M33 from Astrofest * COLOR BALANCED*

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Looks full bodied that Marc, nice capture...surprisingly, Al's repro actually looks good too (sorry Al , most repros by others tend to ruin images )

Mike

[alpal]

Originally Posted by multiweb

Thanks Allan. Yeah that looks heaps better. Gotta repro that one now

Thanks Marc,
yes - definitely worth a re-process.
Every picture is so different that you have to experiment
to see what can be discovered in it.
Non global - blurred layer masks just on the galaxy is the trick.
Maybe that's cheating but Ken Crawford wouldn't agree.
The center area is so bright that it can be washed out unless
you use a blurred layer mask to stretch it with layer opacity to taste.
It was also slightly green but that was adjusted in LAB mode
as well as a colour boost.

cheers
Allan

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by alpal

Thanks Marc,
yes - definitely worth a re-process.
Every picture is so different that you have to experiment
to see what can be discovered in it.
Non global - blurred layer masks just on the galaxy is the trick.
Maybe that's cheating but Ken Crawford wouldn't agree.
The center area is so bright that it can be washed out unless
you use a blurred layer mask to stretch it with layer opacity to taste.
It was also slightly green but that was adjusted in LAB mode
as well as a colour boost.

cheers
Allan

Cool - thanks for the tips. More stuff to learn

[multiweb (Marc)]

Did a repro after checking the colors on Peter's shot. Looks better IMHO.

[alpal]

Originally Posted by multiweb

Did a repro after checking the colors on Peter's shot. Looks better IMHO.

Here:
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/a...e.php?a=187024


yes - much better - beautiful colours.
You did well.

cheers
Allan

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by alpal

Here:
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/a...e.php?a=187024


yes - much better - beautiful colours.
You did well.

cheers
Allan

Thanks Allan. Yeah I'm happy with that now. I can reproduce it consistently now.

[DJT (David)]

Nice one Marc. The repro is excellent

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by DJT

Nice one Marc. The repro is excellent

Thanks David.

[allan gould]

Excellent colour repro. Well done

[Camelopardalis (Dunk)]

That's much better, well done Marc the Ha regions are much more prominent now too!

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by allan gould

Excellent colour repro. Well done

Originally Posted by Camelopardalis

That's much better, well done Marc the Ha regions are much more prominent now too!

Thanks guys. Yeah the red areas came through nicely on this one.

[gregbradley]

That looks a lot better, nice work.

Greg.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by gregbradley

That looks a lot better, nice work.

Greg.

Thanks Greg.

[Geoff45 (Geoff)]

I really like this one Marc. Very nice colour and detail. One of the good northern hemisphere objects that needs to be further south.
Geoff

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by ghsmith45

I really like this one Marc. Very nice colour and detail. One of the good northern hemisphere objects that needs to be further south.
Geoff

Thanks mate. Yeah, it's a pretty galaxy and it's still big enough not to look like a fly on the wall it a shortish FL refractor.

[Shiraz (Ray)]

Originally Posted by multiweb

Thanks mate. Yeah, it's a pretty galaxy and it's still big enough not to look like a fly on the wall it a shortish FL refractor.

really nice work Marc - amazing detail for a smallish refractor and your colour handling is very convincing.

[peter_4059 (Peter)]

I like the repro Marc. Nice capture.

[Rex]

Beautiful repro Marc. I Like the colours now and the detail is still good. Nicely done.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by Shiraz

really nice work Marc - amazing detail for a smallish refractor and your colour handling is very convincing.

Thanks Ray. Glad you like it.

Originally Posted by peter_4059

I like the repro Marc. Nice capture.

Thanks mate. Yeah needed a new direction with the colors.

Originally Posted by Rex

Beautiful repro Marc. I Like the colours now and the detail is still good. Nicely done.

Thanks a lot Rex.

[ozstronomer (Geoff)]

Good repro Marc, nice colours now

Geoff