chicken

[blink138 (Pat)]

well.................. this may be the first time i have tried and, with moderate success, chucked my dss picture into ps elements
i may have overdone it a little as the red may be a little over the top
anyhoo, chicken from 19.02.15
95 60s exposures with darks and flats and iso 800
apm 107 unguided and 60da
even magnified full the extreme corners show no egginess so the TS 0.79 flattener reducer is a very good match to my apo
could not believe how quickly the sensor saturated even on 800!
any suggestions most welcome
pat

[blink138 (Pat)]

i think this is better probably

[willik (Willik)]

Originally Posted by blink138

i think this is better probably

GOOD IMAGE All the stars are round slightly over process

[blink138 (Pat)]

thanks martin, even the second one?
pat

[willik (Willik)]

Originally Posted by blink138

thanks martin, even the second one?
pat

When you look at your image towards the left and to the right you can see a very light green colour you want to get that out the image will look much better increase the colour of the stars in photo shop
not much colour there is a tool to increase star colour

[5ash (Philip)]

Nice detail but the red seems too homogeneous , I have seen pictures of this object and there are some variations in the red across the main body of the nebula. Also the stars seem to have lost some colour.
Philip

[blink138 (Pat)]

thanks a lot guys, how about this one? i seem to have rid the pic of the green but maybe there is less ha region showing?
the star colours seem to not have changed so i do not know how that works in ps elements martin?
pat

[5ash (Philip)]

I think the sky looks too black now!
Philip

[blink138 (Pat)]

Originally Posted by 5ash

I think the sky looks too black now!
Philip

still much to learn then,............ if it is too black have i robbed some HA from the image?
pat

[rustigsmed (Russell)]

hi pat,

nice one, have you tried just turning the green channel down either in levels or selective colour?

nice chook!

cheers,

rusty

[blink138 (Pat)]

didnt think of doing that russell, i will give that a go thanks mate!
pat

[willik (Willik)]

Originally Posted by blink138

didnt think of doing that russell, i will give that a go thanks mate!
pat

software to purchase to add on to photo shop Russell Croman
Astrophotography it is very good helps a lot,with processing.

[blink138 (Pat)]

Originally Posted by willik

software to purchase to add on to photo shop Russell Croman
Astrophotography it is very good helps a lot,with processing.

thanks martin
pat

[rustigsmed (Russell)]

Hi Pat,

I had a quick play with the image last night. turned the green up and down and it shows a clear rectangular outline (with the area to the right and down bluer)- appears to be due to a sub overlap/orientation/registration issue? Perhaps revisiting the stack will help out?

cheers

rusty

[blink138 (Pat)]

russell funny you should mention that as i noticed it when i magnified the image to check for field curvature, i think i may have "saved" it before dss had completely finished because there are unfinished "blocks"!
pat