Distorted southern spiral galaxy NGC1532 repro with more colour

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by alpal

Looking better now Greg,
you'll be able to have some fun with LAB colour -
what it does is amazing - but it's easy to overdo as well.

cheers
Allan

Thanks Allan. Yes it looks to be a good tool. Increasing colour without boosting the noise is a great tool. There are several other methods R Jay went over and I found they are listed in the book Lessons from the Masters edited by Rob Gendler. He went over these at AAIC but I didn't take notes.

Greg.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Gotta be happy with that one. Very clear details in the dust lanes. I thought a little on the blue side at first but I like the saturation you've got.

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by multiweb

Gotta be happy with that one. Very clear details in the dust lanes. I thought a little on the blue side at first but I like the saturation you've got.

I thought the same at first but I think this is a fairly blue looking galaxy.
The blue is not something I pushed for but it did seem to boost more than the other colours. Perhap it is a tad strong and needs a little tweak there.

Greg.

[alpal]

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Thanks Allan. Yes it looks to be a good tool. Increasing colour without boosting the noise is a great tool. There are several other methods R Jay went over and I found they are listed in the book Lessons from the Masters edited by Rob Gendler. He went over these at AAIC but I didn't take notes.

Greg.

Hi Greg,
I'm sure there are lots of clever ways to get even more from any data -
extract the last drop out of it.

cheers
Allan

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by alpal

Hi Greg,
I'm sure there are lots of clever ways to get even more from any data -
extract the last drop out of it.

cheers
Allan

We are always looking for ways to improve our images and definitely over the years there have been as many advancements in image processing as there have been in the cameras etc.

At the end of the day though long enough exposure, good tracking, dark skies are the basics that are never replaced and are the foundations of a good image and anything that stengthens them is a good advance.

Greg.

[dutch2 (Ingrid)]

Fantastic images, Greg.
Well done.

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by dutch2

Fantastic images, Greg.
Well done.

Thanks Ingrid!

Greg.