Well, I recon that's pretty good, the subtle dust envelopes are nicely captured. A little more vibrancy in the colours might be worth a look but it's a terrific image.
Thank you very much, guys.
Lacking colour/vibrancy/pop is a problem I do have with my images. I'll try to do something with it this week and hopefully get the time for a repro.
Nice image Graham but I do have to agree with the other comments about it looking a bit flat. You might want to try a bit of selective sharpening which you can use with a layer mask to sharpen and highlight the edges a little more. A small selective lift to the saturation of the red will also give it a bit of a lift.
I hope you don't mind me having a go at your image but it may give you a few ideas.
A very nice image Graham - you've captured a lot of fainter nebulosity there and it has a natural flavour to it all. One thing - many of the stars appear to me to have a reddish duplicate slightly to the right of each star. Only the stars in the dark areas (not in the nebula)? Maybe a registration issue, or possibly my monitor is getting too old and I need to replace it !?!
Doug, you know I would'nt mind, and thanks for the constructive criticism. I am toying with a repro, but I've done my back in again and can hardly do anything, hence even the delay in a reply to the post.
David, cheers! I think that is from my processing where the core of the star has burnt through due to carelesness. Sorry sir, I won't do it again
Sorry sir, I won't do it again
