[David Fitz-Henr]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Great looking Horsey David, not sure about the criticisms that have been made above really they sound trivial to me. We all have processing styles too and after a while it is easy to tell the work of various imagers apart without knowing their identity (easy for me anyway )...you are fast becoming identifiable

Mike

Me, identifiable !?! I'll hopefully take that as a compliment - thanks Mike!

Originally Posted by swannies1983

I wasn't criticising the image at all. It's brilliant and much better than what I could ever produce. However, I was merely pointing out a few minor star halos. Maybe trivial but we are all here to help are we not? If I was out of place because I'm not an expert, than I take my comment back

No, don't take it back Dan, I'm no expert either and I need all the comments I can get!! I noticed those red halos around the yellow stars as well the next morning (when my eyes weren't so bleary...). I'm interested in some of Greg's comments as well and whether my responses are valid (eg. are the slightly green stars in the upper left OK due to the green nebula there, or should they be processed out?). Mike's opinion is that it may come down to style; others may be slightly different, but by getting this feedback I can make a more informed decision as to whether I should do something differently or not.

Originally Posted by John Hothersall

That is an inspirational image, colours are rich and Alnitak expertly controlled, a feast for the eyes.

John.

Thanks John! Yeah, Alnitak was a beast to control! Apart from the glare there were off-centred circular reflections in different places for each colour, the spikes were too bright, there was even a blue reflection on the opposite side of the frame! One technique I used was curves in PS to darken each colour and hide each with a layer mask, then used the brush tool at 15% opacity & flow to carefully brush in the mask to neutralise the reflections - very time consuming!

Originally Posted by Peter.M

This is seriously good.

Thanks Peter!

Originally Posted by Ross G

Hi David,

That is one amazingly beautiful photo!

So sharp, so much detail and I love the colour.

Ross.

Thanks Ross!