NGC6744 - Final Repro

[David Fitz-Henr]

With all the cloudy weather I have had one last crack at processing NGC6744; hopefully it now does justice to the new scope! Based on feedback from the previous attempt, I have fixed the red/blue background mottling and brought out the fainter regions of the galaxy better. Also I have improved the galaxy colour and the data is no longer black clipped and the R/G/B histograms line up nicely in PS. Anyway, it's as good as I can get it with my current experience ... of course, any feedback is welcome!

Large Image:
http://www.pbase.com/david_fitz_henr...19166/original
Small Image:
http://www.pbase.com/david_fitz_henr...46319166/large

[Martin Pugh]

Tremendous result David. Well done.

cheers
Martin

[Jbunky86 (Jason)]

Fantastic mate, I like the colour.
Well done

Jas

[Osirisra (Ken)]

WOW!

I too like the colour.

[gregbradley]

That is a great result.

Nicely done. You took this at Bowen Mountain? All those background faint galaxies - thats remarkable light gathering and clarity.

Greg.

[Larryp (Laurie)]

Absolutely superb, David!

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Yeh, that's better Dave...never be afraid of repro's I say

Mike

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

I can only be envious of your image David!

So detailed from edge to edge, I have a lot to learn about processing looking at your image.
If you don't mind me asking, how did you deal with the mottling in the background?

Thanks for sharing this one.

Cheers,

Justin.

[RickS (Rick)]

Lovely result, David!

[allan gould]

Excellent image of a difficult galaxy. Really nice and well composed.
What length of data did you accumulate?

[stardust steve (Steve)]

that's looks awesome. I did not see the original but i am sure it must have been good if this is better

[pmrid (Peter)]

Well done, David. That is a lovely image, crisp with terrific colour.
Peter

[Ross G]

Hi David.

That is one great galaxy photo!

Sharp with so much detail and I love the colours.

Ross.

[marc4darkskies (Marcus)]

Yep, I think you can call it a day on this one David - very nice indeed!

Cheers, Marcus

[David Fitz-Henr]

Originally Posted by Martin Pugh

Tremendous result David. Well done.
cheers
Martin

Thanks Martin!

Originally Posted by Jbunky86

Fantastic mate, I like the colour.
Well done
Jas

Thanks Jas - took a while but finally got the colour to my satisfaction.

Originally Posted by Osirisra

WOW!

I too like the colour.

Thanks Ken!

Originally Posted by gregbradley

That is a great result.

Nicely done. You took this at Bowen Mountain? All those background faint galaxies - thats remarkable light gathering and clarity.

Greg.

Yes, actually half-way up the mountain right near the border with Grose Vale on Serpentine Lane (230 mtr altitude).

Originally Posted by Larryp

Absolutely superb, David!

Thanks Larry!

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Yeh, that's better Dave...never be afraid of repro's I say

Mike

Afraid of repros - who me? This must be about the fifth time that I have redone this (I didn't publish some of them) - it's a good way to learn by continually revisiting the same image and improving on it each time. Mind you I'm pretty tired of looking at this galaxy now ....

Originally Posted by tilbrook@rbe.ne

I can only be envious of your image David!

So detailed from edge to edge, I have a lot to learn about processing looking at your image.
If you don't mind me asking, how did you deal with the mottling in the background?

Thanks for sharing this one.

Cheers,
Justin.

Thanks Justin! The mottling was caused when I used the "Reduce Noise" tool in PS - I had the Colour Noise setting at 75% which caused the mottling effect. It didn't become noticeable till later when I stretched the dim regions using Shadows / Highlights. When I reprocessed I changed the colour noise setting to 10%.

Originally Posted by RickS

Lovely result, David!

Thanks Rick!

Originally Posted by allan gould

Excellent image of a difficult galaxy. Really nice and well composed.
What length of data did you accumulate?

Thanks Allan - I took the following data: LRGB image - 18x15m Lum, 13x15m Red, 9x15m Green & 12x15m Blue.

Originally Posted by stardust steve

that's looks awesome. I did not see the original but i am sure it must have been good if this is better

Thanks Steve!

Originally Posted by pmrid

Well done, David. That is a lovely image, crisp with terrific colour.
Peter

Thanks Peter!

Originally Posted by Ross G

Hi David.

That is one great galaxy photo!

Sharp with so much detail and I love the colours.

Ross.

Thanks Ross!

Originally Posted by marc4darkskies

Yep, I think you can call it a day on this one David - very nice indeed!

Cheers, Marcus

What, no more repros you mean ?? Well ... I guess I can't think of anything more to do to it anyway

[PRejto (Peter)]

Bravo! Encore!!!!

[Antu]

Absolutely stunning image ! Very deep and the color is perfect. Excellent shot !

[David Fitz-Henr]

Originally Posted by PRejto

Bravo! Encore!!!!

Originally Posted by Antu

Absolutely stunning image ! Very deep and the color is perfect. Excellent shot !

Thanks Peter and Antu - very gratifying after the endless hours reprocessing this!

[alpal]

Hi David,
I saw the original size.
That is a superb picture & is just what all imagers are after.
Well done.

[prokyon (Werner Probst)]

Wow, awesome!!!

Fantastic work!

Werner