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Originally Posted by multiweb
Very cool shot. Beaute colors.  There is still a bit of funky stuff happening with your background stars but that must be processing induced. |
Cheers Marc, what can I say? One can only process out so much LP from class 6 Bortle skies
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Originally Posted by marc4darkskies
Yep, an enjoyable image Andy but don't talk to me about tilt!! It's the bane of my existence! 
Colour & composition look great! I'm going to have to comment on the overly smooth look though. I think there could be some tonal detail missing in at least 1274 and 4685 and you've got a bit of noise in there too in the darker star fields. I hope that isn't being too picky - at low res it's a very pretty image. I'm basing my opinion on other renditions including my own LRGB from 2010. |
Hey thanks Marcus - not making excuses but the detail
is there on the Ha but when blending and looking for an image to "pop", some of it was masked by the red hue depending on how much luminosity is applied, it then became a compromise between gaseous appearance and hard detail, or aesthetics & science if you prefer.
However, at your suggestion, I've selectively re-layered the Ha back over the top as Lum, and it has made a significant difference in those regions - Thanks!
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I also incorporated your critique from my last image - when you suggested using Lum to reduce noise - which helped enormously as I'm not under pristine dark skies here!
Anyway, I'm slowly learning to control Lp & working in HaLRGB so I'm pretty happy with this result from light pollutionville.
BTW, your image was in my top three when I pulled up reference images for processing this image!
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Originally Posted by Placidus
Immediately saw the (blue-ringed) octopus. BigToe will never look the same again.
Superbly photographed.
Stay safe down there.
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Ha Ha, cheers Mike - thank my 11 y/o son for spotting octobaby first!
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Originally Posted by LewisM
That switch to Takahashi (FINALLY!) sure has done you well...  |
Cheers Lewis, almost there now
I've just learned of
Testar in Sydney - they have an optical test bench & can re-collimate Taks if the entire lens cell is tilted, which is I suspect the case here.
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Originally Posted by Retrograde
A very fine effort from such light-polluted skies.
This has all the punch that was missing from my recent DSLR effort & is a reminder of what to aspire to. Very cool.
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Thanks very much for your encouragement Pete! I worked really hard on this one to get this result from my location - it's much better than my previous efforts - cheers
