[Ross G]

Originally Posted by apaulo

Beautiful image Ross, your exposures and processing is outstanding.

Regards Paul.

Hi Paul,

Thank you for your kind comments. I'm glad you like it.

Ross.

Originally Posted by atalas

Eye popping Ross! well done.

Hi Louie,

Thank you.
Your approval means a lot.

Ross.

Originally Posted by gregbradley

That's a great image Ross. I like it.

Greg.

Hi Greg,

It was a difficult one to process.
It's great that you like it.

Thank you.

Ross.

Originally Posted by jjjnettie

A luverly Doodad!
You've got great detail in the dust. Great processing

Thanks Jeanette,

I'm glad you like it.

Ross.

Originally Posted by Octane

Well done, Ross.

This isn't an easy object to process as I found out myself. I can also see the line on the right-hand side of your image which I also found in my own image. It's almost like a perfectly straight line where the Milky Way gets brighter.

I would perhaps lower the opacity of the lighten layer mode (if that's what you've done here) as it seems to give the stars a strange look.

What were your exposure details?



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Thanks Humayun,

This photo consists of 10 x 10min subs at -20c.
It was a difficult object to process. I have just recently started learning Photoshop and I tried everything on it until it looked ok (..don't ask me to repeat it!..).
Also, I had problems when I tried to reduce it to 200kb for IIS. It was full of artefacts so I had to re-try it a few times. This is the first time I have had this problem. I suspect it's the latge number of stars in the photo.

Ross.