Cave Widefeild

[ollypenrice]

I already had a fairly deep widefield Cave region from the tandem Tak so I took our recent 21 hour TEC140 capture of the central part and blended it in using Registar and then Photoshop. I think most imagers love to capture fine detail. I'm all for that but I think I'm really even more passionate about colour. The more exposure time you have the more colour you can have - without colour noise. I like lots of colour in an image provided the data supports it. There is a huge difference between over-saturation and strong colour. For me an image is over saturated when it shows colour noise. When it shows lots of colour without colour noise then that's the same as dragging out the faint stuff without noise. I'm rambling! Here's the picture...

Olly

 

[ChrisLX200]

I've run out of superlatives... So I'll just say I like this composition

ChrisH

[Barry-Wilson]

Yes, lots of colour, and all the more beautiful for it.  I really like the blue reflection nebula lurking at the rear of the cave feature.  A finely balanced image Olly.

I can't figure out if the bottom right hand edge is beginning to pick up some dark nebula feature just out of frame or whether there is a blending artefact?

[ultranova]

Should be hanging in the TATE.... enough said

Paul

[ollypenrice]

8 minutes ago, Barry-Wilson said:

Yes, lots of colour, and all the more beautiful for it.  I really like the blue reflection nebula lurking at the rear of the cave feature.  A finely balanced image Olly.

I can't figure out if the bottom right hand edge is beginning to pick up some dark nebula feature just out of frame or whether there is a blending artefact?

The blend from the TEC only covers about a quarter by area of the widefeild and is fairly central. I don't think there's a blending artefact but there might be!

Olly

[PatrickGilliland]

Well certainly got the colour side sorted there Olly, managed to retain some good detail as well.  Nice work.  Paddy

[swag72]

This is super.... I like the saturated look in your images, I think you have it right. This works very well in narrowband by the way

[ollypenrice]

1 hour ago, swag72 said:

This is super.... I like the saturated look in your images, I think you have it right. This works very well in narrowband by the way

You don't love that little reflection nebula then? Awe....

lly

 

[Pompey Monkey]

Good grief Olly! You seem to be developing a guilt complex about having colourful images!!! ;-)

That is a brilliant piece of work, as usual, and it just reinforces our resolve to implement a dark-skies retirement plan. Now if only Alex and I can decide between Haute Alpes or La Palma...

[toxic]

another stunner from the south of france 

[Martin-Devon]

That's a super version of this target - it can look quite bland, but there's great detail and lovely use of colour in this one - good result all round.

Martin