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Originally Posted by RB
We missed you at IISAC mate, and I had plenty of Guinness on ice for yah.
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Any cigars?
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Originally Posted by alpal
That's gotta be an IOTW.
It's a superb image.
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Thanks a lot
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Originally Posted by philiphart
I can see why you're pleased with this image Mike.. I sure would be. Lovely field.. holds up real nice when viewed big on screen.
If you're looking for how to squeeze the most out of it, I agree with Marcus and Paul. For sure you want to show the cirrus and you've done very well with that.. but it should be possible to have some very nearly black pixels in the image somewhere. I would be using some kind of curves adjustment to try and stretch out that dark end towards the black point a bit more.. should give even better visibilty of the cirrus (but will kill some of it for those with poor monitors).
And there is some kind of purple/magenta cast to it.. I think it's more due to the star colours than the background. Your other image that Paul linked to has a nice mix of yellow and blue stars. This image seems to have yellow and many purple stars (some blue but not so many). Don't know how you managed it but if you could fix it then it really would be a cracker! 
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Cheers for the critique Phil, Galactic Cirrus is often processed so it looks like it has been processed separately (today's APOD is a good example of this - for me the relative brightness differentials in this image are all wrong). I wanted it to look like a natural part of the image with a realistic brightness differential, so this aspect I was happy with. As for your other comments, thanks, I'll have a think
Mike
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Originally Posted by lazjen
This is a great image. Many galaxies there. Awesome.
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Glad you liked it, plenty of stars too