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Originally Posted by marc4darkskies
Hehe ... I also like to tinker ... a LOT! 
Okay. Below is before and after my 10 minute tinker (based on your first tinker  yesterday). 8 steps in PS with a bit of masking. Good enough for illustrative purposes at least.
Hopefully, this is looking deeper and balanced in terms of dynamic range (core & spider relatively brighter, keeping detail intact while making fainter wisps more visible. But, of course, how much contrast you want is personal taste as long as you don't crush the shadows. I also reduced the red in stars (but not really visible in this low res thumbnail)
Tinkering is fun!  |
Oh time to tinker some more
Yeah I like that edit, thanks Marcus! I'll keep playing around some more. I like the stretch of the nebulosity, but did the background jump a bit too high in luminance?