M42 Ha:SII:Ha:OIII

[vdb]

So here the final image,

Ha used as L, 3 hours of Ha, 25 minutes of SII,OIII

Enjoy,

Yves,

[Zul]

It looks unusual but awesome!

[jimmyjamjoejoe]

Very nice. Though other images pick out just as much detail, there is something about the lighting of the dust in yours that makes it seem more "real", as opposed to some pretty swirls. Nice colour scheme too

[vdb]

Ok,

I brought all the colors in balance, and gave it a bit more contrast.

Much better I guess ...

Yves

[NickK]

mmm detail - you can almost start seeing the additional stars in the trap!

[MjrTom]

That is a spectacular image, thanks for sharing

[ollypenrice]

That's certainly something new in Narrowband imaging. I really like the tiny stars which allow the nebula to speak for itself. The image is very smooth, too. Extremely low noise.

Olly

[LukeSkywatcher]

Nicely done Yves.

The 2nd image is a lot more pleasing on the eye (imho).

[jimmyjamjoejoe]

I dunno, i quite like the warmth of the first one, both stunning though.

[SamAndrew]

first one !! awesome

[vdb]

Yes PI got me ;-)

[ollypenrice]

Have to say, I like it. You could line the walls of a good jazz club with images like that!!!

Olly

[Earl]

Second image works for me best, really tight pinpoint stars !

[nmoushon]

I love the colors and the smoothness and the sharp stars in the second one but I like how you can see more detail in the trap area with all the stars as well in the third one. If you could combine them somehow it would be a amazing picture.

And I second olly on the jazz club art!

[stolenfeather]

Spectacular image Yves and I love the way you cleaned it up in the second picture.

Isabelle

[RobH]

Great result.

For me, the first image is the best....lovely and smooth with great detail.

The second image has lost some detail due to the core being much brighter, and I'm afraid the I don't like the third one at all....looks artificial and overprocessed to me, but that's just personal opinion and others will disagree of course.

Cheers

Rob

[Guest]

Excellent imaging contributions here!

Both the first and second have particular merits

The first in its brightness and atmosphere

The second in it's detail and depth

Absolutely fantastic - if I had to choose, I'd say, why...? har har!

David

[Anweniel]

Awesome Yves! I like the second one best too

[sanmatt]

Just beautiful, really amazing. My fave is the first one, but they are all just incredible!

[Sam]

I think the first one is best, it hasn't let the core drown out the detail and looks nice and smooth.

[Tom OD]

Good pic, pic1 is smooth but I prefer the colour balancing of the 2nd.

Tom