+RonC Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 (edited) Leo Triplet M65,M66 and NGC 3628 taken on a Moonlit night! Without doubt this is the hardest image I have processed! Comment please (and don't compare it to Olley's!!) Thanks LeoTrip20140307 by [email protected], on Flickr MN190..Canon1000d modded.QHY5.PHD.Backyard EOS.DSS.CS3 12x360s+ 6 darks Edited March 8, 2014 by Ron Clarke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Graham Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Nice one Ron. Not an easy target to process as there is a lot going on. You stretch one of the trips and another blows up on you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Nice one Ron! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tibbz2 Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Very nice Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawson Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Lovely to see all three (I know the clue is in the name, but still nice). The cores of the two on the right seem over exposed, but as Mike has said I guess it's a difficult balance to get enough detail out of the arms without blowing the core. The star field background looks a bit green in the centre and to the right side, but I suspect this could be resolved with some processing (no idea how). But lovely image and you must be happy to have captured so much data and framed it so well. JD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+RonC Posted March 8, 2014 Author Share Posted March 8, 2014 Thanks all, spent over an hour on PS3 trying to balance everything! It's thee most difficult image I have so far processed! It's that learning curve again!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xanthic Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Nice. It makes me wonder if it's worth masking it up, processing them separately and then putting it back together? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfman_55 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Great effort. Why don't you give gradient exterminator a go. You can download it free for a trial period and you should be able to remove most of the vignetting in the background. The other tip is more exposures and longer if possible. That way you won't need to stretch the images so much to blow out the cores.. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+RonC Posted March 10, 2014 Author Share Posted March 10, 2014 Now re-processed (see newer thread!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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