Vega

[Milliways]

My first go at vega. 3x20sec at ISO 400.

Full size image..

http://stargazerslounge.com/attachments/imaging-deep-sky/23069d1244055507-vega-vega-3x20s.jpg

[Aza]

Nice job, although I think it would be improved if the background was not so dark.

Also if you use photoshop, try going to IMAGE>ADJUSTMENTS>MATCH COLOUR

And push up the intensity, it will bring out even more lovely colour

[Deneb]

Thats a nice Pic Milliways, did you know " I Love Diffraction Spikes " a little like my Vega , try bumpping up your ISO to 800.

[Milliways]

Nice job, although I think it would be improved if the background was not so dark.

Also if you use photoshop, try going to IMAGE>ADJUSTMENTS>MATCH COLOUR

And push up the intensity, it will bring out even more lovely colour

Hmm i cant find match colour, i havnt edited the image in anyway.

[Aza]

Perhaps this is only available in certain versions, I have CS2.

If this is unprocessed, then ignore my comment about the background

Not sure why its so black then, maybe upping the ISO as Deneb suggests would help.

Hopefully someone more experienced can comment on that one!

[Milliways]

Thats a nice Pic Milliways, did you know " I Love Diffraction Spikes " a little like my Vega , try bumpping up your ISO to 800.

Thanks for the advice mate.

This is my Vega take 2

[Aza]

That looks much better! What did you do?

[Milliways]

That looks much better! What did you do?

All i did was adjust the brightness slightly and added a tad of saturation

[Aza]

It has made a nice improvement

[barkis]

Had a go at boosting intensity for you.

Ron.

[Aza]

I took Ron's tweak and made some more tweaks

Hope you dont mind!!

This one I desaturated the background to -50 (after using the wand tool to deselect the stars)

Then ran Noels deep space noise reduction on the same background selection.

[Milliways]

Nice work i wish i knew how to do this kinda stuff!

How do u boost intensity then?? i have photoshop7

[Aza]

The intensity is here:

IMAGE>ADJUSTMENTS>MATCH COLOUR (2 options below Hue/Saturation)

But you may not have this in your version of PS.

This function is great for boosting the colour without adding so much noise to the image.

A method you could use though is this:

Duplicate layer

Boost saturation on the new layer (play with various amounts of saturation)

Change blend mode on new layer to COLOUR or SATURATION (do this where it currently says NORMAL)

You can then also adjust the layer opacity to reduce the effect if needed.

Play with various settings of saturation vs. opacity.

Let me know if any of that doesnt make sense

[Deneb]

Milliway - Just remember to take more subs.

[Coco]

I love isolated stars...

Nice image...

Cheers

Guy