M42

[britgc (Bret)]

Originally Posted by LightningNZ

Nah, I think the colour balance is much more correct in the 2nd image. The first was very blue-heavy. The 2nd attempt is very nicely processed in my opinion. Well done Brit in taking our rather terse comments and learning so quickly from them.

Originally Posted by Rex

Brilliant Brett, the reprocess is showing some really nice detail. I agree with Kevin, perhaps adjust the blue up very slightly or maybe a better result would come from adjusting the red down. Trial and error is the key. Great job and well done mate.

Originally Posted by cometcatcher

Some aspects of the new image are better, we can see the background better. But in the process the nice blues of running man and M42 have been lost.

Thanks guys. I'm still tinkering with it as I write this. Giving Nebulosity a go to see how it compares to DSS.
Thanks for all the suggestions and a big thank you to Rusty for taking a closer look at my stacked image.
Will let you know how it goes

[britgc (Bret)]

Hey guys,

Been tinkering with some of the intricacies of image processing in an attempt to understand things a bit more beyond "when I push this button, a combination of maths & witchcraft happens" and reprocessed M42 while I was at it.

I used Startools this time around with some final tweaks in CS2 and I think it's an improvement over my last effort. Just about pulled as much as I can out of it for the time being at least.

Planning on getting a Baader UHC filter soon-ish which should help things a bit, save me trying to "fix it in the mix".

Until next time folks - clear skies to you all!

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Wow, you've really pulled some detail out of it that time, including the faint background dust. Well done.

[britgc (Bret)]

Originally Posted by cometcatcher

Wow, you've really pulled some detail out of it that time, including the faint background dust. Well done.

Thanks Kevin.

[rustigsmed (Russell)]

that is excellent Bret, you couldn't get any more out of that, well done

Rusty

[Rex]

Nice Repro Bret,your doing well!

[britgc (Bret)]

Originally Posted by rustigsmed

that is excellent Bret, you couldn't get any more out of that, well done

Rusty

Originally Posted by Rex

Nice Repro Bret,your doing well!

Thanks guys