Core area in the Rosette nebula

hi

not sure what you have done with your processing ?
all that red blotching isn't normal for the Rosette and there is no sign of the rest of the nebula ?

most of the central stars are in a relatively nebula free area
see all these examples .....

http://www.bing.com …osette+nebula&F​ORM=HDRSC2

if it wasn't for recognising the core stars, I wouldn't have known what I was looking at

Dave

I agree with Davenn , stars are what I see . What you have processed is overdone incorrectly . No trying to make things look bad . The Rossette Neb is a beautiful Neb when exposure is correct and editing done correctly.

Thanks Davenn & Celestron. That is what I like about this forum, honest opinions on the posted images. It's the best way for beginners like myself to learn. I was shooting this from under city lights without any filteration, so had to stretch the histogram (over-stretched I'd say). I wasn't even sure that I was shooting in the correct part of the sky as the contrast was so low. My post processing skills are certainly not the best ( especially for astro imaging ), but it's all part of the learning curve after all. Thanks again for your input.

Miki G wrote in post #17917293
Thanks Davenn & Celestron. That is what I like about this forum, honest opinions on the posted images. It's the best way for beginners like myself to learn. I was shooting this from under city lights without any filteration, so had to stretch the histogram (over-stretched I'd say). I wasn't even sure that I was shooting in the correct part of the sky as the contrast was so low. My post processing skills are certainly not the best ( especially for astro imaging ), but it's all part of the learning curve after all. Thanks again for your input.

no probs
we are all here to help
I'm experienced but no expert, there are other deep sky togs on the forum that are far better than me, specially with their editing skills
Celestron is one of those guys ... a good guy to take advice from

The Rosette Nebula is a difficult target. It's large but quite faint and really deserves to be imaged from a dark site.
I did a first try on it around this time last year with the Canon 70-200mm IS II @f2.8 and 200mm and for a 30 sec exposure
I had to use serious imagination to see any nebulosity and that was from a dark site.

Keep up your experiments, go easy on the pp if you start seeing that blotchy/blobby 'ness as above, you know you are going too far
look forward to seeing more from you in the future


Dave

Thanks again Dave. I have a tendency to push the processing to the limit trying to find some hidden detail, but it's usually all in vain. Someone told me to take very small steps in the adjustments & not to expect too much, especially if not shooting from a dark site, so I think I'll try re-processing the RAW file & see how it looks, even if there is no nebulosity visible. I need to practice PP anyhow.