M16: Gray scale or Colorized?

M16 Eagle in H-a

http://home.att.net/~dpersyk/new.htm

The image was taken with a Takahashi E-160 (f/3.3) astrograph aboard an AP-1200GTO. The camera was an SXV-H9, and the exposure was 8 x 15 minutes via a 6 nm FWHM H-a filter. Guiding with an MX-716 and NP-101. There was a full moon and considerable glow from sunset, but light pollution has no affect whatsoever on a narrow-band H-a filter.

I’ve posted both a straight gray-scale image and a colorized version. I gretly appreciate your comments on which you like and why.

Thank you for visiting my site.

Clear skies,

Dennis Persyk
Igloo Observatory Home Page http://dpersyk.home.att.net
Hampshire, IL

Nice work Dennis!
For some reason I like the colorized version better, as it seems the gradients between the different shades are smoother than in the B/W version... (I could be wrong, but that's simply MHO)

Thanks for sharing with us! 8)