[Camelopardalis (Dunk)]

Originally Posted by Rod771

Not much wrong with that, Dunk. What don't you like about the stars?

Sometimes I'll take shorter exposures for the star cores only, then combine that data with longer exposed data using the HDR Composition tool. Helps retain core data/colour when stretching.

Thanks Rod! The stars just seem a bit bloated at 100% because of the stretching, I just haven't found a star mask method yet that doesn't leave pandas eyes Good tip on the HDR, thanks for that

Originally Posted by multiweb

Hey Dunk, that looks awesome! The contrast is great. I can't see anything wrong with the stars. I hear you about the gradients and seeing. I had to dump a lot of subs too.

Thanks Marc! Yeah I knew it would be a challenge being low and all, I guess we were lucky to have so many clear nights, even if they weren't perfect.

Originally Posted by AstroJason

Yeah Dunk, like the guys have said, this looks great mate. Have you tried one of Carboni's gradient removal tools in PS? Might be worth a shot.

Thanks Jason! I hadn't tried it but I'll give it a shot

Originally Posted by Rex

Nothing wrong that I can see either Dunk. Great image. Dbe should be able to remove the gradient. In case u don't know, you can apply DBE more than once if it doesn't come clean after the first go just run it again while the sample points are in placee. I asume u ensured the sample points weren't ontop of any stars? Takes a bit of patience but is definately worth the effort to check each sample point before running it. Hope that helps.

Thanks Rex! I guess I'm just pixel peeping, watching them grow with the drag of the slider I didn't think to run DBE multiple times, but I will try it again, thanks for the tip. Yeah I usually zoom in and check the sample points aren't on stars, nebulosity or galactic fuzz...especially tricky on this one as the fuzz was corner to corner.