Been going through a lot of online tutorials (thanks Mike) about processing, and found what SEEMS to be a nice balance between PI and PS.
So, I stacked, DBE'd and ACNR in PI. Saved as a 15bit TIFF, and exported to PS, where I layer masked with inverted layers, tweaked the saturation a little.
I think the overall result is better, especially when you consider it's just a little over an hour of data through a 102mm refractor in severe light pollution using a OSC.
well a big improvement i think over the earlier version, so well done. You could consider using a star mask to isolate the stars and then boost the saturation (to the stars only) to bring our the star colour a bit more.
You could also experiment with the LocalHistogramEqualization process. Try a contrast limit of around 1.5-2.5 and an amount of 0.2 for starters.
Nice work, Lewis Background looks a tad green? (Try HLVG maybe?) Perhaps a vertical panorama - another panel at the bottom - would work well compositionally?
Yep, now in better contrast lighting environment, it is a touch dark. HLVG it will be - a subtle one, so it doesn't leach the golden stars.
Another panel would be great, but still need another 2 hours data MINIMUM on the main body too. Really peeves me I cropped it, but at least I can add to it as you suggest Dave.
I find it a problem staring at the screen for too long. I lose all sense of colour and saturation. I have to walk away and come back later when my brain has reset.
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A LITTLE black clipped, but I will do a repro.
