At last 1st Light

[Ibbo!]

After a disaster last month I've re built the modded PST and after an afternoon at the lathe all the bits fit securely

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help as always welcome

Steve

[Ibbo!]

or you prefer this

steve

[Montana]

I love the reprocessed prom, that's a stunner

Alexandra

[allcart]

I think the top two are a bit too yellow and need a bit more contrast. Your focus is as good as mine. (could be better, but it takes practice)

The reprocessed prom is still too yellow, but its a cracking shot. Much better than I have achieved so far.

For a first light with a pst mod, its all good. Well done.

[sologuitarist61]

Very nice indeed

[DrRobin]

Very nice Steve. All the more that it is something you made.

Robin

[Ibbo!]

Thanks a lot

I do think the yellower (is that word) tone myself,especially since I cannot seem to get the darker coppery colour right (anybody got the numbers for RGB in levels)

Steve

[allcart]

If you're using photoshop, I would use curves instead. My technique is not perfect yet, but it does get close.

create a new layer, pick the colour sampler tool and 'control+left click' at a neutral grey spot on the pic with info numbers around 150 mark. (you need the info panel open.)

Now 'control+M' to open curves.

Choose the blue channel and drag the middle of the curve down and right until the number for blue in the info panel comes down to around 20.

Choose green and adjust the curve so that the number is about 140

Choose red and move the curve up until the red number is about 215.

That should put you in the ballpark, now just tweak the curves to taste. It doesn't produce the exact same colour everytime as it depends on the picture.

[Ibbo!]

thanks

here is one I did later while imaging this am

This time I used autostackkert and no false clour

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Lovely stuff Ibbo!! Great detail showing. Congrats on your first light.

[allcart]

Much better. better focus, more detail, I'd be happy with that.

[David Smith]

Lovely images Steve.

[Ibbo!]

thank you very much

Much better. better focus, more detail, I'd be happy with that.

Its the same AVI reprocessed

Steve

[allcart]

Well it just goes to show what you can do if you try Steve. It looks like a different capture. Now try adding a bit of colour and we'll see how good it looks.

[Ibbo!]

I think its down to autostakkert

colour can wait

Steve

[JamesF]

Gorgeous images there

James

[allcart]

I have taken to using AS!2 for all my stacking now. It seems a lot quicker and easier than Registax, and seems to do a good job so far.

[philj]

The later one is a stunner Steve