Reprocessed M82

[Datalord]

I was never happy with my previous process of M82. I shot it in December last year and processed it with my then knowledge and it just wasn't great. I squirmed a little whenever it turned up in my screensaver.  So I dug it up last night to look at it again.

For comparison, here is the old version:

[ollypenrice]

Improved colour and definition. I can't help suspecting that a little more sharpening could extract extra detail from the core if done selectively.

Olly

[MarkAR]

Much better.

[Datalord]

4 hours ago, ollypenrice said:

I can't help suspecting that a little more sharpening could extract extra detail from the core if done selectively.

It's a tough balancing act. I've already put it through a ton of sharpening, in PS through the Smart Sharpen with a layer on top to selectively pull out the sharpening, as well as Topaz Sharpen AI.

I think I have a tendency to zoom in too much to pixel peep, see artifacts and then tone the sharpening down to the detriment of the overall image. Maybe I should give another squeeze.

[Datalord]

Well, sent it through some more work, especially on the stars and cropped it. Probably time to leave this one as is, because I'm very happy with it.

[MarkAR]

Stunning, that's a keeper.