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NGC 1333 (The Balrog Nebula): LRGB

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4 hours ago, ollypenrice said:

By warmer I just meant easing the red-blue balance towards red. I'd probably do that by lowering the gamma point in blue and raising it in red very slightly (done in Levels). I think the version above has been overdone because it's taken you into color noise but the direction was the right one (meaning no more than it was to my taste.)

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I'll have to look into which tool is comparable to "Levels"  But I agree on the result.  

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1 minute ago, ollypenrice said:

One thing's for sure, Rodd, I will be reprocessing my own version after admiring yours.

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:icon_biggrin:...Then that will be the benchmark I'm sure.  Can't wait to see it.  

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I really like this image and when I was going through the thread I pressed like on all three of them (i.e. it was getting better and better), so I need to clarify that I like that last one the most with the warmer tone suggested by Olly. I hope you figure out how to reach that warmer tone through "proper" processing.

Congratulations!

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46 minutes ago, gorann said:

I really like this image and when I was going through the thread I pressed like on all three of them (i.e. it was getting better and better), so I need to clarify that I like that last one the most with the warmer tone suggested by Olly. I hope you figure out how to reach that warmer tone through "proper" processing.

Congratulations!

 

2 hours ago, ollypenrice said:

Don't bank on it! I had trouble getting the colour separtation that you have between background and dust.

Olly

Thanks Gorann.  How about this one?  I made very very slight adjustments to R, G and B in curves.

 

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I wanted to say that I think this is a great effort.  I saw your Iris post a few days ago, and thought that was a bit 'overdone' if you don't mind me saying so (but that is my taste - YMMV).  But with this you seem to have got it just right.  Congrats - a real success.  For what it is worth I like v1 and this latest v4 version best.

Steve 

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12 minutes ago, gnomus said:

Rodd

I wanted to say that I think this is a great effort.  I saw your Iris post a few days ago, and thought that was a bit 'overdone' if you don't mind me saying so (but that is my taste - YMMV).  But with this you seem to have got it just right.  Congrats - a real success.  For what it is worth I like v1 and this latest v4 version best.

Steve 

Thanks Steve--I am trying very hard to curb my tendency to over do things.  

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1 hour ago, gnomus said:

Rodd

I wanted to say that I think this is a great effort.  I saw your Iris post a few days ago, and thought that was a bit 'overdone' if you don't mind me saying so (but that is my taste - YMMV).  But with this you seem to have got it just right.  Congrats - a real success.  For what it is worth I like v1 and this latest v4 version best.

Steve 

Me too. It's a stunning image, but v1 and last (4?) are my favourites.

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It's veery close. I opened both images in their own tab. Side by side, nr 1 looks ever so slightly too cool. By comparison, nr 4 looks ever so slightly too warm/red. In the end, the scale tipped in favour of nr 4.

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29 minutes ago, wimvb said:

It's veery close. I opened both images in their own tab. Side by side, nr 1 looks ever so slightly too cool. By comparison, nr 4 looks ever so slightly too warm/red. In the end, the scale tipped in favour of nr 4.

Thanks Wim-- I suppose tweaking is never really over....

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44 minutes ago, wimvb said:

It's veery close. I opened both images in their own tab. Side by side, nr 1 looks ever so slightly too cool. By comparison, nr 4 looks ever so slightly too warm/red. In the end, the scale tipped in favour of nr 4.

Here you go Wim--I did it right--I masked off the background and bumped up the warmth only in sections of the dust--as close to a midway point between #1 and #4 as I can get and still visually see a difference.  Does is usurp #4?  

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Hi Rodd

This image really shows the progress you have made (once again) and you have captured a lot of dust and also detail within NGC1333.  LRGB of dusty regions is hard.  Your pleasure (& pride) in the image is a joy to read.  Well done.

If it was my image, I would still be reigning back on the histogram reducing the brightness of the image, but this is a subjective judgement.

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7 minutes ago, Starlight 1 said:

The more I look the more I see, very nice, am I seeing dog head botton right  about 2" and 2" in

 

Not sure--but I see a raccoon (North American racoon) head clear as day in lower right cornner

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4 minutes ago, Barry-Wilson said:

Hi Rodd

This image really shows the progress you have made (once again) and you have captured a lot of dust and also detail within NGC1333.  LRGB of dusty regions is hard.  Your pleasure (& pride) in the image is a joy to read.  Well done.

If it was my image, I would still be reigning back on the histogram reducing the brightness of the image, but this is a subjective judgement.

Thanks Barry....I am slowly reigning in my tendency to overdo.   I thought I was pretty frugal with the stretches, but I think you are right.  There is such a fine line sometimes between too much and just right.

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46 minutes ago, strutsinaction said:

Also, bear in mind everyone's monitor is different :smiley:

For me, #1 is still my favourite but I think we are all agreed this is one cracking capture/processing. Keep it up!

Regards
John

 

Thanks John...and you are correct.  My 2 monitors vary markedly.  My 4K processing screen always looks so much better than my old desktop beast.

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