Due to the weather and some equipment problems I've finally been able to do some imaging.
IC4685 - the Lagoons neighbour
WO FLT 132 ,Moravian G2 8300
HaLRGB total about 8 hours
Initially processed with Pix and the i used Marcos method in Photoshop http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...d.php?t=138473
Thanks Marco
A bit pixelated due compression, i will post a larger version at some stage
Comments most welcome
Cheers
George
A slight revision, a touch of HDR and the toning down of the blue halo around the bright star as Mike suggested
Last edited by vlazg; 03-08-2017 at 09:12 AM.
Reason: image revision
Cheers, appreciated, a mosaic would be interesting here, great area
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Originally Posted by Andy01
Hey George, long time no image!
This looks terrific maybe your best inage to date!l
Well done & best regards.
Andy
Hi Andy, yeah ,its been awhile, not much opportunity lately. I actually started on a mosaic of the blue horse head but the mount was playing up ( sorted now ) , maybe next year
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Originally Posted by SimmoW
Love it! Great colours and Composition
Thanks Simon, as Martin said i am impressed with the Moravian, and the frame and mosaic wizard in SGPro is a great help
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Originally Posted by John W
A really nice image, looks interesting. Well done George. John W.
Thanks John, lots of interesting things nearby as well
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Originally Posted by willik
Very nice image George looks like the Moravian is working
for you goes well with you 132mm
Martin
Well George...this is an excellent image of one of the most beautiful areas of the Winter Milky Way. As Marcus would say, you have handled and displayed all the nuances that this region deserves and done it with distinction and the framing is perfect. As always, I love the black river Nile that snakes it's way through this scene. At full res there is slight star elongation noticeable but the processing is close to perfect (perhaps just tone down the diffuse blue halo around the bright star at the bottom?)
Well George...this is an excellent image of one of the most beautiful areas of the Winter Milky Way. As Marcus would say, you have handled and displayed all the nuances that this region deserves and done it with distinction and the framing is perfect. As always, I love the black river Nile that snakes it's way through this scene. At full res there is slight star elongation noticeable but the processing is close to perfect (perhaps just tone down the diffuse blue halo around the bright star at the bottom?)
Very enjoyable, take a bow for that
Mike
Thanks Mike, high praise indeed from from someone as distinguished as yourself.
I will have a go at toning down the blue halo, also the Nile seems a bit bluish under hi-res, is this ok or should be of a different hue?
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Originally Posted by RickS
Looks good, George. Would love to see it at higher res.
Thanks Rick, see Post 14 for the high res
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Originally Posted by Placidus
Lots to see there. Keep them coming!
Thanks M & T, will try
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Originally Posted by traveller
Welcome back George
Great effort on the image too.
Bo
Thanks Mike, high praise indeed from from someone as distinguished as yourself.
I will have a go at toning down the blue halo, also the Nile seems a bit bluish under hi-res, is this ok or should be of a different hue?
No as I said, I think the processing is near perfect, the blue you mention in the lower river (The Nile is the finer snaking river through the magenta pink region at the top of image, not the longer broader river across the bottom ) is a saturation thing, don't completely remove it, it looks ok as is.
but the processing is close to perfect (perhaps just tone down the diffuse blue halo around the bright star at the bottom?) 
