M42, NGC253, NGC1365 from last night. - Page 2

Paul Haese · #21 05-10-2011, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by mill

Thank you Paul

One question, what do you think about the colors ?

M42 looks ok for colour Martin. It is a little flat looking but the colours look fine.

NGC253 is good for central core colour (golden hues) but the outer blue stars are not shown very well. Just take a bit of a look at the blues in your image.

The same goes for NGC1365. Central is fine but the blue stars seem a little muted. Mind you this is a pretty hard one to get the colours right. I plan on redoing this object myself in the next year or so. Perhaps this year.

Colour balance is a matter of personal choice really. For me I really like vibrant colours where the dynamic range is well displayed. It does not suit everyone but the main person who likes it is me. Getting balance right is pretty hard most of the time. Walking away for an hour and looking again helps a lot with sort out the balance.

mill (Martin) · #22 05-10-2011, 03:28 PM

Thank you for your thoughts Paul

Now you say this, i know that the brightness of my monitor might be to high and that i have to dim it a bit because here i see a nice and bright M42 with bright reds.

mill (Martin) · #23 05-10-2011, 05:05 PM

Ok i have adjusted my monitor and done three repo's
Thank you Paul for your suggestions

I also worked with layers on NGC253.
Comments and tips appreciated.

Paul Haese · #24 05-10-2011, 05:13 PM

Those look better Martin.

iceman (Mike) · #25 10-10-2011, 05:08 AM

Nice set of images Martin, well done

Hagar (Doug) · #26 10-10-2011, 08:13 AM

Very nice Martin, A very busy night for you. How did you get a clear night? Its been terrible up this way for a year or so now. Even the clear days have clouded up at night.

mill (Martin) · #27 10-10-2011, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Paul Haese

Those look better Martin.

Thanks again for the tips Paul

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Originally Posted by iceman

Nice set of images Martin, well done

Thank you Mike, much appreciated

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Originally Posted by Hagar

Very nice Martin, A very busy night for you. How did you get a clear night? Its been terrible up this way for a year or so now. Even the clear days have clouded up at night.

Thank you Doug

I had a couple of good night's and these i could do in a single night (couldn't sleep anyway because of shoulder pain).