Veil Nebula

[blinky]

This is the full image of the Veil nebula taken with the ZS66/WO FFII/Modded 350d. See my image of the Witches Broom for a closup of that area and more details on the equipment etc.

I think that the camera must not have been 100% square to the focuser as one side of the image (the opposit side to the broom area) was very soft in focus - I had to select the nebula at that side (exclude the stars) and do an unsharp mask on that area.

Anyway I am pleased with the result - last night was actually a 'first light' for the modded 350d that I have had for months and I think it has caught a lot of the Ha nedulosity.

Any hints/tips on improving this image will be greatly accepted as after about 6 months of absence (imaging wise) I am a bit rusty!

[blinky]

Hmmmm not sure if I have overdone the processing on this now?

[Psychobilly]

Here's my attempt on the tiff you sent me... I would prefer to work form the stacked data before you started processing it as I think its been pushed to far in some areas...

Peter...

[MartinB]

Very well framed and you've captured a lot of dim ha. Peter has been more gentle and that's worked much better although I like the Ha colour on your version

[richardc]

you got nearly all of it!

nicely framed. The 350d is doing a nice job for you

[beamish]

Nice one Craig ! TBF I too think the softer approach works but the detail's defo there !!

[Psychobilly]

Martin I had to work back from Craigs finished tiff... would have preffered to work up from the stacked data as the problem that craig was asking about would probably have been better sorted out earlier in the processing workflow...there wasnt a lot left to play with if you know what I mean...

Peter...

[blinky]

Peter and Kevin - Just sent you guys a link to the stacked version.

Pete - loving that one that you did! Any tips btw ?????

[Psychobilly]

I rather tell you how to work it up from scratch...

it will probably be easier

OK whos been playing with the saturation tab in DSS

Thast the start of your problems Craig...

Only boost the saturation by about 15% in DSS I know it will look thin in DCSS and when you first bring it into CS but trust me its what you need to do...

Can you restack the data and just set the saturation to between 10 and 15%

And repost the tiff

Peter...

[blinky]

Peter - as far as I am aware I never upped the saturation but I am about to restack and will send you that.

[Psychobilly]

The tiff you sent me already had the Red maxed out...

My Mistake it had ended up being saved somewhere else...

Peter...

[gary1968]

That is nice Craig, I like that. Thanks for sharing.

Gary

[blinky]

Just posted a reprocess in the deep sky section - see what you make of that one.