M31 Andromeda Galaxy

[Tom OD]

Hi SGL,

Here is my Andromeda, 23hrs with a Tak FSQ106N and Atik11 Meg.

12hrs RGB and 11 Lum. Probably not the total finished article yet, but close enough to post.

Thanks Tom.

[Tom OD]

Hmmmm just had a quick look at it and the blue is not as blue as I had, its more cyan in this pic even thogh I changed the profileto sRGB for posting. That bright blue star at the top is not the finiashed article either. Anyway it'll do.

T.

[JimStan]

Another example of someone posting a STUNNING picture, and then apologizing all over himself for the result !

It's GREAT ! Don't knock yourself out !

Jim S.

[ScubaMike]

Agree, great image.

Lovely contrast on the dust lanes.

[swag72]

I think that the dust lanes are superb, really makes the image jump out at you. I thought it was a little blue in the thumbnail, but once opened up, it looked better to me. You have held the core very well too - Great M31.

[steppenwolf]

I agree, the dust lanes are superb and so many colourful stars too!

[malc-c]

IMO it looks too over processed for my liking.... sorry

[Shibby]

I don't think it looks over-processed, just impressively deep due to all that exposure time.

Fantastic image!

[Luke]

Great image! For me, you've really nailed it.

I really like the star colours, detail in the dust lanes, contrast and overall colour.

I guess it does look a touch cyan compared to other M31 images I've seen, but then again, every M31 image seems to differ a bit in colour!

[foundaplanet]

Fantastic. Incredible amount of stars.

Personally I really like the colour but then I'm all for seeing different interpretations of the same thing. Refreshing...

[oldfruit]

A superb image, lovely detail and the colours are quite stunning

[Tom OD]

Thanks everyone,

I was opening the image in PS and it looks much better, not as Cyan and with a better deeper blue / purple look. Its in sRGB format but the PS version looks the way I want it compared to the jpeg version that you just open outside of PS. Not sure where i went wrong in the conversion.

With 12hrs RGB, it was difficult to stop pushing it. The last boost I did on this I had to layer back at 40% opacity as it was way to much at 100%. Good to see the different views from the posts on its look.

Thanks Tom.

[Shibby]

Did you use "save for web and devices"? I do find that this turns blues slightly turquoise in colour, not normally a major problem as PS gives you a full preview in the save dialog.

[Tom OD]

Hi Shibby,

In PS I went into Edit, Convert to Profile, then I selected sRGB. Letme see if I can find the Save for Wed and Devices Jut did that and it gave the resultant pic th cyan look that I oringinally posted. Its a big colour shift from the RGB Adobe I'm using to the web o/p. I'm scratching my head!!

Thanks Tom.

[darkmyth]

thats awesome lot of work you put in it payed off

[Whirlwind]

Lovely, lovely image of the great galaxy.

[Sierra Golf Mike]

Tom,

What a stunning image, the colours and the detail are superb. Well done and keep up the good work.

Cheers

Steve