M106
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2014 5:12 pm
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Re: M106
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2014 10:52 pm
Wow that is superb.
Re: M106
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2014 11:21 pm
thanks Solo
Che
Che
Re: M106
Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 5:05 am
Very nice. Those stars are perfectly round.
Re: M106
Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 9:15 pm
Some great detail in that. Love your choice of color rendition too - muted, but well balanced. Not unlike a super human (immune to dynamic range issues) would likely perceive them close up.
Nice!
Nice!
Re: M106
Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2014 1:06 am
thanks Ivo
I sometimes struggle to get a color balance I like, I tweek it a lot. Also, usually I process the image on my work desktop computer. Then when I view it on my laptop, it looks different. This is especially true of the background. In this image, I used the life module just a bit, and on the desktop, it just looked like it affected the background just a tad and I really liked the effect. Then when viewed on my laptop, the effect looked much stronger and I was not as satisfied. Viewing on a laptop seems to be much more affected by the viewing angle of the screen. Of course, this is not the fault of StarTools, which is AWESOME!!!
Che
I sometimes struggle to get a color balance I like, I tweek it a lot. Also, usually I process the image on my work desktop computer. Then when I view it on my laptop, it looks different. This is especially true of the background. In this image, I used the life module just a bit, and on the desktop, it just looked like it affected the background just a tad and I really liked the effect. Then when viewed on my laptop, the effect looked much stronger and I was not as satisfied. Viewing on a laptop seems to be much more affected by the viewing angle of the screen. Of course, this is not the fault of StarTools, which is AWESOME!!!
Che
Re: M106
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 9:03 pm
I've struggled with color on this object too. Initially, I went with more of a muted and less blue image more like your image:
http://www.astrobin.com/full/86956/0/
Then, cranked up the blue as I saw other images of M106 that were quite blue. I'm thinking the original may be best and that this one is way too blue.
http://www.astrobin.com/full/86956/D/
Nice job at capturing the faint outer areas of M106-I missed most of that area. Maybe I'll add some long exposure subs to try to bring it out.
Lex
http://www.astrobin.com/full/86956/0/
Then, cranked up the blue as I saw other images of M106 that were quite blue. I'm thinking the original may be best and that this one is way too blue.
http://www.astrobin.com/full/86956/D/
Nice job at capturing the faint outer areas of M106-I missed most of that area. Maybe I'll add some long exposure subs to try to bring it out.
Lex
Re: M106
Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 5:43 am
Hi Lex
you did a good job with your image. I like the first version best, but both are good. I use a AP reducer on my Meade 12. Judging by your field of view, I'm guessing you are not using a reducer on your C11, unless you cropped a bit, or your camera makes the difference. Either way, thats a nice image.
Che
you did a good job with your image. I like the first version best, but both are good. I use a AP reducer on my Meade 12. Judging by your field of view, I'm guessing you are not using a reducer on your C11, unless you cropped a bit, or your camera makes the difference. Either way, thats a nice image.
Che