[DiscoDuck (Paul)]

Originally Posted by JA

That's a lovely image DD.
How dark was the location?

Thanks JA. It was shot in the Flinders Ranges in South Aus. So Bortle 1 pretty much.

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Well, Paul, apart from being a great shot of these three intrepid galaxies, I recon you have used BlurEx very well in this composition, doesn't look too obvious, looks pretty natural and believable, it can be done, great stuff

Thanks Mike. Yeah. Used BEx - well spotted But only for decon operations. Additional sharpening and suchlike done with Photoshop (high pass filter) and some local hist equalisation in PI.