[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Hmmm? Think I like the brightness of the original actually...but line ball really

Mike

Ta, Mike. I'm of two minds myself. I don't like the flat look you get from too much dynamic range compression although it does bring out more detail.

Originally Posted by alpal

Rick,

Hi Rick,
Yes - that's much better.
You also have the red nebulas much larger than I got from the smaller pic.
I pushed the yellow core a bit more with a mask which I suppose is cheating
but it looks a bit better.
I also sharpened the masked galaxy - I think it can still take a touch more on your effort.

cheers
Allan

Thanks, Allan. I didn't draw any masks I may play around a bit more although I'm not sure the data is good enough to justify a lot more effort.

Originally Posted by cometcatcher

Awesome shot Rick! I think I like exploring the background in the pics you guys take as much as the object at the center of attention. The background in the revised pic seems is a little dark on my monitor, but the galaxy is nicer.

Thanks, Kevin. I thought it looked a bit darker too although I didn't do any processing that should have caused that. I even measured a section of background and the stats were the same between old and new. Might have to check again when I get home to the data. I might have been tired and made a mistake...

Originally Posted by gvanhau

Beautifull image Rick.

Pity you didn't have the best seeing conditios, but so is this hobby...

Geert

Thanks, Geert. Unfortunately, we have to do the best with the data we get!

Originally Posted by Rex

Nice repro Rick, like Kevin, I like to search the back ground of these really deep images, so many things to look at.

Thanks, Rex.