Re-hash of a re-hash, multiple layers

[Tim]

While waiting for the clouds to clear, fog to go, mist to evaporate, hell to freeze over, I thought it might be interesting to see what happened if you take all the previous incarnations of an image, and layer them one on top of the other, and just let the colours or luminosity show through.

Here's the result on M42. I was quite pleased to see the depth of colours revealed by this process, which in effect is similar I suppose to the way they build up false colour on the mono channel fits images.

Cheers

TJ

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[WebSentinel]

That is a great image TJ!

[Tim]

Here's the full size tiff if anybody fancies a play on these cold damp nights

http://ukastronomers.com/Tim/action/download_files/fileid/93

[Psychobilly]

Very nice TJ...

Almost Gendleresque...

Billy....

[Tim]

and here is the article about it

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/howto/astrophotography/Hybrid_Composite_Imaging.html

[barkis]

That image looks born of Narrowband filters TJ. And looks quite acceptable too.

Ron.

[Psychobilly]

Thanks for the link TJ...

Anyone using Registar looks like an interesting additional to the arsenal... although would have been a lot more tempting purchase a few months back...

looks a bit like DSS on steroids with its multi scale capabiliites, geometric corrections and being able to register mosaics with only 1% overlap and 10 stars... hmmmmm

Billy...

[steppenwolf]

Its certainly a fascinating effect and Gendler certainly springs to mind as some stunning colour has been revealed - just so many different ways to process these images! I generally prefer to go for a more 'natural' look but then a lot of the finer detail can be lost - getting the right balance is a mare!

[RobH]

Ity certainly has brought the colours through well TJ....the running man region is excellent.

Cheers

Rob

[Stephen Green]

A very nice image TJ I lke the colours

Stephen