Taken here in the tropics, ambient temperature was 20 deg, with some smoke haze due to the constant burning up here. Cooler was operating at near 100% so about -13deg was about the best i could do.
Hi George, nice first post on the Deep Space Forum!
Well done, I'm thinking that's your best image to date
Colour & details look good, but can you pls post a link to a high res version so we can have a proper look?
Cheers
Andy
What I would suggest doing is drizzle integrating, you'll be surprised just how much more shows up I usually drizzle and my camera already has pixels half the size of yours! Makes the stars a lot nicer and brings out a bit more detail.
Thanks Steve, its great when things come together.
and thanks Rick, would a star mask inverted in PI work if i saturated it or is there a better method ?
Thanks Steve, its great when things come together.
and thanks Rick, would a star mask inverted in PI work if i saturated it or is there a better method ?
That's what I usually do but there may be a better way.
Got Photoshop?
There are some easy actions you can download that enhance star colour.
Just google Astronomy Tools &/or Annies Astro Actions.
Both work well, and have a bunch of other useful goodies.
Cheap as chips too
Got Photoshop?
There are some easy actions you can download that enhance star colour.
Just google Astronomy Tools &/or Annies Astro Actions.
Both work well, and have a bunch of other useful goodies.
Cheap as chips too
I tried those Andy but they seem to affect the whole image and not just the stars.
I tried a duplicate layer and then a copy of the original as a mask which seemed to produce more control
Revised version, i really like the look of this area.
Andy and Rick, i tried to enhance the colour of the stars, using a masked stretch in Pix seems to be a great technique for controlling stars and the new Neat image v8 for photoshop is great.
Last edited by vlazg; 22-07-2016 at 05:42 PM.
Reason: less green/yellow
Looks good George, much sharper and more definition.
There's a bit of a yellow/green colour cast showing now though.
A few more tweaks and I think you'll have a cracking image
Looks good George, much sharper and more definition.
There's a bit of a yellow/green colour cast showing now though.
A few more tweaks and I think you'll have a cracking image
Thanks Andy, i worked on it in the second image posted, i think it is improved
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Originally Posted by RickS
Quite a lot of colour in the stars now, George. Some colour tweaking as suggested by Andy and you'll really be in business.
Thanks Rick, what further colour tweaking do i need , i am at a loss as to where to go from here,
