[Andy01 (Andy)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Well, well, Andy, looki that ...awesome!

It really is a fabulous region huh? Cool colours and I like the dynamic orientation too, the graininess across the frame is a little bit of a shame though...but overall a very captivating image

Mike

Thanks Mike - I'm overall happy with it but the noise bothers me a bit too. It's a fine line balancing detail vs. noise, and I'm a bit gun shy of over smoothing after er - an experienced "strong" imager - suggested (rightly) I was guilty of doing too much

Any tips on how to smooth noise without sacrificing detail, other than getting more data of course!

Originally Posted by Placidus

Quite utterly glorious, Andy. You are getting very good at this.


I went back and had a look at our old version (from the Kermit colour scheme era). Much smaller field of view than yours, but even so, looked nothing like either your version or Big Strong Mike's version. I pushed the red and blue about ten times harder and it started to look more like yours.

Best,
Mike

Thanks Mike - playing around with narrowband colours can be a great creative challenge, I appreciate your support

Originally Posted by RickS

As I mentioned elsewhere, love the bold colours and composition, Andy.

Cheers,
Rick.

Thanks very much Rick, now if I can just get the technical stuff sorted...

Originally Posted by nebulosity.

So magnificent Andy! Very impressive, I find this a very captivating image and a real enjoyment to view.

Cheers
Jo

Wow, thanks Jo! It's a beautiful object, but a real challenge to photograph

Originally Posted by suma126

nice work andy love the colours.maybe little bit over cooked for me but still a great image

Hey thanks Suma, yeah it's certainly big and bold but so is Godzilla and that's my inspiration for this one! That being said, I'm wondering if some subtle form of smoothing might yield a slightly more painterly result? Cheers

Andy