The Lagoon in Ha

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Thanks Marc. I have Topaz 5. Is it light detail?

I have Topaz Details 2. I usually do a very light pass of micro contrast enhancement, creative details Accent and Feature Enhancement. Depends on the pic. Try different settings until you're happy with one.
If you have enough image scale, deconv will usually bring it out anyway. Startools has some cool fractal algo to enhance shock fronts and you can always use the HighPass filter technique in PS with a 5.2px setting and apply as a layer with a 60% "softlight" overlay blend.

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by multiweb

I have Topaz Details 2. I usually do a very light pass of micro contrast enhancement, creative details Accent and Feature Enhancement. Depends on the pic. Try different settings until you're happy with one.
If you have enough image scale, deconv will usually bring it out anyway. Startools has some cool fractal algo to enhance shock fronts and you can always use the HighPass filter technique in PS with a 5.2px setting and apply as a layer with a 60% "softlight" overlay blend.

Thanks Marc. I'll have to check which version of Topaz I
have.
Theres also some tools from a company called One
I havent tried them yet.

[DavidTrap (David)]

Well, I'm going to disagree about your reprocess Greg - I think you've gone far too soft!

Looking again at your first attempt (which I believe is still your thumbnail attached to this thread), I now think it's overdone. I had thought my image could use some more contrast, especially on the ridges in the nebulosity, but after seeing your repro, I'm more satisfied with mine.

Maybe somewhere in between??? I really think you need to pony-up and try Pixinsight - HDRMultiscaleTransform does a fantastic job of compressing the dynamic range. Works wonders on giving a 3d feel to these "flat" areas on nebulosity

DT

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by DavidTrap

Well, I'm going to disagree about your reprocess Greg - I think you've gone far too soft!

Looking again at your first attempt (which I believe is still your thumbnail attached to this thread), I now think it's overdone. I had thought my image could use some more contrast, especially on the ridges in the nebulosity, but after seeing your repro, I'm more satisfied with mine.

Maybe somewhere in between??? I really think you need to pony-up and try Pixinsight - HDRMultiscaleTransform does a fantastic job of compressing the dynamic range. Works wonders on giving a 3d feel to these "flat" areas on nebulosity

DT

Thanks David. I have PixInsight and use parts of it occasionally. I'll give that HDR tool a go.

Greg.

[RickS (Rick)]

Looks good, Greg, and I'm keen to see the finished mosaic! Would be interesting to compare the current and previous versions.

Cheers,
Rick.

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by RickS

Looks good, Greg, and I'm keen to see the finished mosaic! Would be interesting to compare the current and previous versions.

Cheers,
Rick.

Thanks Rick. Yes I'll do a comparison as I've imaged this area few times before

Greg.

[Ross G]

Great mono photo Greg.

Detailed and so sharp.

Ross.

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by Ross G

Great mono photo Greg.

Detailed and so sharp.

Ross.

Thanks Ross. I posted the colour version of this today. I am very happy with it.

This AP RHA scope rocks.

Greg.

[Paul Haese]

I thought the first version of this was a little too processed and this version is just a tad too soft. I think some where in between the two would be great. I also thought the first version had better contrast than the first.

[gregbradley]

I think I am simply going to reshoot this area as the original intention was to do a 2 panel mosaic and I was attempting to get both Lagoon and NGC2559 in the one shot. I have to crop a bit as I lost a small amount to rotation in subs over several days and its was slightly cropped at the top as well.

So its going to be faster to simply do 2 panels and start again otherwise its a 4 panel job and hard to process.

Greg.