That's a very pretty and wonderfully colourful gem that Tim with lots of detail, nicely done.
A minor thing, it appears that you may have used Russel Cromans Star Shrink..? It's a personal thing I guess but I don't like what it does to stars if you are not very careful. It can tighten up the cores of stars alright but leave diffuse halos around them which to me looks odd and gives the image an obvious processed look.
That's a very pretty and wonderfully colourful gem that Tim with lots of detail, nicely done.
A minor thing, it appears that you may have used Russel Cromans Star Shrink..? It's a personal thing I guess but I don't like what it does to stars if you are not very careful. It can tighten up the cores of stars alright but leave diffuse halos around them which to me looks odd and gives the image an obvious processed look.
What a scope BTW
Mike
Thanks Mike. Your eye is spot on as usual. Although I didn't use RC's Star Shrink, I used my usual PS star shrinking method, but could have done it better - I will go back and see if I can handle the star processing more subtly.
This PN is on my imaging list. I really like the colouring that this object is often presented in. There is good detail in this image despite it being quite small. Well done.
This PN is on my imaging list. I really like the colouring that this object is often presented in. There is good detail in this image despite it being quite small. Well done.
Thanks very much Paul! I very much look forward to your rendition of it.....I couldn't find too many decent versions of this displayed on the web.
I seem to stumble upon this creature often in my travels across the night sky, but have never attempted to make something nice of it. It's small sizes combined with uninteresting surroundings has always put me off. But your image shows some good promise of interesting detail! Certainly the best celestial bug I've seen
I seem to stumble upon this creature often in my travels across the night sky, but have never attempted to make something nice of it. It's small sizes combined with uninteresting surroundings has always put me off. But your image shows some good promise of interesting detail! Certainly the best celestial bug I've seen
