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M51, reprocessed, some input from others!

Started by fblue, 04/30/2009 07:59PM
Posted 04/30/2009 07:59PM | Edited 04/30/2009 10:18PM Opening Post
Hi all,
Well, you have seen this one before, but after a few people gave me some constructive criticism, I decided to reprocess the data.
http://www.astrophotogallery.org/showphoto.php/photo/2975
Please click on the photo to see a higher resolution. Unfortunately it is automatically resized from the 2 meg file to a smaller res, but it is still higher than I can post here.
I also post this smaller version of the same for those that do not wish to click on the link.
I appreciate the input from those who wrote with their ideas and thoughts. The color is improved and the small stars are more pinpoint. I think this is what I should have done to begin with, but sometimes you need a little help from your friends. grin

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Posted 04/30/2009 08:56PM #1
Very nice picture Floyd! Looks great to me, nothing to be said that about image! Maybe I would adjust a bit more the color on the arms as it is a bit too purple. But very slightly really.
Good job!

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Posted 04/30/2009 10:03PM #2
Posted 05/07/2009 12:57PM #3
That's a really nice image. I think the color balance is great - your tweaking is down to the level of monitor differences and personal preferences.

Charlie


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Posted 05/07/2009 06:33PM #4
Sweet image Floyd!

Really nice detail and a great job processing.

Jason
Posted 05/07/2009 09:52PM #5
The image looks great Floyd.

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