M42 - yet another cloudy night reworking

[niko]

Taking advantage of another cloudy night in Melbourne to play around with Photoshop and try to improve the orion nebula I took at Snake Valley and get a bit more core detail.

Combination of a 5 sec exposure and 180 sec exposure.

Maybe I've gone a bit far with the colours but it's all part of the learning curve.

Many thanks to the SV crew and also atalas' tutorials.

Comments very welcome

cheers

niko

[desler]

It's all part of the learning curve Niko.

The clouds will pass eventually!!!!!!!!!!

Darren

[jenchris (Jennifer)]

Much improved - excellent - dramatic colouring - I get green in mine!

[mill (Martin)]

Number two gets my vote Niko
The trap is visible and still plenty of nebulosity.

[niko]

thanks everyone - photoshop is a truly amazing application.

with more clouds tonght looks like I'll be able to play around even more!!

damn huey - enough with the rain already!

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Good job in revealing the core area better Niko, nice use of that bit of the learning curve .

Now as a suggestion try blening the first version back into the second version, I'd say about oooh 30%..? See what it looks like.

Mike

[niko]

thanks Mike - good constructive advice - will give it a go

[niko]

and the clouds just keep on rolling in
unlike many I don't have much data to rework but I did take Mike's suggestion and add back in the previous image at about 30%

Whaddya reckon?

cheers

niko

[danielsun]

Great work all round there Niko! As you know, a tricky target to get right without blowing out the core and I think you have done a top job on it.
I like the colours too.

Cheers Daniel.

[niko]

Thanks Daniel

Have a great Christmas mate

clear skies