Cat's Paw Ha blended with colour

[batema (Mark)]

Hi,

I have had a go at reprocessing 3 hours of Ha with 1 hour of each channel RGB. I am learning this technique so comments welcome. I processed Ha and Red individually and then lay the Ha on top of red and set opacity to 50%.I flattened this image and then used as Red in RGB and balanced GB channels. Flattened and then layered Ha on top of the colour. I know the stars look terrible but just after suggestions. Scope W/O Flt 110 and Qhy9 mono no darks or flats.

Thanks.

Mark

[Hagar (Doug)]

Very nice Mark. Some nice detail in the honey combed pad at the top right. You have handled the usual pukey Ha stars very well also.

Well done.

[multiweb (Marc)]

That's a great shot Mark. Just being picky - tiny bit of dark ringing around the stars which can very easily be taken care of. Select Color Range->Highlights then Expand 3px/feather 2px selection and a bit of shadow/highlights on the stars only. You'll have one for the cool wall then. Top shelf.

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Very nice!
You obviously took notes in class. A+

[Ross G]

Hi Mark,

Your photo looks good.

I like the colour and detail.

Thanks.

Ross.

[DavidTrap (David)]

I like it - not too pink for me.

DT

[batema (Mark)]

Thank you all for the comments and thanks Marc for the suggestion on the stars. I have done it and increased the star colours. Your suggestion gets rid of the black ring around the stars nicely. This is with my adjustments.

Mark