Gabriela Mistral Nebula NGC 3324

[alpal]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Well there you go...what would I know anyway wonder what filters were used for that ESO shot though..?

As I said, it doesn't really matter, I'm just thinking for the RGB look it needs to be more blue/megenta but it's a good image regardless...and yes, too little time too many objects to hammer with a fast Newt and killer camera

Mike

Mike -
it's been changed to more blue - I even deleted the first version from flickr.
You were right.
Will you ever forgive me?

I see you've imaged it too:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/strongman/8489331124/

Nice job.
Cheers
Allan

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by alpal

I see you've imaged it too:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/strongman/8489331124/

Nice job.
Cheers
Allan

He he...yes I did

See? lots of options

[alpal]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

He he...yes I did

See? lots of options

Hi Mike,
wow - both are high impact images.
You've gone a lot deeper than my puny 2 hours of data.
Do you think the colours are bit strong in your RGB version?
I prefer more pastel colours but it's of course subjective.
I would love to see the full sizes of both images to see
this area that Hubble zoomed in on:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...324_Hubble.jpg

cheers
Allan

[marco (Marco Lorenzi)]

Nice One Allan, have you tried to give it a passage with HLVG to remove the green in some highlighted area?
http://www.deepskycolors.com/archivo...sta-Green.html
Of course if you are using PI you can use SCNR..


Regards
Marco

[alpal]

Originally Posted by marco

Nice One Allan, have you tried to give it a passage with HLVG to remove the green in some highlighted area?
http://www.deepskycolors.com/archivo...sta-Green.html
Of course if you are using PI you can use SCNR..


Regards
Marco

Thanks Marco - I heard about that plug-in.
I tried it & I have attached the result.
It seems very effective.
The problem is the bright star has bloomed on either a filter or the coma corrector.

I also had a play around with just the nebula itself,
rotating & cropping it out -
making Ha 100% luminance & boosting the blue in LAB colour
to see what kind of details would be there - having no respect for colour
& the using HDR toning & selective colour.
The image is too noisy to attempt that but I attached it anyway.

cheers
Allan

[Bassnut (Fred)]

Tight sharp and detailed Alan, excellent work

[alpal]

Originally Posted by Bassnut

Tight sharp and detailed Alan, excellent work

Thanks Fred,
it's something I can always add data to another time for less noise.

cheers
Allan

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by alpal

I would love to see the full sizes of both images to see
this area that Hubble zoomed in on:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...324_Hubble.jpg

cheers
Allan

Here ya go Allan - from my latest image

Mike

[alpal]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Here ya go Allan - from my latest image

Mike

That's a great comparison Mike.
Thanks for showing us all.


cheers
Allan