Vela SNR in Hubble-esque palette

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by marco

Hi Mike, this time have to say I am not totally impressed, sorry mate. Target is fantastic, color is ok (well, as you know I am not at all a fan of NB palettes) but I find the image quite noisy and not natural, a bit too overprocessed for the amount of data available. Don't take me wrong, IT IS a good image of the area, simply not up to those top-notch standards you get me used to

Marco

Thanks Marco

I don't dissagree with your assessment and I do get where you are coming from

I did push the begeeseus out of the data, you're right. I wanted to show up everything..I do this on occassions at the expense of a smooth technically perfect image, more of an exercise really. Of course if you shrink it in your browser it looks much better

Mike

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by stevous67

It's a very interesting area I've never really seen before until recently displayed here in IIS. This NB version is first class, well done Mike.

By the way, I think some people look too closely at images when they should stand back and enjoy.

Steve

Im agree, to some looking at an image is all about how perfect (what ever that is) it is.. at the expense of other revealing things that might be present, that said critique is always welcomed none the less

Mike

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Thanks for looking everyone ...the weather is on track for a brand new image from Agi on Friday night

Mike

[Nico13 (Ken)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Hi Ken

My approach is often similar to this, it's quite a simple approach too

http://bf-astro.com/hubbleP.htm

I do a lot of blending with my images too, ie I make several variations and then blend them in different weights until I am happy

Mike

Thanks for the info Mike much appreciated.
There is a lot to get a handle on with this Astro image processing to allow you to come up with a pleasing result.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by Nico13

Thanks for the info Mike much appreciated.
There is a lot to get a handle on with this Astro image processing to allow you to come up with a pleasing result.

Just takes time and perseverance Ken, we live in a great age for imaging the heavens so stick with it and it will alllll become clear