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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
Yeh, I knew that but it is hard to leave it looking clipped on my monitor, so I just processed it to look ok to me here 
Mike |
Yep, histograms don't lie Mike and it's clear you need a new monitor!
My 2c: Even though I did say your contrast was understated in my joking response, we are almost in personal taste territory here anyway. After all there are a few folks in this forum that like the "misty" look. With so much tonal range in the neb thoughout the image, the nuance of variation at the dark end will be hard to discern in anything but a darkened room on a perfect monitor if you are ruthless about levelling the histograms. So, is that what you should do? Depends on the subject matter and your taste and whether you're catering for those with "perfect" monitors. For a small galaxy in a sea of black space it makes sense (because you may not want the space to appear grey), but for a neb whose dynamic range is large across the frame it may not make sense because your eye may not perceive the tonal subtelties you want people to see at the dark end. EG: can you see the difference between the background and 1 & 2 in
http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/black.php . Now imagine if 1 & 2 were surrounded by brighter areas, would you be able to differentiate them?
It's all debateable I know, but
do get a new monitor so
you can make the decision and not your monitor!
