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Originally Posted by multiweb
I'm not a purist by any mean and there is latitude with artistic licence when processing with details and colors but not scale or re-positioning IMHO . Sorry.  |
What about all the award winning Photoshop composite planetary images, solar eclipse sequences, planets exposed as they set leaving a bright continuous streak, starless nebula images, false colour narrowband images etc etc....a visualy striking astronomical image doesn't have to be positionally accurate to be attractive, just like it doesn't have to be true colour, if it comunicates to the viewer and looks good why not
Doing what Marcus has done is not an attempt at deceit but rather a nifty way to display the qualities of a galactic system (ala an eclipse or planetary sequence) in a way that presenting them in their true positions can not do as well...so why not
Each of his galaxies are beautifully processed and seemlessly bunched up so their awe-inspiring appearence is further accentuated.
That's my opinion anyway..
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Mike