KFC in colour

[Slawomir (Suavi)]

Ahoy fellow astro-photographers,

My first attempt at adding colour to my previous B/W image of IC2944.

Quite a challenge, still need to experiment and fine tune processing and blending.

Altogether nearly 8 hrs of sky data (Halpha, SII and OIII).

Full resolution: http://www.astrobin.com/167003/

Thank you for looking.
Slawomir

[alpal]

Hi Slawomir,
Nice work.
Great detail & pinpoint stars.
It would be nice to get more of the yellow- hubble palette look.

cheers
Allan

[gregbradley]

Nice image. I like the pinpoint stars. Colour is good. The overall feel of the image is slightly weak though. Perhaps longer exposures or more of them to increase the colour saturation.

Greg.

[Paul Haese]

You have the data here to produce an interesting image. Like Allan I suggest the Hubble palette. It takes some managing but it is worth the effort.

You have a 3D look to the image and the data looks very clean too.

[rustigsmed (Russell)]

nice work Slawomir,
I love the subtle version you've produced here - very natural looking.
also looking forward to seeing what other variations you cook up on this one.

cheers

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

This looks great Slaw, something a little different is always good

Some nice details and I like the wispy entrails look of nebulosity to the left, like tentacles, makes me see a big jelly fish, swimming to the right

Mike

[Rod771 (Rod)]

That's a great result! Shot from the balcony in Brisbane too. Well done

[multiweb (Marc)]

Wow! That's excellent! Love the palette. Sublime details.

[Bassnut (Fred)]

Pin sharp, top work!. The colour palete is great!.

[RickS (Rick)]

I think the detail is great, Slawomir. Maybe try for a wider range of colours? It's a little too subtle for my (possibly dubious) taste

[DJT (David)]

Great image and it's an interesting choice of colours.

Enjoy the experimenting!

[Slawomir (Suavi)]

Thank you gentlemen for your advices and very kind feedback.

I have spent hours experimenting but all results thus far have been unsatisfactory, to say the least.

It looks like I will need to collect more data through S2 and O3 filters. 12nm filters are quite insufficient with increasing contrast from my location though, so I find it quite challenging to create vivid colour images at the moment.

Having said that, my 3nm Halpha works great, so I need to either move away from the city or get 3nm S2 and O3 filters, or preferably both - move to a darker place and get narrower filters

Again, thank you all for your support and encouragement.

Muchos Nachos.