Help with background levels (NGC2903)

[blinky]

Guys,

Can you look at these 2 links and tell me which one is best?  Im having a real problem with the backgrounds - I dont want them to be black and clipped, just very dark, like in real life(without the orange glow that is!) on my laptop the 2nd one looks best but the 1st one has background levels around what I would expect...

https://blinkysastroblog.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/lowbackground.jpg

https://blinkysastroblog.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/highbackgrund.jpg

[kalasinman]

Both ok by me. At this point it's personal taste. If you like the second, go with it. I slightly prefer the darker background.

[sharkmelley]

Unfortunately, the second link is not working.

[wxsatuser]

It works if you knock off the guys after the jpg.

[blinky]

Both ok by me. At this point it's personal taste. If you like the second, go with it. I slightly prefer the darker background.

But does the background look clipped? As in completely black? I'm trying to work out if it's my laptop screen that is rubbish!

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[Mr Spock]

I tried to edit your second link but I'm just getting a 404 error - can you repost the link please

[johnrt]

The low background level one is better, it can take another little stretch in my opinion, but only a whisker. The high background is a little too far, nothing is clipped I checked in PI.

[blinky]

https://blinkysastroblog.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/highbackgrund.jpg  - High Background levels

https://blinkysastroblog.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/lowbackground.jpg  - Low background levels

Im just wanting to know if the low background levels link looks like the black is clipped, on my laptop it does but Photoshop shows the levels as what I would expect for a normal unclipped background

[lensman57]

https://blinkysastroblog.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/highbackgrund.jpg  - High Background levels

https://blinkysastroblog.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/lowbackground.jpg  - Low background levels

Im just wanting to know if the low background levels link looks like the black is clipped, on my laptop it does but Photoshop shows the levels as what I would expect for a normal unclipped background

The high version is the more correct one as the low one is near clipping but not clipped. There is also a little green running through the image, a single pass of the HLVG at the medium setting sorts it out.

A.G

[blinky]

Cool, thanks guys, Im just reprocessing it now, will post it up when finished