing was pretty good during those nights.
The 7MB image is actually 70% scaled version of the drizzled full res image which has a resolution of 0.43"/pixel. I felt a downsample to 70% was best and hence the final version is 0.62"/pixel.

Originally Posted by FranckiM06

Beautiful image

Thank you Franck!

Originally Posted by Placidus

Superb, Rolf. I particularly like the way you've preserved the colour in the brightest stars. Makes me want to drop some RGB into my narrowband shot. I can see some large faint features in the central region that I've not noticed before. Very fine. Cheers, Mike

Thanks very much Mike. I love star colours so I always try to bring these out in my images. After all, stars are a major feature in most deep sky images. I'm glad you liked it.

Originally Posted by marc4darkskies

Gorgeous image Rolf! Nice composition, great star colours & and the colours in the neb are nuanced. I agree with Mike though about flattening the highlights - lightening them up a tad will add some more "pop" to the image.

Thank you Marcus, I actually did struggle a little with this composition because I'd have liked to include a little more of the top toe in the 'paw', but at the same time also wanted the intricate areas towards the bottom left. The final image was the best compromise
Re the brightness see my comment to Mike above.

Originally Posted by cometcatcher

Love the colours. Star colours are beautiful as is the nebula. This one I would consider to be as close to perfection as one can get.

Thank you very much Kevin, very kind words indeed

Originally Posted by tilbrook@rbe.ne

Fantastic Rolf!

Almost too much to take in in the 7 Mb image.

Cheers,

Justin.

Thanks Justin, the large version is quite big but the data could handle it

Originally Posted by Shiraz

very impressive image Rolf - the colour and detail are excellent.

Thank you Ray!

Originally Posted by Ric

Excellent work Rolf, a spectacular image.

Thanks Ric