Cygnus wall

[steviemac500]

This is my take on the wall in the Hubble palette. Taken a while due to bad weather and playing with the new Pegasus Astro autofocuser. It has10hrs in Ha and Sii and around 6 in O3 - all 1200s exposures. Channels processed separately and then stretched to the same levels in PI. Combined in PS with selective colour tool to adjust to Hubble palette.Then Magenta star reduction followed by star erosion to enhance the nebula. Resisted the urge to do more processing as I don't think it needs it. There's a little green running through but I left it in as I think it offers a nice contrast in the colours. Hope you like it. Hi Res version is linked below.

https://astrob.in/378241/0/

 

[Nick Smith]

Nice one Steve.  I would be inclined to suppress the green, but it is a really nice photo with some excellent detail anyway

Cheers

Nick

[steviemac500]

Hi Nick, yes I was in two minds. I ran SCNR but to my eye I just preferred the way the colour changed between the blue and green. 

[steppenwolf]

I rather like the green as it adds an extra dimension to the image and the colours in the Hubble palette are false anyway so differentiating areas like this is all good.

[steviemac500]

Thank you.