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Hi all and thanks for all the comments. I probably should explain this image/picture/painting, whatever it should be called.
It is just purely and simply a combined image of M16 Using a Ha mono image to try and bring out some of the detail captured by the Ha and impress it onto the RGB data which was captured with normal RGB filters.
It was not an attempt to enforce any scientific principles or details, I only intended or at least hoped to get an image which would show a bit more detail. After looking at the image it is rubbish and quite soft looking. Maybe I should only post when I have been asleep for a few hours after the initial process. It is amazing how bad it can look after a sleep.
I really appreciate all the remarks from everyone here as it is the only way I will learn how to present a decent image.
I do however have to agree with quite a few comments about the subjective colouring of astro images. Whether we like it or not the colour balance of images taken here on earth are a variable thing. Things such as atmospheric conditions, water vapour, dust etc can make a huge diference to the final colour of an image. As Mike pointed out David Malin regarded his image as the correct colour but what and who is to say David is truely correct. I doubt any colour balance techniques used by David can possibly be truely accurate for every image in every imaging condition.
I also have some problems with comparing RGB and Tri colour NB images as the two are in reality a world appart. I may be wrong but I understood NB imaging was a method of highlighting detail in Nebulas etc.
RGB on the other hand is probably a little more realistic in relation to the true look of the nebula but processing does fall back to what we think the colour should be and how much of each we need to make a pretty picture with good detail.
Neither of the two imaging methods are truely scientific in the end formatted image. Taking all this into cosideration I see no real point in argueing the symantics of of one method or the other and see no reason why a blend of one or both methods shouldn't be used to produce a pleasing image rich in colour and detail. It must be remembered that we all image with a differeing perspective on the final product and as such end up with different results. Personally I like and image which shows great detail and can only recall a couple of images posted by Mike Sidonio in comparison with hubble images and a couple posted by Rolf reflecting the same comparisons and set my goals to come up somewhere near their standards.
We are fortunate to have some great imagers at our disposal who are happy to help those of us who need the help and aai will continue to strive for a better image with their help and as can be expected I will stumble along the way and produce the likes of these images which should have been dumped but by posting I have learn't something else either to do or not to do on the next image I work on.
By the way, the next will be adding some colour to The cats paw nebula.
Just watching the images roll in and there is some horrible reflections in the Blue, green and Lum images. Something else to fight with and work arround.
I have added the (First) RGB only image and a (second) LRGB image made with a synthetic Lum made from the RGB channels. I like the stars better Trevor.
Thanks everyone for your comments and assistance.
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