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ASTRO: M42 - First LRGB Effort - Man, this is hard!
I literally spent the better part of a day working on this LRGB of M42.
Original exposures were L: 10X60s and RGB: 10X60s each. In the end, I had to add a separate Lum layer at 50% opacity to more correctly address a color imbalance and add detail at the core w/PS CS2. I could not separate the Trapezium because I was already maxed on the white level stretch Log(x). Is there a way to resolve this issue? Anyway, I'm still practicing. Cheers, Scott Busby |
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ASTRO: M42 - First LRGB Effort - Man, this is hard!
the effort was worthwhile because the image looks great!
Merry Christmas\ "reconair" wrote in message ... I literally spent the better part of a day working on this LRGB of M42. Original exposures were L: 10X60s and RGB: 10X60s each. In the end, I had to add a separate Lum layer at 50% opacity to more correctly address a color imbalance and add detail at the core w/PS CS2. I could not separate the Trapezium because I was already maxed on the white level stretch Log(x). Is there a way to resolve this issue? Anyway, I'm still practicing. Cheers, Scott Busby |
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ASTRO: M42 - First LRGB Effort - Man, this is hard!
Nice picture Scott.
Stefan "reconair" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... I literally spent the better part of a day working on this LRGB of M42. Original exposures were L: 10X60s and RGB: 10X60s each. In the end, I had to add a separate Lum layer at 50% opacity to more correctly address a color imbalance and add detail at the core w/PS CS2. I could not separate the Trapezium because I was already maxed on the white level stretch Log(x). Is there a way to resolve this issue? Anyway, I'm still practicing. Cheers, Scott Busby |
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ASTRO: M42 - First LRGB Effort - Man, this is hard!
Hi Scott,
I would say that you had a very successful first LRGB effort. Regading maxing out the white level in the core, what many people do is feather in the core (using PS) from a separate image (or images) taken with a much shorter exposure to avoid saturating that part of the image. Regards, Jon Christensen "reconair" wrote in message ... I literally spent the better part of a day working on this LRGB of M42. Original exposures were L: 10X60s and RGB: 10X60s each. In the end, I had to add a separate Lum layer at 50% opacity to more correctly address a color imbalance and add detail at the core w/PS CS2. I could not separate the Trapezium because I was already maxed on the white level stretch Log(x). Is there a way to resolve this issue? Anyway, I'm still practicing. Cheers, Scott Busby |
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ASTRO: M42 - First LRGB Effort - Man, this is hard!
This website explains how to do just that.
http://www.astropix.com/PFA/SAMPLE4A/SAMPLE4A.HTM "Jon Christensen" wrote in message ... Hi Scott, I would say that you had a very successful first LRGB effort. Regading maxing out the white level in the core, what many people do is feather in the core (using PS) from a separate image (or images) taken with a much shorter exposure to avoid saturating that part of the image. |
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ASTRO: M42 - First LRGB Effort - Man, this is hard!
It looks like you did pretty well. Your shot has very good definition.
Clear Skyz, LA "reconair" wrote in message ... I literally spent the better part of a day working on this LRGB of M42. Original exposures were L: 10X60s and RGB: 10X60s each. In the end, I had to add a separate Lum layer at 50% opacity to more correctly address a color imbalance and add detail at the core w/PS CS2. I could not separate the Trapezium because I was already maxed on the white level stretch Log(x). Is there a way to resolve this issue? Anyway, I'm still practicing. Cheers, Scott Busby |
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