Orion's Sword - another hybrid image

[Paul Haese]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Perhaps but I just went back and had a look at your Malin M42 and I note the unique brown colour of the intervening gas and dust seems to start quite abruptly from an apparent boarder around M42 and NGC 1997, like suddenly everything goes brown...how was this? In my data it happens much more gradually with the reds appearing more as you move out into the surrounding sky...?

Mike

Hmmm I am not sure. I did not do anything to control the colour there. I did push the dust and gas colour surrounding the two nebulae, but that was the only real colour manipulation I undertook. In fact I reduced the saturation quite a lot as I knew from the AAIC that David does not like super saturation. Anyone who was there that first morning will remember the lively debate between Jay and David.

[Regulus (Trevor)]

It's a great treatment Mike, and I am enjoying seeing that detail that is often blown way out in most other pictures of this Nebula.
Cheers - Trevor

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by atalas

Great work Mike.

Thanks Louie

Originally Posted by Regulus

It's a great treatment Mike, and I am enjoying seeing that detail that is often blown way out in most other pictures of this Nebula.
Cheers - Trevor

Yes, well as I said, in this instance getting every little bit of detail to show from the outer faint wisps right down into the very core was actually my intention... but, if I was wanting to produce a version that was perhaps more realistic I would have brightened the trap area more, just to more accurately show the relative brightness's a little better but then that lovely detail in and around the trap would have been all but lost...there are any number of imaging outcomes that we can strive for and can be appealing...not just those wished for by David Malin .

Mike

[David Fitz-Henr]

Great image Mike; a lot of interesting detail in there, and I guess the blues are brought out more by the addition of the OIII filtered data. The reds are a tad saturated for my tastes , though being an LRGB / narrowband hybrid a little artistic licence is OK

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by David Fitz-Henr

The reds are a tad saturated for my tastes ,

Oooh yeah, you better hide behind that couch buddy ..saturated...humphf..grumb le, grumble....

though being an LRGB / narrowband hybrid a little artistic licence is OK

Yeah, artistsic that's the word, not saturated

Cheers big ears

[Shiraz (Ray)]

huge amount of detail - can't imagine how you managed to pull together such a diverse collection of data - well done.

[dvj (John)]

Quite stunning Mike..... when I converted to grayscale!

Ok, just kidding. This image is in a class by its own! Very nice.

j

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by Shiraz

huge amount of detail - can't imagine how you managed to pull together such a diverse collection of data - well done.

Originally Posted by dvj

Quite stunning Mike..... when I converted to grayscale!

Ok, just kidding. This image is in a class by its own! Very nice.

j

Glad you liked it men and Ray naaah easy stuff, when you have no working observatory

And nice to see some humour too John ...this imaging game can be taken waaay too seriously at times

Mike

[Bassnut (Fred)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Can't wait to get some new data from the new observatory, hopefully in the next couple of weeks

Cheers

Mike

Oh gaud, what does that mean. More M42 stuff ?

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by Bassnut

Oh gaud, what does that mean. More M42 stuff ?

Hey you're RIGHT ..peeeerfect timing, it's already rising before nights end, by the time I'm back up and running properly she should be placed juuust right ...then not long before I can grab that obscure gem Centaurus A

Have another Guinness

Mike

[Bassnut (Fred)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Have another Guinness

Mike

I will

[Ross G]

An amazing photo Mike.

Great detail and so sharp.

I love the bright, strong colours!

Ross.

[Saturn%5 (Graeme)]

Me and La La love it, Nice work Mike.

Graeme.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by Ross G

An amazing photo Mike.

Great detail and so sharp.

I love the bright, strong colours!

Ross.

Originally Posted by Saturn%5

Me and La La love it, Nice work Mike.

Graeme.

Cheers Guys

And yes the bright strong colours do alarm some people but I generally enjoy strong colour fidelity...although many images also look good more pastel, it's like wall paint or furniture, we all have different eyes and moods in the end

Mike

[John K]

Mike,

that is one amazing image - on the high res version I spent some time going around the image looking at the finer detail.

In terms of the colour, always a tough one, but I like it.

John K.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by John K

Mike,

that is one amazing image - on the high res version I spent some time going around the image looking at the finer detail.

In terms of the colour, always a tough one, but I like it.

John K.

Cheers John..and that isn't even the full res version (sorry Marcus )

Regards to colour - must remember this is a Narrowband-RGB hybrid after all...using Mike's eye and photoshop et al to bring it too visual wavelengths

Mike

[Ihsahakat (Tak Girl)]

That is a VERY bold M42. I like it.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by Ihsahakat

That is a VERY bold M42. I like it.

Bold and the Beautiful