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Old 10-07-2021, 02:24 PM
SB (Chris)
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Originally Posted by AdamJL View Post
Hi Chris. Not necessarily. I took a picture last year of the Lagoon using the 5D IV last year without filters, just broadband. The centre is blue, mainly because a stock 5D IV doesn't pick up much hydrogen alpha.
https://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/...85&postcount=5
At the top of that same thread is an image with an OSC with a duoband filter.
So I guess the point is, there is no "natural". We tend to define natural as mimicking the human eye, which a DSLR would be the closest, but it's still not natural or a universal law. Human eyes are incredibly insensitive to a broad spectrum, so this is where the artistic license comes into it that you mention.

If you have a camera that can capture more hydrogen, then the centre becomes less blue and more red (not as red as the edges) because there's not only Oxygen there, but also a lot of Hydrogen. You can process that away by focussing on the Oxygen. There's no right or wrong
Hi Adam,
Thanks for that.
It wasn't really my intention to get caught up in discussion about M8 colours. I think that's why I put the word Natural in commas as it was a variation away from false colours.

Always good see your posts.

Chris.
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