[marc4darkskies (Marcus)]

Originally Posted by Geoff45

Your detail is very good Marcus and you've left these guys for dead in the processing. Well done!
Geoff

Originally Posted by lazjen

Great image and yeah you've done far better processing than those ESO images.

Thanks very much Geoff & Chris! I guess scientists at ESO have better things to do than process their images for aesthetic appeal.

Originally Posted by atalas

Looks fantastic Marcus ...prefer the screen size view because you can get the full impact and boy do I mean impact!!!

Wouldn't expect anything less from you....hope It gets you many accolades.

Thanks for that Louie! As long as my peers think it's a good effort I'm a happy vegemite! I post the full res when the seeing is good because I think it reveals the maximum level of detail more easily than squinting at a small image. EVERYONE should post at full res, mm'kay!

Originally Posted by multiweb

Pretty sweet Marcus. You've got the best colors of the lot. The ESO has more fine details obviously. Not sure what happened with the Gendler rendition though...

Cheers Marc! Like I said above - the scientists probably have better things to do than to sit processing a single image for a whole day! I'm guessing Gendler used some colour data from another resource - with lower res. Just guessing though .

Originally Posted by PRejto

Pretty fantastic (and pretty)! So wonderfully detailed. It pops!

Peter

Thanks a lot Peter!

Originally Posted by Placidus

That's fantastic, Marcus.

Normally I really struggle to appreciate straight RGB, but this one is great.

Superbly done!

Much appreciated M&T! I thought about doing NB before I realised this is not a bland red object at all. The nuances of colour in the LRGB are quite spectacular.

Originally Posted by gregbradley

A lovely rendition. Love the colouring.

Greg.

Thanks very much Greg!

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

Prefer the smaller version Marcus and the colour is nice. Another example of old favourites showing they have more than just boring red.

Ta Paul.

Originally Posted by mountainjoo

Really like this, far from the red blob often portrayed. The detail is superb.

Thanks Jerome! I've always believed that pure red nebs are quite rare - some just make you work harder to reveal their secrets!