Melotte-15 (IC1805) in narrowband

[swag72]

Can't decide whether I have overcooked this one or not. I realised that I have a tendency to over process the Ha in relation to the other data and once it's very green I struggled to come back from that. This has been back to the drawing board many times today!

M: HEQ5

T: Pentax 75SDHF

C: Atik 314L+ and Baader Ha, OIII and SII filters

Ha 15x1200

OIII 34x1200

SII 44x1200

Total integration time: 31h 40 m

[Black Knight]

I don;t know about overcooking it, but it certainly looks a great image to my eyes!

[badgers]

Oh my... I love this...... 31 hours!

I do know what you mean about when the processing spirals out of control and you just have to give up and try again.

I really like the processing, really don't think it is overcooked at all.

[farunj]

Wow!! That's absolutely stunning!!!

[Spikey]

It's all in the eye of the beholder Sara, you've done a great job on this one; capture & processing are really good. I like the colours a bit more vivid.

[Gina]

Beautiful Looks like a lovely clear blue pool in the mountains

[swag72]

Thanks for looking folks and taking the time to comment. I ended up having another play and think that this is better - A little less in your face!!

[Black Knight]

Either rendering looks good to me. And 31 hours ... Wow!

[Steve 1962]

Well I really like both Sara - beautiful image

[Mike Hawtin]

They both look pretty darn good to me. I have been keeping an eye out for your images Sara and they just keep on getting better, very well done and no, I'm not a bit jealous!!

Mike

[swag72]

Thank you Andy, Steve and Mike for your comments. I do prefer the edited version, it's a little less eye watering!!!

[martin_h]

Thank you Andy, Steve and Mike for your comments. I do prefer the edited version, it's a little less eye watering!!!

Yep thats better.

[swag72]

Cheers for your tinker Martin, I thought I had it right until you came along!!!!!

[Earl]

excellent image Sara could you link to a full size image as i feel the jpg is not doing it justice !

[swag72]

Cheers Earl - The Astrobin link is the full res jpeg