Thanks all! Yes, working at f2 is nice, and almost essential with my limited imaging time.
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Originally Posted by Paul Haese
This is a good start Dylan. For my Malin winning image of this object I did the following:
I use 810 minutes of Ha data and I blended that with the red channel at around 20% of Ha to red. I also blended the Ha data with the my luminance data to make a luminance detail layer. I masked that in around the areas which have lots of dust and are dark. I did not use it in the brighter areas. Then I did some contrasting to produce the 3D look and then sharpening to certain areas to draw the eye.
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Excellent, thanks Paul! It's actually your image of M42 that I think of as the benchmark, it's really incredible and the dust detail is amazing. Thanks so much for sharing that info, I'll gather some Ha data and give that a try!