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Originally Posted by EddieT
Thanks Hachi, Kisa and Houghy!
No problem mate! Some of these popular nebula names deserve questioning  And now that you've turned it around and given me a reference, I can see that you weren't joking anyway! Totally...
Yes, after years of blending Ha with RGB and other narrowband forays, I'm making an effort to try for true colour and a more natural appearance of things. And finding it very difficult due mainly to the Gold Coast conditions. The light dome here extends up to about 80 degrees so there is always skyglow and gradients to contend with except for that 40 degree sweet spot overhead...
As for the stars, I think the opposite is true. The FSQ is so sharp and produces such small stars that they are always mega-bright and they really subdue the already dim bits that are down around the skyglow level in 10 minutes....So yes, I did some dimming of the stars, using Photoshop CS4's Highlight compression when converting from 32-bit HDR to a 16-bit image.
Going to Duckadang this year ? |
thanks for the Description Eddie, yes I will be attending this year
. Now what is a highlight compression?
- maybe for another thread
probably for us novices and intelligence challenged Imagers (i place myself here) there could be a discussion on how you processed this