Eta Carinae Mosaic (Star-less repros added)

[h0ughy (David)]

excellent results Rob - done well, only get better from here as you get to know how to process better - Maybe do a repro and avoid some things you did before, its certainly a program where you can trial and error to get something to what you like

[RobF (Rob)]

Thanks David. There are certainly a few spots I've since found, particular bottom middle, where the colour alignment is off. I suspect I must have manually selected a wrong star pair when doing the final dynamic alignment for R, G and B.

Always something to play with with repros. I'm still a bit "Eta'd out" at the moment though



Edit: Oooooh - almost forgot - have attached an (almost) starless version too

[RobF (Rob)]

Sorry - I'll go away soon - promise...
Star "less" version 2 - with a bit more oomph.
Trouble is it shows up some of my dodgey processing for flats/background.

[Octane (Humayun)]

Rob,

That's got the hallmarks of another wall-hanging masterpiece.

Two suggestions; flatten the background a bit to black. It doesn't necessarily have to go all the way, just don't let us see the magenta tint. Secondly, just a bit of contrast. I'm the last person to be talking about contrast as I like low contrast images (I make them myself, too), but, this could do with a bit.

An entry for the Malin's.

H

[RobF (Rob)]

Thanks for the pointers Humayan - greatly appreciated. I might work up the courage to go back a fair way in the processing and flatten the background a bit more. I was worried about pushing too far and ending up "over-processed", but I guess I'm alreaedy heading off into the hills (Fred's hills?) when I start taking out stars.

I was surprised and pleased with the overall effect when I had a play last night with min filter and single iteration of dust/scratches, so thought I'd put it up for reference.

Cheers,
R