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Hello and thanks for the great feedback.
Marco - this is the STL11K, not the STX, so no cropping was had, just tight framing as you say.
I think everyone knows how difficult this area is to get right - such a huge dynamic range - and you will never please everybody!.
My goals have always been (for every image) to:
Not oversaturate
Not over sharpen
Make it natural
Reveal detail.
Anyone who has imaged this area knows that M8 in particular is super bright so steps have to be taken to reveal the centre (and even now I have blown out the Hourglass).
The Ha emission is also in abundance, and when I blended that layer, the opacity had to go down to 15%, otherwise it overtook the image.
Rambling on here - but, to finish off - I wanted to show stars, star clusters, nebulosity, details in the M8 and M20, while at least trying to get the colour right. A Photoshop 'Action' will not do that.
As always, thanks for the critique - I do not mind at all!
clear skies.
Martin
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