[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

Lovely work Greg. I am sort of torn between both images. Not sure which I like the most.

Thanks Paul. I personally like the repro and David's critique was good there.

Originally Posted by Stevec35

Yep - agree with that. Both fine images of course but I think the new version has a more subtle appearance.

Cheers

Steve

Thanks Steve. I agree.

Originally Posted by atalas

Yeah,same here there's things I like about both images Greg.

I was trying to highlight the Barnard's loop a bit too hard in the original I think as it is so rarely seen.

Originally Posted by batema

I think the first one is fantastic and the second one is fantastic and the larger image is fantastic. Beautiful field of view.

Mark

Cheers Mark.

Originally Posted by multiweb

Love the repro and I can understand why it's better. In the first one M42 is saturated to the max, especially the blues and sticks out like a fly on a white wall. It doesn't blend in the whole view as well as your repro. The red in the barnard loop doesn't match the red in the HH region and the red in the lower right of your field. In your repro it is color balanced nicely across the whole field. Finally the relative luminosity in different parts of the barnard loop is more homogeneous than in the first shot. You've also made the core of M42 brighter which is correct. When you look at the whole field it is a massive improvement so I got to say well done.

Yes I think so too.

Originally Posted by RBA

I like both. For my personal taste, I like the latest version more, but I wouldn't say it's "better" just because it's less saturated - obviously that's not the only difference, but as far as saturation goes, it's all in the eye of the beholder.

The composition is also quite nice, almost as in a cascade of objects from M42 all the way to LDN 1622. Nice stuff!!

Thanks Rogelio. Your image inspired me to take this one in the first place, so thank you to you!

Originally Posted by Lester

I have enjoyed the view of both images Greg, thanks. Something for us lesser chaps to aim for in the future.

Thanks Lester. I wanted to get it fairly right as next year I want to add to it.

Originally Posted by peter_4059

The repro is excellent Greg. The colours look more subtle compared to the original.

I agree Peter.

Originally Posted by Ross G

Hi Greg,

What an amzing photo!

I agree with Lester, it gives the rest of us something to aim for.

An image to remember.


Thanks.

Ross.

Cheers Ross.

Greg.