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May 08, 2014 05:04 |  #1

I added some Ha, Oiii, and LL+RGB to this veil image and it is coming out with a pretty high signal now which one do you like better?

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I'm trying to decide how much to diffuse in final processing.

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May 09, 2014 15:04 |  #2

I'm not sure. When looking at both my eye immediately goes to the first one because it's darker with more contrast. However, I really like the detail in #2.


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May 09, 2014 22:19 |  #3

+1 for number 2


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May 09, 2014 22:50 |  #4

#2 but both re wonderful. Nice job!




  
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May 10, 2014 07:43 as a reply to  @ Toxic Coolaid's post |  #5

Fantastic!


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May 18, 2014 16:23 |  #6

Lovely image. First one looks like a bit too much noise reduction to me?


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May 24, 2014 01:33 |  #7

Thanks guys, I appreciate the feed back. This took an insane amount of processing, probably 8 hours, more than the integration time lol. I have since learned a few new tricks and plan to add some 20 minute exposures in Ha and Oiii after learning that I was still under exposing my narrow band exposures by quite a bit. This technique allowed me to preserve star color, however I should have white balanced the stars better in this image. Oh well, had to order a new worm gear for my zeq25 so when it gets back I plan to add in at least 4 more hours of Oiii and 4 more hours of Ha. Clear skies.


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May 24, 2014 11:42 |  #8

You can see detail better in the second one, so I vote for #2 as well.


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