[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by SpaceNoob

Great image Rick, dust looks cool, i like it a lot.

My only criticism is the fainter stars being the one colour. Likely they got tied up in some of your colour masking? This would look pretty unreal if the stars had the typical FSQ look to them, i.e many colourful jewels spread through the field

Thanks, Chris. I think most of the stars are seen through the dust and are reddened. There's a few bright bluish stars that I presume are closer than the dust. So, I could have played with the colour more but I believe it's more realistic this way. Not that I'm a huge stickler for realism

Originally Posted by Tony_

Fantastic image Rick. I like the 3D appearance of the dust.

Tony.

Thanks, Tony!

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

Looks pretty good to me Rick. Smooth back ground, good detail. Maybe a touch red cast to the fainter dust, but nothing really in it; its just how I would like to see it only. Certainly a 3D look to the image.

Ta, Paul. Maybe a little too red overall. I did an earlier version with a more neutral tone and more blue. Perhaps something in between would be better. I find it a tough call to judge the colour balance. I once hoped that tools like eXcalibrator would help but the results still looked pretty random!

Cheers,
Rick.