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This time I had a moonless sky, but gust of wind up to 25mph. I only got 9 good 5min subs; the good news was that I able to sort out flats on ASIAir a new flat screen with 5 sheets of A4 gave me great 5sec flats.
This one is processed with DSS with 10 flats in Star Tools 8 alpha with improved HDR; Denoised in Topaz AI then finished in Affinity Photo. To me it has impact but colours are out.
Same data in Pixinsight processed WBP; Rotated; dynamic crop; ABE; DBE; Background Neutralisation; Colour Calibration; EZ Soft Stretch & finally Colour saturation with the same Topaz AI & Affinity.
I asked my wife which one she liked more and PI won out, her words - "it looks more natural". Shae has suffered during my learning processing, her words again "how can it take so long to fiddle around with an image???
Very nice Tony. I like the first image colors better. They are very close to the correct colors in my opinion. The PI colors are definitely too brown. Not sure why.
Steve
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Camera: ASI 1600MM Pro + EFW Filter Wheel + Chroma 3nm Siii, Ha, Oiii + ZWO LRGB Filters
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STEVE333 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 03, 2021 1:21 am
Very nice Tony. I like the first image colors better. They are very close to the correct colors in my opinion. The PI colors are definitely too brown. Not sure why.
Steve
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Thanks for the input Steve and Jean Yves. Fair comments interesting I’m not sure on the colour in PI it was there from the start most noticeable on the Flame which was this fawn tone.
Butterfly Maiden wrote: ↑Fri Dec 03, 2021 7:20 am
Great images Tony.
I prefer the look of the first one too :smile:
Meant to tell you ages ago, we had a great few days in the New Forest the at the end of August celebrating my son’s birthday. I am a big fan of the forest now and we will be back at some point next year.
Greenman wrote: ↑Fri Dec 03, 2021 9:35 am
Meant to tell you ages ago, we had a great few days in the New Forest the at the end of August celebrating my son’s birthday. I am a big fan of the forest now and we will be back at some point next year.
Nice website BTW
I am certain you had a great time on your visit to my area Tony. Of course, once you sample all the delights here you are hooked for life
Thank you for your lovely comments about my website.
I have just done some cosmetic changes to it this morning. The pink/purple colour wasn't displaying as I would have liked it, so I have kept it more neutral.
Gordon
Scopes: Explore Scientific ED80CF, Skywatcher 200 Quattro Imaging Newt, SeeStar S50 for EAA.
Mounts: Orion Atlas EQ-g mount & Skywatcher EQ5 Pro.
ZWO mini guider.
Image cameras: ZWO ASI1600 MM Cool, ZWO ASI533mc-Pro, ZWO ASI174mm-C (for use with my Quark chromosphere), ZWO ASI120MC
Filters: LRGB, Ha 7nm, O-III 7nm, S-II 7nm
Eyepieces: a few.
Primary software: Cartes du Ciel, N.I.N.A, StarTools V1.4.
Hi Tony. A very nice pair of the Flame and Horsehead nebulae images. I kind of like the first processed version a bit better and I can even see the color on the horse's mane. Thanks for sharing these works with us Tony and congratulations on receiving the TSSAPOD Award today.
Marshall
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STEVE333 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 03, 2021 1:21 am
Very nice Tony. I like the first image colors better. They are very close to the correct colors in my opinion. The PI colors are definitely too brown. Not sure why.
Steve
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The Startools process is much better to me. Of course, as you know, there is an almost infinite number of variables in processing. Maybe even a 2x infinite amount in PI!
I have trouble duplicating the same process twice!
The bottom line is that the more that you fiddle with processes and re-processes, the more that you learn. The learning is also infinite too!
This hobby is so cool because of the many variations and learnings! Definitely a hobby for life! I really wish that I had started earlier than my 60’s, but it’s never too late!
I noticed that you are using Topaz AI. Which product? I recently purchased Denoise and it is amazing.
Very nice images and thanks for the comparison.
Jim
Scopes: Explore Scientific ED102 APO, Sharpstar 61 EDPH II APO, Samyang 135 F2 (still on the Nikon).
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro with Rowan Belt Mod
Stuff: ASI EAF Focus Motor (x2), ZWO OAG, ZWO 30 mm Guide Scope, ASI 220mm min, ASI 120mm mini, Stellarview 0.8 FR/FF, Sharpstar 0.8 FR/FF, Mele Overloock 3C.
Camera/Filters/Software: ASI 533 mc pro, ASI 120mm mini, ASI 220mm mini , IDAS LPS D-1, Optolong L-Enhance, ZWO UV/IR Cut, N.I.N.A., Green Swamp Server, PHD2, Adobe Photoshop CC, Pixinsight.
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