M20 / M21 in LRGB

[DavidNg (David)]

Hi everyone,

Here is my second attempt on M20, 1st was one year ago when my system suffered heavy reflection and vignetting; since then I have used a flatterner, it seemed does the trick.

Data was collected on 2 separate nights early June. 1st night: 38x10min of L, 2nd night: 9:12:10 x 10min of RGB. I used PI and PS to process.

Link to high resolution image: http://www.astrobin.com/100902/B/

Thanks for looking
David

[Octane (Humayun)]

Beautiful work, David!

H

[astronobob (Bob)]

Very sharp & spectacular looking dark lanes there David, top result overall aswell ! !

[E_ri_k (Erik)]

Very cool David! Nice field of view
Erik

[DavidNg (David)]

Thank you Humayun, Bob and Erik.

[Rod771 (Rod)]

A sucessfull second run there David!

Well done

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Wow, what a great field, good work

Mike

[IanP]

David,
Technically speaking the picture is perfect , but I am not convinced about the choice of the colour (red) of the interstellar dust ..

[DavidNg (David)]

Originally Posted by IanP

David,
Technically speaking the picture is perfect , but I am not convinced about the choice of the colour (red) of the interstellar dust ..

Thanks Ian, yes, I was too concentrated on M20 and paid little attention in the interstellar dust, now what do I suppose to do with it?

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Wow, what a great field, good work

Mike

Thank you StrongMike, it is already a great achievement to have no criticism from you this time

Originally Posted by Rod771

A sucessfull second run there David!

Well done

Thanks Rod771, yes the system is improvised and more data this time too.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by DavidNg

Thank you StrongMike, it is already a great achievement to have no criticism from you this time

sorry...well then, it is a fine looking image already buuuut if you would like some suggestions ..it does look a tad bi-chromatic red-blue and as Ian mentions the surrounds do look a bit too red....there you go, criticisms very minor ones which if you tweak, I recon will make the image even better

Mike

[DavidNg (David)]

Thanks Ian and Mike for your suggestions. I will tweak M20 Red-blue and the surrounding clouds to reduce the strong hues and contrast. Is it the common problem with novice imagers? Excitement leads to overcook.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by DavidNg

Thanks Ian and Mike for your suggestions. I will tweak M20 Red-blue and the surrounding clouds to reduce the strong hues and contrast. Is it the common problem with novice imagers? Excitement leads to overcook.

No not at all, it's a good looking image, our opinions are just that so give'em a try and see what you think, if you no like...well, that's fair enough

Mike

[DavidNg (David)]

Following StrongMike and Ian's advice, I have tweaked a tad surrounding dust and M20 bicolour, look somewhat more natural I guess.

Link to lastest version (image C) on Astrobin:

http://www.astrobin.com/100902/C/

Thanks everyone again.
David

[LightningNZ (Cam)]

There's so much red in the background I'd have sworn that you'd used H-alpha as the red channel...

I like your repo, it's still a reddish background but not so intense as it was. In my opinion the blue of the Trifid blends better now with the background too.
Well done.
-Cam