don4l Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 I've never been a real fan of starless images. I do use Starnet++ to remove stars, but only so I can put back some half decent ones.Today, I saw a very nice starless image and decided to have a play with my own data. I'm quite pleased with the result. This is 6 panels with only 18m per panel that was shot in a single evening.The original images are here :- http://www.don4ls.space/auriga-mosaic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don4l Posted October 3, 2020 Author Share Posted October 3, 2020 Couldn't edit it in time. Here is the imagethat I meant to post above 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkAR Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 That's a cracker. Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don4l Posted October 4, 2020 Author Share Posted October 4, 2020 Posted by: @MarkAR That's a cracker. Well done.Thanks Mark. I should give credit to Adam (@tooth_dr) though. It was his image made me have a go at this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carastro Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 I must say, generally I also am not a fan of starless images, but I do like this one.Carole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P Holdsworth Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 This really seems to highlight all the nebulosity to me ......it's a wonderful image. Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gina Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 That's very nice ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don4l Posted October 7, 2020 Author Share Posted October 7, 2020 @p-holdsworthThanks. To highlight specific bits I duplicate the image into a new layer. The upper layer is set to "overlay" mode. I apply a mask filled with black to the (upper) overlay layer and then paint white into the mask over the bits that I want to highlight - using a big soft brush.This works in Gimp, Photoshop or in Affinity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevS Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 I like that very much, really brings out the detail in the nebulosity. Whish I had the skills to manipulate images that well. Cracker ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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