silentrunning Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 Hi there I've been gorping and tweaking this for far to long. What do you think. Immediate impressions would be most welcome to which one you prefer. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 The right hand one gets my vote. The star colours look closer to natural and, as it doesn't have the 'blue rinse' of the left hand one, has better contrast. silentrunning 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottletopburly Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 Right hand one silentrunning 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+seven_legs Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 Both are great but the right one for me silentrunning 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Graham Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 Aesthetically the right hand one as it is easier on the eye. For accuracy then the left hand one which shows exactly what is there. The OIII region is vast in this area. silentrunning 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 I actually prefer the left hand one looks more natural. silentrunning 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+RonC Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 Agree, LH one looks more natural but it's subjective.. I'd be pleased with either one!! 🙂 silentrunning 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 Left hand one as closer to the ideal I think. RHS has sky too black, its not black out there and it loses some detail 😊 silentrunning 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post silentrunning Posted May 22, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 22, 2020 (edited) Wonderful, thanks for the feedback. Kind of reassuring to know we have a divide of opinion. I agree with all the comments. The second one has some RGB added to give the stars a bit more color than was present in the HOO mix and I have indeed attempted to make the back ground a bit more free from noise and darker. I normally leave things much closer to the original one on the left but tried to get more of the look and feel of my recent Draco Trio post which has a look and feel about it that I have been striving for (ttps://www.astrobin.com/full/ca1ghy/0/). The targets though are vastly different and the extent of the OIII and Ha across the whole field for The Crescent means half the processing steps of The Draco trio don' really work. They might do though if I had more signal and less noise.The 3.5 hours of Lum I got on the trio is more than I manage on most objects - I know pitiful isn't it. Makes me wonder what 10 hours of Lum would look like. As I'm leaning towards the second one for the reasons given I've reprocessed a couple of recent posts along those lines... and the Draco Trio for good measure... 🙂 Edited May 22, 2020 by silentrunning +RonC, +Glafnazur, Smithysteve and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 I like those ... silentrunning 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Glafnazur Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 The right hand one for me. I've compared your originals with those you've reprocessed and now I can't make up my mind as to which I prefer, I click on one and think yep this is the best but when I click on the other I think the same thing. Maybe the darker skies just edges it for me but it is really difficult to decide. silentrunning 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentrunning Posted May 22, 2020 Author Share Posted May 22, 2020 1 hour ago, Glafnazur said: The right hand one for me. I've compared your originals with those you've reprocessed and now I can't make up my mind as to which I prefer, I click on one and think yep this is the best but when I click on the other I think the same thing. Maybe the darker skies just edges it for me but it is really difficult to decide. Thanks, it also seems to depend on platform and monitor. It can look different when Astrobin displays it to when I'm processing it. Splitting hairs really but great to get other opinions and thoughts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 2 hours ago, silentrunning said: Thanks, it also seems to depend on platform and monitor. It can look different when Astrobin displays it to when I'm processing it. Splitting hairs really but great to get other opinions and thoughts. Yes, it's very monitor and site dependant. I try to avoid processing using my laptop screen as the intensity of the faint stuff varies significanty depending what angle I'm looking at the screen - I suppose that's what you get with a cheap laptop. My desktop monitor seems OK but to be honest, my phone seems to give the best images but they are obviously very small. And images I post on my BAA web page always appear much darker than the original, even when viewed side by side with the original upload on the same monitor. silentrunning 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentrunning Posted May 23, 2020 Author Share Posted May 23, 2020 5 hours ago, Clive said: Yes, it's very monitor and site dependant. I try to avoid processing using my laptop screen as the intensity of the faint stuff varies significanty depending what angle I'm looking at the screen - I suppose that's what you get with a cheap laptop. My desktop monitor seems OK but to be honest, my phone seems to give the best images but they are obviously very small. And images I post on my BAA web page always appear much darker than the original, even when viewed side by side with the original upload on the same monitor. My recent post of M13 was pretty well received but when I view it on my laptop the core looks burnt out unless you I'm absolutely straight on to the screen. On my processing PC - which has a excellent monitor - the core is perfectly resolvable. I deliberately left it as bright as possible as it's easy to over flatten M13 in a attempt to bring the core down. But it's not over exposed on any individual frame so it shouldn't be in the integrated stack either. As you say the laptop is a nightmare in terms of viewing angle. This has yet to be put through the new workflow.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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