Reprocess of my first M81 + M82 image

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Reprocessed the data from the 16th, this time using the built in debayer of Astro Pixel Processor, rather than some roundabout method, and this works much better, getting better colour, and suppressing amp glow to a much greater extent. Only a few tweaks with curves and crops in Gimp required.

Way better than the previous version shown below.

[alan potts]

Yes agree Michael, very much better, apart from mine having a bit more red in the cigar, it almost looks the same as my effort the other week. Nice image.

Alan

 

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

37 minutes ago, alan potts said:

Yes agree Michael, very much better, apart from mine having a bit more red in the cigar, it almost looks the same as my effort the other week. Nice image.

Alan

 

Cheers, Alan. I need to get a load more data to be able to get more colour, I feel. I might be able to triple the amount of data coming night, we'll see. 

[alan potts]

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

Cheers, Alan. I need to get a load more data to be able to get more colour, I feel. I might be able to triple the amount of data coming night, we'll see. 

I lost a load of time last night with Thor's Helmet, over 3 hours, cut it in half and it was such a good sky. Life for you, was sure it was in the right place😂.

Alan

[don4l]

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

Cheers, Alan. I need to get a load more data to be able to get more colour, I feel. I might be able to triple the amount of data coming night, we'll see. 

Have you played with the "Chroma" setting in Gimp?  I think that it might reveal a lot more colour.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

17 minutes ago, don4l said:

Have you played with the "Chroma" setting in Gimp?  I think that it might reveal a lot more colour.

I played a little bit, but will give it a more serious go tomorrow, with twice the amount of data

[tooth_dr]

Big improvement, looks really good now.