Few Dob DSO's for ya

[Stu Ward]

I now have Photoshop, so i've had a go at processing the Tif rather than Jpeg

What do you reckon to this now ?

Oh and Sombrero

[graham.hobart (Graham stevens)]

Hey Hombre! I lovs ze Sombrero man! you have, how we say- big cahones!
makin' me jealous! I want to do the same but Just some large clouds and a South American Volcanic ash cloud between me and greatness me thinks!! (oh, and an eq 6 that stopped working....)
Keep it up to inspire us new kids on the block...word!
highly impressed
grahamhttp://www.iceinspace.com.au/vbiis/images/smilies/thumbsup.gif

[irwjager (Ivo)]

Hey Stu,

I think you've transcended beginners status when it comes to capturing, so it's time for some tough love on the processing front

I'm not sure about your latest PhotoShop repros - the background seems clipped to black quite badly (space is never completely black!).
Your sombrero is a wee bit green (try the Photoshop HLVG plugin). You may also obtain some good results by using layers by blurring the color information using a Gaussian blur, but not the luminance information and then merging the result again. I don't use PhotoShop so I'm not sure what the correct naming is for the layer modes - maybe someone else can chime in?

The way you're going you'll be posting in the Deep Space section in no time!

[Stu Ward]

Originally Posted by irwjager

Hey Stu,

I think you've transcended beginners status when it comes to capturing, so it's time for some tough love on the processing front

I'm not sure about your latest PhotoShop repros - the background seems clipped to black quite badly (space is never completely black!).
Your sombrero is a wee bit green (try the Photoshop HLVG plugin). You may also obtain some good results by using layers by blurring the color information using a Gaussian blur, but not the luminance information and then merging the result again. I don't use PhotoShop so I'm not sure what the correct naming is for the layer modes - maybe someone else can chime in?

The way you're going you'll be posting in the Deep Space section in no time!

I will try your suggestions, but atm they have gone right over my head !!!

As for the black space, yeah i "blacked it"

[irwjager (Ivo)]

Originally Posted by Stu Ward

I will try your suggestions, but atm they have gone right over my head !!!

As for the black space, yeah i "blacked it"

Just found a PS tutorial for you on the technique I (tried to ) describe:

http://www.digitalphotopro.com/techn...photoshop.html

[Stu Ward]

A kind member of my Astronomy club has taken my data a gave it a bit more respect than my rough processing of Sombrero.
I think he's done pretty well considering its only about 30 mins of light.

Now im gonna try an get more photons and have a go myself

[midnight (Darrin)]

Looking good Stu!

Keep up the good work.

Darrin...

[Stu Ward]

Heres another couple for ya !

Stu