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Originally Posted by Bassnut
well, the 1st thing I noticed was the middle of M8 wasnt blown to hell, not at all actually, thats very unusual, most wide field M8 pics are, including several by members here lately that should know better. Just for that, 10 points Mike.
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he he...hey, this was an exercise in revealing stuff, not trying to conform or to please fetishes ie. completely disrespectful
Seriously though, like M104, flattening the dynamic range helps to reveal the inner disc detail which is cool but keeping
some brightness in the core helps give the object depth and this is when M104 (and to a lesser extent, the Lagoon) shines
Mike