Last Nights Bubble Nebula

Dave I did take dark frames three hours after the last image but can't remember if I actually applied them. I know I did do a hot pixel run. The luminance was sharpened but I dropped the opacity of the layer to bring out the deepr red colour. With the haze last night though it was always going to be a bit soft even with the sharpened luminousity layer.

Kieran, I think its a great image, well done

Dave,

This is one with the LLRGB done. Lost some colour in the stars though but shows the sharpened detail

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Somebody's busy eh!

Another great iameg Kieran. I prefer the second version - better contrast and a little sharper.

Kieran - i see what you mean about losing some star colours but the detail in the bubble is much much better in the second image. Given that that is the subject, I prefer it. A stonking image!

Thanks Dave, I think your observations on the first pass were bang on and improved the final result.

Don't take offence -

Take offence from constructive input? Thats what the this place is about. Think I may owe you another drink at the Whirlpool :lol:

I would say that once you actually know where your filters are in the filter wheel :oops: , then knowing the RGB weights for your filter/ccd/scope set up make colour balance a lot easier than messing about in photoshop.