Horse Head and Flame in Ha

Ryderscope (Rodney) · #1 25-01-2018, 04:23 PM

First image posting to kick off 2018.
Ha channel with Astronomik 6nm filter. TSA120 @ F5.6, QSI683 CCD.
23 subs @ 20 minutes per sub. Processing in Pixinsight 1.8.5.

Link to Astrobin image here.

Comments and critique welcome.

Peter Ward · #2 25-01-2018, 05:14 PM

Excellent framing. Great technique and handling of the highlights and shadows.

Nice one

Paul Haese · #3 25-01-2018, 05:36 PM

Agreed, the framing is nice Rodney. I reckon though you could do some selective sharpening to give it that extra punch.

strongmanmike (Michael) · #4 25-01-2018, 06:10 PM

Looks good Rod, a classic composition for this field.

Mike

Ryderscope (Rodney) · #5 25-01-2018, 10:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

Excellent framing. Great technique and handling of the highlights and shadows.

Nice one

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

Agreed, the framing is nice Rodney. I reckon though you could do some selective sharpening to give it that extra punch.

Quote:

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Looks good Rod, a classic composition for this field.

Mike

Many thanks for the comments and feedback everyone.

Placidus (Mike and Trish) · #6 26-01-2018, 07:27 AM

Masterly in all respects, Rodney!

Much of the very faint material has a "fox fur" look to it, and there is even a very fine spare "cone nebula" at the bottom edge at seven o'clock.

Very best,
MnT

Atmos (Colin) · #7 26-01-2018, 08:14 AM

It looks really good Rodney, nicely framed and it’s quite deep!

gregbradley · #8 26-01-2018, 11:29 AM

The perfect framing for this object. This is the classic look and I think the best. Lovely deep reach in the Ha but I agree with Paul its a bit soft in the key items. The Horsehead and the flame plus the ridges of the Ha could take a bit of masked sharpening.

In Photoshop:

duplicate layer
overlay or soft light mode
high pass filter set to 7
mask hide all
set paintbrush to white
paint in the areas you want sharpened - brush set to say 30-50%
flatten image

Greg.

RickS (Rick) · #9 26-01-2018, 03:09 PM

A fine horsie, Rod

Stevec35 (Steve) · #10 26-01-2018, 07:21 PM

It is of course a very well known scene Rodney but a particularly nice composition. It might be worth trying a touch of HDR but it's pretty good as it is.

Steve

Ryderscope (Rodney) · #11 27-01-2018, 08:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Placidus

Masterly in all respects, Rodney!

Much of the very faint material has a "fox fur" look to it, and there is even a very fine spare "cone nebula" at the bottom edge at seven o'clock.

Very best,
MnT

Thanks MnT. Yours comments always help me to peer further into my images.

Ryderscope (Rodney) · #12 27-01-2018, 08:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Atmos

It looks really good Rodney, nicely framed and it’s quite deep!

Quote:

Originally Posted by gregbradley

The perfect framing for this object. This is the classic look and I think the best. Lovely deep reach in the Ha but I agree with Paul its a bit soft in the key items. The Horsehead and the flame plus the ridges of the Ha could take a bit of masked sharpening.

In Photoshop:

duplicate layer
overlay or soft light mode
high pass filter set to 7
mask hide all
set paintbrush to white
paint in the areas you want sharpened - brush set to say 30-50%
flatten image

Greg.

Quote:

Originally Posted by RickS

A fine horsie, Rod

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stevec35

It is of course a very well known scene Rodney but a particularly nice composition. It might be worth trying a touch of HDR but it's pretty good as it is.

Steve

Thanks everyone.

willik (Willik) · #13 27-01-2018, 01:38 PM

Looks good Rodney
Very nice horse head a little bit sharper would have done the trick.
Martin

Ross G · #14 27-01-2018, 02:02 PM

great looking Horse Head photo Rodney.

Nice composition and beautiful tones.

Ross.

Ryderscope (Rodney) · #15 27-01-2018, 03:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by willik

Looks good Rodney
Very nice horse head a little bit sharper would have done the trick.
Martin

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ross G

great looking Horse Head photo Rodney.

Nice composition and beautiful tones.

Ross.

Thanks Martin and Ross.

Ryderscope (Rodney) · #16 27-01-2018, 03:41 PM

I've improved the contrast in the image very slightly using Pixinsight. I applied a star mask and a small amount of Local Histogram Equalisation. Not much as I don't like pushing things too much. A slight but subtle improvement I think. Link here to new version.