So anyway, if you like big Nebulas...

[alpal]

Nice work Andy - looks great.

cheers
Allan

[Andy01 (Andy)]

Originally Posted by marc4darkskies

That's a tremendous effort Andy and it's paid off I think. I find myself enjoying vibrant NB images and this one has that attribute in spades. Is it sailing close to the gaudy wind for some people's tastes? Probably. But the overall result is compelling.

Thanks Marcus, I tend to favour high visual impact but have endeavoured to restrain myself a bit on this one. lol

Narrowband imaging is an opportunity to express my creativity in a technical genre, so my colour palettes are always going to be viewed subjectively.

It's a bit like comparing Constable to Turner, both were amazing painters but had vastly differing styles.

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Congrat Andy on a tremendous effort.
A wonderful image that is very compelling.

That small sensor is making you work hard as this is really only 1 maybe 2 panels with an FSQ106 and a 16803 camera.

Greg

Thanks Greg, appreciate the positive feedback!
1-2 panels you say? Gee where's the challenge in that!

Originally Posted by alpal

Nice work Andy - looks great.

cheers
Allan

Thanks Allan, you were 100% right and the image is all the better for your input, cheers

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Well..overall, hey... it is true to your style Andy for sure and ya aint gunna change that anytime soon, are ya? so processing analysis and palette choice are unnecessary...thus, in true Andy style, it is indeed a vista

When viewed in small size at Astro Bin the composition has great visual impact... the amount of work deserves a big pat on the back, take a bow Mr Dreyfuss

Mike

[The_bluester (Paul)]

Yikes there is some work in there, amazing work to gather up all that data and stitch it all together. Per your comments and others, I reckon the only way to do much more would be a multi year job to gather all the data moon free and be able to do it without fighting gradients, which will all no doubt run in different directions depending on when each bit of data was captured.

You know, just now is the first time that I have actually "Seen" the smoking man in the smoking man!

[Andy01 (Andy)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Well..overall, hey... it is true to your style Andy for sure and ya aint gunna change that anytime soon, are ya? so processing analysis and palette choice are unnecessary...thus, in true Andy style, it is indeed a vista

When viewed in small size at Astro Bin the composition has great visual impact... the amount of work deserves a big pat on the back, take a bow Mr Dreyfuss

Mike

Cheers Mike, you wouldn't really want me to change would you?
Lol, thanks for your nice feedback
er- pardon my blond moment were you referring to Richard Dreyfuss from Close Encounters?

Originally Posted by The_bluester

Yikes there is some work in there, amazing work to gather up all that data and stitch it all together. Per your comments and others, I reckon the only way to do much more would be a multi year job to gather all the data moon free and be able to do it without fighting gradients, which will all no doubt run in different directions depending on when each bit of data was captured.

You know, just now is the first time that I have actually "Seen" the smoking man in the smoking man!

Cheers Paul, let's not even consider staying with the same target for a whole year, even my considerable patience would be sorely tested with that!
Glad you found "The Smoking Man" - he's from the X-Files of course

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by Andy01

er- pardon my blond moment were you referring to Richard Dreyfuss from Close Encounters?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPt_INy_CtM

[Andy01 (Andy)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPt_INy_CtM

Oh yeah, D'uh of course - I loved that movie!

[Andy01 (Andy)]

Couldn't resist revisiting this one last time based on feedback provided...
a) Redid the luminance to even out previously over-sharpened bits. (Thx Allan & Peter)
b) Redid the blue stars - (tried to anyway) to get more even blues throughout (thx Rick)
c) Revisited local contrast & levels for more impact (thx Peter)

Hopefully that's put this bad boy to rest now...

Thanks everyone

Here is the link