Yet another repro...I think it was Michael, with his before/now post, who started the current chain of revising, comparing and reflecting on previous work
Anyway, I tried to squeeze out more detail from my previous attempt at the central part of the Carina nebula. While trying to maintain previously used colouration, the aim was to preserve and possibly show more of the faint stuff without too invasive processing. I realise the differences between the two images are quite small...
Yep, detail wise, that works for me.
D is visually stronger, but E has more fine structure detail, and is less soft in the densist nebula parts; at least to my eyes.
I like the detail and contrast of C the best. Add in some of the brightness from E, (simple layer with colour, hue or saturation should work) and it will be spot on.
I guess I like the darker, broody looking stuff. If it is OK, I mixed C and E to my tastes.
, has improved the detail in the centre (white) really well, with an overall feeling of something impending. Felt like I should get the umbrella out, cos it looked like a storm was brewing. I liked it a lot.
This has been an interesting thread (as have othe repro ones), and I hope more people go back to old data now their skills are improved, and present new versions.
Trev