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Originally Posted by gregbradley
That turned out great Geoff. You got some nice contrast there between the Wolf and the Ha areas.
Interesting comments about the stars. Looking at it again I can see what is being referred to. Something to keep in mind in general with astro images.
The current trend is to remove the stars, process the neb then add the stars back in. A process probably a lot easier in Photoshop than PI.
But as a processing technique it opens the door to artificiality which is not desired.
Greg.
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I think Greg's comments are on the money. This is a nice image but
does raise some interesting questions.
I am torn over the subduction of field stars to get a "look"....akin to blemish
free skin that has been photoshopped away from a model's face.
Would a landscape photographer remove leaves with software to better show the tree trunks?
Separate processing can often divorce the scene from reality.
Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.