Third attempt at M31

[alan4908]

After watching Adam Block's latest video PS tutorial ("Cosmic Canvas"), I've had another go at reprocessing my third attempt at M31. This time I tried out two new techniques: Shadows and Highlights for increasing colour and HDR Toning on the synthetic luminance for boosting contrast. I was impressed by both methods, so I'll incorporate these into my evolving PS workflow.

LIGHTS: 42 x 300s + 23 x 600s; DARKS: 30; BIAS: 100; FLATS: 40.

Alan

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Very nice result

[alan4908]

Michael - thanks for the comment

Alan

[Stargazer33]

Very nice! Lovely colour and detail.

[Ccolvin968]

Gorgeous. The amount of detail is really good. Very nice shot!

[triton1]

Very nice capture love the colour well done

[alan4908]

Thanks for all the comments - I was very pleased with the colour and the level of detail. This was the first time I didn't have to faff around trying to get the colour I wanted ! - hopefully, a sign of progress...

Alan

[Garethr]

Cracking image mate

Some great colours in there and real depth to it as well

Gareth

[laudropb]

Very nice image. You are certainly getting there

[alan4908]

Gareth and Laudrop - Thanks for the comments.

The two additional PS techniques I used (Shadows and Highlights on the RGB and HDR toning on the synthetic luminance), definitely seemed to enhance the colour and details, respectively. I will be trying these out again on other images.

Alan