A blast from the past (kind of)

[SyedT]

Came across my very first images from 2016, taken with a DSLR on a fixed setup, no tracking. Thought I'd give re-processing a go! Previously processed image below it. I'd like to think I've learned a few things about not overbaking images. 😅

Cheers

EDIT: Now that I think about it, this probably belongs in the widefield section! My bad, admins please move if you see this. 

Edited April 15, 2020 by SyedT

[lux eterna]

I miss the red colour in M42 that is present in the bottom image. Star shapes are much better now though, but with a quick "selective colour" in PS it is also possible to make them more blue instead of green (on my screen both images have green stars).

Ragnar

 

[SyedT]

34 minutes ago, lux eterna said:

I miss the red colour in M42 that is present in the bottom image. Star shapes are much better now though, but with a quick "selective colour" in PS it is also possible to make them more blue instead of green (on my screen both images have green stars).

Ragnar

 

I tried altering the nebula and star colour with that tool but it ends up blowing out highlights and adding noise. Might have to look at it again and maybe approach with some more gentle processing. Thanks for the feedback! 

[lux eterna]

1 hour ago, SyedT said:

I tried altering the nebula and star colour with that tool but it ends up blowing out highlights and adding noise. Might have to look at it again and maybe approach with some more gentle processing. Thanks for the feedback! 

The stars are quickly fixed with this setting.

/Ragnar

 

[SyedT]

10 minutes ago, lux eterna said:

The stars are quickly fixed with this setting.

/Ragnar

 

That's great, thanks! I'll try that later on.