[rustigsmed (Russell)]

hi glen,

flats make the most difference out of anything i have found. i wish i got onto them waaaay earlier than i did. have to redo so many shots now, the quality difference you can get is phenomenal!

But there are still a few tricks you can do... but they are no substitute for flats.

1st photo photoshop clone tool, copying space next to blemish and copying over.

2nd photo based off photo above, but then tried to create an artificial flat by, first duplicating the image above then, applying dust and scratches to remove most stars, then clone tool to remove the bigger stars and some of the flame neb. then apply a gaussian blur (high number 150 or something). go back to 1st image above, go to heading "image", apply image, then apply this image, using subtraction method - play with sliders, think it was about 60% application with an offset of 12.

a slight colour boost using minimal LAB stretch.

Cheers

Rusty