A new Whirlpool

[powerlord]

Just from subs last night. 200PDS, asi533. 300 second subs. 4 hours of subs.

Came out quite nice. I might try combining all my data on M51 sometime, but I quite like trying new every time too.

 

2 below,  one with a bit darker background, one with a more flat look. whiich do you prefer ?

stu

 

 

 

[barbulo]

26 minutes ago, powerlord said:

whiich do you prefer ?

To me, the contrast inside the galaxy of the fist one and the more “natural” background of the second one. 

[powerlord]

this ?

[ONIKKINEN]

I liked the second one best, the one with the lifted background. I think in your third pic the contrast inside the galaxy went a bit too far and it looks a bit out of place compared to the rest of the image.

M51 looks maybe a bit too high in magenta, almost like you imaged without an IR cut window/filter or H-alpha blending went wrong or something. Minor gripe though since the picture looks great anyway.

[powerlord]

I agree magenta wise. I did shoot with ir cut, no ha. I actually thought I'd toned the magenta down but it's come back somehow. I'll try again and see if I can just tweak the contrast a wee bit, and lose that magenta. 👍

[powerlord]

I might star again with this, as I think I'm no getting the colours right. It doesn't help that there are a plethora of different looks to it when you look online.

Might try starting with Siril's photometric calibration. Anywhere v5:

[maw lod qan]

I think I like the second the most.

Either way, the image you captured is outstanding!

When it comes to different tints and shades, I consider myself color dumb.

My wife doesn't let me choose paint.

[Adam J]

5 hours ago, powerlord said:

Just from subs last night. 200PDS, asi533. 300 second subs. 4 hours of subs.

Came out quite nice. I might try combining all my data on M51 sometime, but I quite like trying new every time too.

 

2 below,  one with a bit darker background, one with a more flat look. whiich do you prefer ?

stu

 

 

 

Second one no contest. First looks clipped to me. 

[tomato]

 I prefer the second one, the background sky is a velvety black on the first version, and I agree that it looks clipped compared to the second. Great dust lane detail.👍

[powerlord]

thanks - no clipping though - it was taken down to about 15/15/15 in first one. It's probably your monitor.

I do find that most folks monitors, tvs are set to clip blacks for more contrast. Since I calibrated all my monitors, I see a true dark grey, but on, say my work PC which is not calibrated I see it look like it's clipped.

stu

[ScouseSpaceCadet]

I've no dso ap experience and I'm also colour blind, however... At first glance the top one looks nicer, but after more examination, there's much better detail in the second...

 

[assouptro]

Version 2 for me 

has a more natural feel to my eye 

nice image! 
 

Thanks for sharing 

Bryan

[alacant]

8 hours ago, powerlord said:

whiich do you prefer

Both nice.

Prefer 1 for 'phone viewing.

Edited April 25, 2022 by alacant

[DaveS]

Version 2 for me, though both are too magenta. Viewing on a calibrated wide-gamut monitor.

[powerlord]

8 minutes ago, DaveS said:

Version 2 for me, though both are too magenta. Viewing on a calibrated wide-gamut monitor.

Yup, see last v5 for sorting that. (same here - 5k imac)

[The Lazy Astronomer]

Second one for me too - transition from galaxy to background looks more natural, and the fainter outer dust is more visible. The transition seems a bit abrupt in the first one.

[beka]

Second one, i like that the fainter parts of the galaxies are not lost, and more stars visible.