PacMan SHO & HOO (please choose!)

[Shibby]

I've not attempted many full narrowband images, so I very quickly realised I didn't know what I was doing when I started processing this. I stumbled on to the end, though. I allowed the stars to bloat naturally during processing, apart from the Sii stars, which I removed altogether as they were super ugly (have already started saving for a new filter!) I then applied a little bit of star reduction at the end, for better or worse. Feedback would be very welcome.

Please let me know which palette is your favourite and I may submit it to the current Ceph and Cass challenge (although I already see many superior images have been entered).

This consists of a relatively low 16x600s for each channel (Ha/Oiii/Sii) and was captured with:
MN190
Atik 460ex

Thanks for looking

[geeklee]

Fantastic @Shibby  Superb subtle detail to enjoy in the bright central regions (especially so at 1:1, 100% viewing).  I like both versions.

A little too much blue in the background on the first (and to a lesser extend in the second) if you want to tighten it up a bit but doesn't detract from enjoying the main event! 

Worth submitting to the challenge, without a doubt.  Thanks for sharing.

Edited October 22, 2022 by geeklee

[teoria_del_big_bang]

Very much same opinion as @geeklee, I prefer the SHO version but if allowed I would submit both as the HOO is a bit more unusual .

Steve

[simmo39]

Both are fine images but for me I like the SHO one a little better.

[Shibby]

Thanks all! I think I agree that the SHO version looks better, but that may be partly down to the overly-pink hue of my HOO version.

On 22/10/2022 at 11:57, geeklee said:

A little too much blue in the background on the first (and to a lesser extend in the second) if you want to tighten it up a bit but doesn't detract from enjoying the main event!

You're quite right. Here is an updated version with a more neutral background. I've also given it a little lift - it's so difficult to get the brightness right across a range of monitors. Also, my new monitor has incredibly rich colour compared to my old one so that might mean I'm posting images with lower saturation than normal.

[tooth_dr]

Some amount of fine detail in these. Fantastic 

[geeklee]

3 hours ago, Shibby said:

I'm posting images with lower saturation than normal.

Both looked great to my eye.  The star of the show is the detail, great stuff 👍

Background definitely looks more neutral now.

 

Edited October 25, 2022 by geeklee