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Originally Posted by Placidus
A gorgeous image, Marc, and a pleasure to look at. Not strident but subtly nuanced.
The nebulosity in the centre says it all: so thick that there are no stars visible behind it at all, but lit from the front by one or two brilliant beacons. Elsewhere, threaded by delicate smoky wisps.  |
Thanks a lot Mike. Glad you like it. I had a look at Rolf's magnificent shot of the same area as a reference. Aperture wins but I did get the stars in the same spots more or less
Catch up soon.
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Originally Posted by atalas
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Originally Posted by Andy01
Subtle, delicate, ethereal - maybe shows people like (well -er, ahem) me that not all astro images need to have big, bold punch to be beautiful.
Would love to that really big on the wall, and I love all those old yellow stars |
Thanks Andy.
RGB has its advantages and when you have the opportunity to get out to dark skies then you can make the most of it. In particular reflection nebulae and dust show up nicely in color and all this info gets lost in NB.
NB is a different deal as you can use arbitrary color palettes. If you like punch in your pics then go for it. It's your pic and your rendition. As long as you work out the ratio between the various emission lines to be close to the reality.
You may find yourself slowly dialing down your processing in time as your processing style evolves and staying closer to the data. It's certainly been the case with me. But in the end it's whatever floats your boat and your interpretation.