Orion Nebula Ha Reprocess

[Allinthehead]

You'll have to excuse me i'm playing with my data but i was looking for some feedback on which of the two versions you prefer. 

I felt i was a little cautious with the first maybe overly so.

4.5 hrs in 600 second subs Star 71 and Asi 1600 0 gain

Thanks for looking

Richard.

 

A blend of the two.

 

[des anderson]

There both to die for.......but the first just pips it for me,utterly mind blowing.Des

[ampleamp]

Great work Richard 

[Filroden]

Second one for me though I’d want to enhance contrast inside the main area of the Nebula. I like the softer, more delicate processing.

[MarsG76]

Both pics are master pieces.... fantastic signal and detail....

 

[daz]

Perhaps a blend of both - the 2nd for the outer structures, 1st one for the inner nebula

But both are cracking!!

[peter shah]

Beautiful shot very clean

[Allinthehead]

Thank you all for comments and advice.

As Daz and Ken suggested here's a blend of the two with more contrast in the main area of the nebula.

[alexbb]

Hello, Richard!

I think I prefer the second one, the one more stretched. However, I believe that when you removed the gradients in the image, you might have gone too far in the bottom-left, top-left, top-right corners. There should be hydrogen there as well.

Other than this, I'd say you have a great image.

Alex

[tooth_dr]

They are all fantastic!  Personally I prefer the second one above in post 1.

[Allinthehead]

17 minutes ago, moise212 said:

Hello, Richard!

I think I prefer the second one, the one more stretched. However, I believe that when you removed the gradients in the image, you might have gone too far in the bottom-left, top-left, top-right corners. There should be hydrogen there as well.

Other than this, I'd say you have a great image.

Alex

Hi Alex. Thanks for the feedback. Would you believe the only one that had any gradient removal was the third image.

5 minutes ago, tooth_dr said:

They are all fantastic!  Personally I prefer the second one above in post 1.

That was the one i preferred too. Thanks Tooth.

[alexbb]

Just now, Allinthehead said:

Hi Alex. Thanks for the feedback. Would you believe the only one that had any gradient removal was the third image.

That makes sense if the flats didn't do their job properly or you have some other gradient source(s). It is visible, indeed, that in the third image the Hydrogen clouds look more evenly distributed.

[Droogie 2001]

Both are excellent but I preferred the second image, the two blended is also stunning. Due to limited imaging time for Orion I decided to go with the Horsehead this year but your Orion Nebula with the same OTA has convinced me to try this later in the year.

Sadly my DSO imaging is over until later this year. Orion is now blocked by my neighbours house and the OTA is not really suited to Galaxies.
 

[Barry-Wilson]

Nice one Richard.

There is some nice detail in NGC1999 too - try not too lose that.

[Allinthehead]

4 hours ago, Barry-Wilson said:

Nice one Richard.

There is some nice detail in NGC1999 too - try not too lose that.

Thanks Barry.

[Guest]

Enjoyed looking at these - number 2 is my preference ?

[MeyGray3833]

I like the brightness of the second one, the others look a bit flat. The larger blend is good, too.

They are all good though, no doubt about it!

 

[Rodd]

Beautiful!  I love the wispiness of the Ha.  Its surprising but it makes a great mono image...and that is saying allot for an intensely colored region!

Rodd

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

very nice shots. I think the blended one edges ahead

[Allinthehead]

On 3/5/2018 at 13:02, Rodd said:

Beautiful!  I love the wispiness of the Ha.  Its surprising but it makes a great mono image...and that is saying allot for an intensely colored region!

Rodd

Thanks Rodd

6 hours ago, michael.h.f.wilkinson said:

very nice shots. I think the blended one edges ahead

Thanks Michael. That's my preference too.