[David Fitz-Henr]

Originally Posted by multiweb

That's pretty awesome! Amazing.

Thanks Marc - this is about the sixth time I've reprocessed this and I'm getting a bit better each time

Originally Posted by Ross G

A beautiful galaxy photo David.

So much detail and so sharp.

Great colours as well.

Ross.

Thanks Ross!

Originally Posted by Stevec35

Didn't see the original but that looks pretty good to me. The reddish colour cast on the galaxy doesn't look quite right though.

Cheers

Steve

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Unbelievable fine detail in the galaxy. Wow, that must one sharp mirror.

Your sky background is splotchy red and blue patches. Very odd looking. You've pushed something too hard or used minimum filter perhaps.

Galaxy colour looks too blue greyish to me. It should be more a lightish blue. Its not far off though but the background is a problem.

Greg.

Originally Posted by alpal

I agree - what has caused the background to have such large
red & blue patches - it doesn't look normal - like a wallpaper pattern?
On the other hand the galaxy is super sharp & detailed.
Something has happened with the processing along the way
but I've never seen this before.

Thanks for the feedback Steve / Greg / Alan. I had concentrated so much on getting the galaxy right I didn't notice the background mottling - it was mostly due to using the Shadows/Highlights adjustment, trying to get all the faint detail out. I have fixed this now.
The colour has been the hardest thing to get right - I have turned up the cyan in the selective colour tool even more and I think that it looks better (red cast turned down and a more pleasing light blue cast generally).
I have loaded the latest to the original links below - please take another look and let me know what you think.