budguinn
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hello friends,
This is a composite picture made up of OneShotColor RGB and Ha. I took the RGB in 9-25-06, and the HA on 12-08-07.
The Ha was added at about 50% to the Red channel and about 80% to the lum channel.
larger size:
http://www.astroclassifieds.com/gallery/data/504/NGC-2174-HaRGB-frame.jpg
1 hour of color and 3 hours of HA
comments are always appreciated
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tidroplane
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Wow Bud, excellent color and contrast, a real beauty!
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Clear skies.....David
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EricCCD
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Beautiful, Bud!
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Jeff J.
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Outstanding, Bud...this looks unreal!
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budguinn
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thanks Jeff, Eric and David...I appreciate it.
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bud guinn
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dietmar
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beautiful result, Bud!
composit - I believe we will see a lot more composits soon,... 
looking forward to that!
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budguinn
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thanks diets.....and yes, I'm going to redo a bunch of shots.
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bud guinn
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Hutman
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Great image very smooth and natural,how about some processing lessons.
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Most excellent, Bud! I really love the colour - stunning!
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Jared
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Well done, Bud! How do you keep the image looking so natural? Surely it's not as simple as just adding layers and applying them to red and luminance channels.
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Bud, great color, detail, and scope!
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budguinn
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Quote:
Well done, Bud! How do you keep the image looking so natural? Surely it's not as simple as just adding layers and applying them to red and luminance channels.
Thanks guys for responding,
Jared, it really depends on the object....I always process both the color and Ha to the best of my ability....I then will add a percentage to the Red channel..in the RGB mode....HA is, after all, the red component. I blend this in with a combination of opacity and masks.
I will then switch to lab mode and use the L channel..which is the lum...and add the ha to this....and this is usually added at about 80%. This adds the extra detail while adding to the red gives it a bit more color depth.
this is one of those things where you just fuss with it until you get a method down and it always varies a bit picture to picture.
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bud guinn
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bill w
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wow you've got some dense nebulosity with that HA
beautiful shot.
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Nice shot bud, your pictures is always so calm and easy on the eyes, if that makes sense to anyone.
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wrather1
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Very impressive.
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budguinn
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thanks guys for looking
Tom, thanks......very nicely put.
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Warmest regards,
bud guinn
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