The Lagoon

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Great work as usual Paul!

Superb detail and rich colour.
I often wonder about the true colour, if there is such a thing, of the Lagoon.

Cheers,

Justin.

[Leonardo70 (Leonardo Orazi)]

Great shot Paul.

All the best,
Leo

[Paul Haese]

Thanks Leo for your comment.

Originally Posted by tilbrook@rbe.ne

Great work as usual Paul!

Superb detail and rich colour.
I often wonder about the true colour, if there is such a thing, of the Lagoon.

Cheers,

Justin.

Interesting observation Justin. True colour would entirely depend on your own colour perception, the monitor your are viewing it through the monitor employed to create the image being calibrated, the degree of saturation employed and the personal bent of the person processing the data. I seriously doubt that the Lagoon would ever look really purple/magenta. It most likely would look like a pale mauve pastel to the human eye is seen from a moderate distance. I remember shooting frames of this with colour film back in the 80's and it was distinctly red. Colour film was described as true colour. I am inclined to think this shot is a little too saturated but perusal here usually likes more saturation that I really like. So like you I ask what is true colour? Almost certainly it is the right spectral colours but does that include saturation in the mix?

[multiweb (Marc)]

Wow! Very nice. Love the high res. Great star profiles too. Just right.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

Thanks Leo for your comment.




Interesting observation Justin. True colour would entirely depend on your own colour perception, the monitor your are viewing it through the monitor employed to create the image being calibrated, the degree of saturation employed and the personal bent of the person processing the data. I seriously doubt that the Lagoon would ever look really purple/magenta. It most likely would look like a pale mauve pastel to the human eye is seen from a moderate distance. I remember shooting frames of this with colour film back in the 80's and it was distinctly red. Colour film was described as true colour. I am inclined to think this shot is a little too saturated but perusal here usually likes more saturation that I really like. So like you I ask what is true colour? Almost certainly it is the right spectral colours but does that include saturation in the mix?

Thanks for the response Paul!

All true, at least there one object that seems to have a consistent RGB colour through most images.

NGC 6357 The lobster Nebula.

Probably others, but none spring to mind.

Cheers,

Justin.

[Paul Haese]

Originally Posted by multiweb

Wow! Very nice. Love the high res. Great star profiles too. Just right.

Thanks Marc. That was what I was aiming toward.

Originally Posted by tilbrook@rbe.ne

Thanks for the response Paul!

All true, at least there one object that seems to have a consistent RGB colour through most images.

NGC 6357 The lobster Nebula.

Probably others, but none spring to mind.

Cheers,

Justin.

Yeah that seems to often have an apparent red colour. Certainly not with various shades of red to magenta to pink. Cats Paw might be another.

[Shiraz (Ray)]

really beautiful image Paul - top shelf in all respects.

[marco (Marco Lorenzi)]

I agree with others Paul, top image here of a classic!
Clear skies
Marco

[Paul Haese]

Originally Posted by Shiraz

really beautiful image Paul - top shelf in all respects.

Thanks Ray. I just like to try for an even colour balance and natural looking myself. If that suits people that is good by me.

Originally Posted by marco

I agree with others Paul, top image here of a classic!
Clear skies
Marco

Thanks Marco, Yep it is a perennial favourite to image. Now I can finally say I am done with it in wide field. I cannot make any promises about narrow field though.

[IceMike (Mike)]

An amazing image. Congratulations Paul!

Cheers,

Mike

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

That's a terrific Lagoon Paul - smooth, sharp and beautiful. I do feel that the centre is a little burnt out though so 99% instead of 100%.

Cheers

Steve

[Paul Haese]

Thanks guys, appreciate you taking the time to comment.

Steve, you made a good point. I reassessed the levels and agree it was a bit burnt out and I think it even looked a little washed out in the centre. Its been several weeks since I looked at the image and can see how you would think that. So I adjusted the values down a bit. I hope that looks better. I have attached a smaller version here, and the full res version has been adjusted too.