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Originally Posted by Bassnut
mmm, you needed tutorials to acheave the difference?, you urgently need to learn basic PS skills. The 2nd pic is what one would expect 1st time, its a fine effort. You were bog lazy to post the 1st, it would only pass as a bad dark if you removed the stars.
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Fred,
I couldn't agree more with your critique of my M20 images.
Yes, I did urgently need to learn basic PS skills and that's where Louie's tutorials have been invaluable. There is a major difference between tarting up a picture of the family to get developed at Big W and bringing out the detail in an astro image. I can't thank Louie enough for the time and effort he's put into his tutorials and his willingness to share his knowledge with others.
As for my first posting of M20, I'm not sure I was "bog lazy" to post it. Although there may have been some laziness on my part - I've got something let's post it - I like to think that it was perhaps more youthful exuberance. And by youthful I mean in astrophotography experience terms not in age!!!
As I go through life I'm continually learning and taking in any shred of knowledge that I can. I work in the seismic processing industry and what I do there is not too dissimilar to astrophotography. Many of the processing concepts are the same and I know that it takes time and skill to process the seismic data to get a decent image of below the surface. I'm now learning that it's no different in getting a decent image of above the surface as well!!!
Once again thanks for the feedback,
Mario