I've gotten good results with the orig x (org - radial blur) method, to bring out the corona. Here's a thumbnail of where I am now:
But I'm looking for suggestions on how to fix some anomalies and "finish" the image.
The first issues is what to do about the "moon" portion of the image, which looks icky. Specific suggestions of how to layer one of the (non-overexposed) shorter exposures over this? I'm "ok" with Photoshop, by no means a wizard, and the usual tricks I've tried with masking and layering just simply don't look very good. It looks like someone applied a masking and layering trick. (smile) I really want the prominences to pop in the finished image, which brings me to ...
The second issue is Prominences. The HDR SW I'm using does a pretty good job of preserving them (good), but the above process causes radially smeared dark spots "underneath" them (bad). Suggestions on this?
Here's a closeup of the prominence challenge .. taken from about 5:30 o'clock on the above image:
Original:
Radial Blurred:
Result of combining: Orig x (Orig - Radial Blur). Note the azimuthal dark smear underneath the prominence:
Thanks for any suggestions on how to clean up both the prominences and the moon area!
JS
Edited by Jim S, 14 April 2024 - 09:46 AM.