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Originally Posted by Peter Ward
Even the greats e.g. Ansel Adams (landscapes), David Malin (the universe) , applied darkroom wizardry or “post processing” to their images, hence I am puzzled as to why you would want to approach astrophotography...which means photographing objects brighter than the Sun and darker than the night... in the same frame....in a manner beyond the capabilities of any sensor currently available.
The core of M42 is bright, so much so that the very real filigree tendrils in the nebula are lost in the glare of the headlights....
So, sure, you can choose to show only the headlights...but so much more can be revealed by even just a mild logarithmic stretch of the data.
For me, this is where astrophotography surprises and delights. To leave these details in the shadows has no point IMHO
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I completely appreciate the work of those greats that you mention and others on here that do outstanding images
As to the point:
I am simply experimenting to see what can be achieved with my current equipment and without having to resort to any additional processing/enhancement.