powerlord Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 Clouds and a nearly full moon, but this is what I managed to capture last night and process tonight. H: 60 mins S: 50 mins O: 85 mins Shot with my C9.25 with 6.3 reducer, asi1600 and EQ6r-pro. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKB Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 Looks absolutely great to me! Did you do any sharpening on that? Interested to see if there's yet more detail there as signal-to-noise looks very good. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarkey Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 32 minutes ago, powerlord said: H: 60 mins S: 50 mins O: 85 mins I must confess that I am somewhat gobsmacked by the detail you have got with such a short integration time. Especially with a long FL scope. Makes me wonder what I'm doing wrong! Nice image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerlord Posted November 22, 2021 Author Share Posted November 22, 2021 Thanks. Oh yeh lots of processing. I work the monos in affinity after starnet until I've got as much as I can out of them, then do noise reduction using various techniques. I then play with curves, contrast again before blending them into a colour pic. Once happy with that I do some sharpening again using a number of different techniques, then adding the stars back. Mostly affinity, but I've been playing with topaz filters as well, some steps they seem better at, some affinity. Not sure at the mo if worth buying them yet though. But def worth a play with the trials if you've not already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKB Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 I definitely need some guidance with respect to my use of sharpening and the various filters available. I suppose it depends on what result you're really trying to obtain., and I really like thegentle look that you get, somehow. I presume that doing something like this to it would be going over the top...? Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerlord Posted November 22, 2021 Author Share Posted November 22, 2021 well, it's up to you really, no right and wrong imho - whatever you like the look of. For me though, yeh that's too much. I want the nebula to be defined and 3d, but still a bit 'fluffy'. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKB Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 Thanks for that… just trying to learn from the experts. My processing skills are almost non-existent, which is why I do EEVA most of the time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerlord Posted November 22, 2021 Author Share Posted November 22, 2021 well, Im no expert - I've been doing this 10 months now. But happy to help if I can. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarkey Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 13 hours ago, AKB said: I presume that doing something like this to it would be going over the top I agree with Powerlord - the second image is too sharpened. The first one is excellent and certainly looks more 'natural' to my eye. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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