The Helix - Reloaded

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Where I had to make a compromise was with the OIII data. The stronger I made the ejecta visually, it would simply mute much of the Ha/SII structure. Drove me nuts.

Yep, same!

I ended up masking it. This was achieved by coping the OIII layer, creating a hide all mask, then pasting the OIII layer into the mask itself to match only where the OIII structure was present. I then simply dropped the opacity of the layer to taste. I'm sure there is a better way of doing it...

Ah huh........... dum ex-strongman is thinking...o - k...got it...I think?

Anyway, I hope this helps with your rendition. Thanks for your comments.

Ya welcome. If I go back and do a Sidonio ....I'll try your approach, and again, a super job on that big scope mate.

cheers

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by jase

Cheers Marc! Traditional RGB renditions have their place. Everyone does them, some good, some bad. Few tackle it in narrowband. Its not that easy to get the colours right given its quite dominate in Ha so you see many renditions looking really green. Careful blending of Ha and SII is the key and iteratively through a few layers to get the desired rich hue. Thanks again for your comments.

I kind of like the teal green and red mix. Although that NB shot shows way more details. I'll use that as reference when I try to do a bit of NB on it to get the colors right. Again superb work as always.