M8 in OIII

Absolutely stunning Woody! The nebulosity comes through perfectly. And the colours at the center....
But can I add a remark? :oops: There are more red stars than I think there should be in there! Too much processing in Photoshop?

Seanie.

Seanie, the red stars look to be behind the thin gases which are red. I did pick up alot of faint stars imaging at 8 min exposures. Also the OIII gives a red tint to the nebula.

Fantastic!

Woody, the cluster of stars itself looks amazing aginst the backdrop of the nebula. The detail in the dark parts is amazing. One hell of a shot !

Keith..

WoW! Get the feeling its "floating" out there. Great contrasts and colors!

But can I add a remark? :oops: There are more red stars than I think there should be in there! Too much processing in Photoshop?

Seanie a narrowband shot like that is effectively a monochrome image. Therefore depending on the camera and how its processed it will show predominently one colour or another. In order to get a better dynamic range of colours you would have to either;

Combine it with SII and H-Alpha narrowband shots or
Take a full set of RGB data and use the OIII image as a luminence channel.