M51 LRGB

[BenDavis]

Lovely clear sky here last night so had a go at M51, not sure if the luminance layer in PS is too strong? How much percentage would most use or does it depend each time?

(Taken with mn190 & Atik 383L with Baader RGB filters, 4 Hrs Total)

[Leveye]

Looks great! I do think your losing a bit of color from the luminance mask though yes. I usually don't use more than 35% opacity. 

[Imd]

Very nice Ben. I had never noticed the other Galaxy (top right) prior to your image

[BenDavis]

Looks great! I do think your losing a bit of color from the luminance mask though yes. I usually don't use more than 35% opacity. 

Thanks. Yes that's what I suspected too. Im at 82% opacity and 82% fill here!

Here it is at 35%

What do you think between the two?

[Astrosurf]

Fantastic image! I've yet to do LRGB. This is making me excited! I would say the second image has more colour. Try bringing the luminance down a tiny bit again.

Alexxx

[Adamar98]

I tend to add the luminance at around 30% then push the saturation a little. Add the luminance again at 40 and push the saturation again. I keep doing this till its 100% luminance. Seems to work fine.

[Adamar98]

Sorry, forgot to say great images!