[David Fitz-Henr]

Originally Posted by multiweb

Quite a shot David. The details in the neb are hubblesque! Stars colors good but they 're a tad harsh in saturated rings. I know it's hard to have the best of both worlds. Sharp neb and soft stars. All in one a landmark shot. One to aspire too. Certainly one I'll look at as a reference for a long while to come.

Originally Posted by astroron

Nice Image David, I agree with Marc, I found the Halo's in the large version disconserting,but other wise the nebula is beautiful

Thanks Marc & Ron. Yes, I was pleased to get the colours and detail looking so good in the nebula. And yes, I now need to work out the best way to get the stars to look natural - it doesn't seem to be that easy!! I have softened the halos somewhat (using Media filter in PS) and updated the image, but still not great. I tried using curves on the halo, but then some stars end up with dark halos - too little and others have bright halos ... Perhaps the trick is to select groups of stars associated with different parts of the image (ie. in bright neb, in medium neb, outside neb, etc) ??