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Old 07-09-2008, 01:32 PM
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i think its too red...

Here's what I've done to the smaller image

Crop.
Color balance: more towards cyan, more towards magenta, and a tiny bit towards blue.
Levels: moved the black point to darken the background a bit, this cost a bit a bit of nebulosity in the outer tail, but gave a bit more contrast towards the center of the helix.
Smart Sharpen: 29% with a radius of 0.9px

What do you think?
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