Sterrenland Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 Well, a tulip! Had an unexpected clear night last night and managed to get 3.5 hours of The Tulip Nebula. Turned out to be quite a good night. Even though SH2-101 was quite low to start with, the seeing was fairly reasonable...and no moon to contend with! And the bonus is capturing the star that is orbiting around the black hole Cygnus X-1.....I think I've got the right one! Fascinating! I suspect I'll be reprocessing this one a few times... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sterrenland Posted May 28, 2022 Author Share Posted May 28, 2022 Amazing how little changes in processing can change the whole look/feel of an image. I've just reprocessed the data...slightly different recombination of the split/adjusted colour channels...slightly more contrast. Think I prefer this one as it has a little more 'punch'. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmack1 Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 Thats come out really well. Yes its amazing how differnt you can make an image by small changes to processing. I used to worry about trying to get the "right" but I'm now reasonably comfortable with the idea that there is no "right" way and I go with what i thinks best. Personally I prefer the first of your images because I prefer the darker more contrasty centre of the tulip. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sterrenland Posted May 29, 2022 Author Share Posted May 29, 2022 21 minutes ago, Dmack1 said: Thats come out really well. Yes its amazing how differnt you can make an image by small changes to processing. I used to worry about trying to get the "right" but I'm now reasonably comfortable with the idea that there is no "right" way and I go with what i thinks best. Personally I prefer the first of your images because I prefer the darker more contrasty centre of the tulip. Thanks. Yes, a lot of everything here is down to personal preference...whether you like images very saturated or more subtly coloured, contrasty or more even, etc etc. The possibilities are endless! I agree that, generally, there is no 'right' way and it's down to what you think looks right. My bug-bears are extreme over-saturation, contrast waaaaay too high and over-sharpening! 😃 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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