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01-03-2015, 10:20 PM
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Mostly harmless...
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Love it Rick.
I haven't seen M78 against that much glowing H2 in a single FOV before. Quite striking really.
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01-03-2015, 10:31 PM
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That's a stunning image Rick. I love the colours and the sharpness.
Greg.
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02-03-2015, 07:29 AM
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Great work Rick! Colors, sharpnes, details, everything stunning. Congratulations! 
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02-03-2015, 07:36 AM
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Very nice Rick.
All the best,
Leo
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02-03-2015, 08:54 AM
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Originally Posted by RobF
Love it Rick.
I haven't seen M78 against that much glowing H2 in a single FOV before. Quite striking really.
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Thanks, Rob. I was surprised at how much Barnard's Loop stood out without any Ha data at all.
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Originally Posted by gregbradley
That's a stunning image Rick. I love the colours and the sharpness.
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Ta, Greg!
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Originally Posted by prokyon
Great work Rick! Colors, sharpnes, details, everything stunning. Congratulations! |
Thank you, Werner.
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Originally Posted by Leonardo70
Very nice Rick.
All the best,
Leo
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Thanks, Leo.
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02-03-2015, 09:23 AM
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PI rules
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Very nice Rick. The colour contrast is striking and (as others have mentioned) the tension between the two objects really makes the picture. Nicely processed--I'm sure it wasn't easy.
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02-03-2015, 06:32 PM
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Originally Posted by RickS
No probs, Louie. I wasn't being sensitive. I often learn a lot from these discussions.
I did do more than just a stretch (which is by nature non-linear like the response of our eyes to light intensity.) I compressed the dynamic range in some of the brightest areas so that the dust and structure was visible. I tried to do this fairly gently. I also did the usual S-curve contrast thing. Most images of M78 appear to do something similar to emphasise the interesting stuff.
I have attached a Luminance that has had no processing apart from a simple stretch just in case you're interested in what the vanilla data looked like.
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Ah thanks for that Rick....explains what I'm seeing in your final image.
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02-03-2015, 07:20 PM
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Originally Posted by ghsmith45
Very nice Rick. The colour contrast is striking and (as others have mentioned) the tension between the two objects really makes the picture. Nicely processed--I'm sure it wasn't easy.
Geoff
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Thanks, Geoff. It was a tricky one, but then I can't remember an image that was easy for me to process 
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Ah thanks for that Rick....explains what I'm seeing in your final image.
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Ta, Louie. Thanks for your interest!
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02-03-2015, 09:23 PM
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Very nice Rick. Love the colours and detail!
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02-03-2015, 11:10 PM
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Mighty Facinating lookin target Rick, solid Imaging cheif 
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03-03-2015, 08:30 AM
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Thanks Scott & Bob!
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03-03-2015, 09:23 AM
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Very nicely done Rick, and I'm pleased to see that you arrived at very similar colours as I did with my lower resolution image and more pedestrian camera.
Last edited by Stefan Buda; 03-03-2015 at 12:36 PM.
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03-03-2015, 10:48 AM
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Looks great Rick! That fov is different from most images of M78 and the rich color makes it work. Very nice.
JB
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03-03-2015, 06:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Stefan Buda
Very nicely done Rick, and I'm pleased to see that you arrived at very similar colours as I did with my lower resolution image and more pedestrian camera.
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Thanks, Stefan. Great minds, eh? 
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Originally Posted by NOMH
Looks great Rick! That fov is different from most images of M78 and the rich color makes it work. Very nice.
JB
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Thanks, John!
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06-03-2015, 05:53 PM
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Stunning
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06-03-2015, 07:12 PM
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That is stunning Rick. Beautiful image.
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06-03-2015, 08:21 PM
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Thanks Andre & Mark!
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08-03-2015, 06:29 PM
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The FSQ/8300 combo is just very awesome, nice work Rick.
No form of criticism, but the two regions almost look fake given the complete differences. I guess such is the nature of having extreme examples of absorption, reflection, and emission nebulae within the same field. It is very cool.
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09-03-2015, 09:00 AM
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Thanks, Chris. It certainly is a dramatic contrast.
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11-03-2015, 07:25 PM
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That's a very rich and interesting image Rick - quite arresting.
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