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Monte, here's my try at NGC 6188.
I really tried on this one to bring out the red
regions, to get a nice color contrast, by increasing the red saturation a
bit. I hope I didn't overdo it.
You're right about that hot spot. I noticed
it when working on the first image you posted. it isn't
noticeable in the originals, but when you pump up the contrast if jump right out
at you. It appears to be a little bit off center, not quite in the middle,
but that could be just my imagination. It's a piece of cake to fix in
Photoshop.
It doesn't look to me like you're having much
trouble now, they're great images, well worth the effort and definitely worth
putting on the wall.
Daniel
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 2:46 PM
Subject: [APML] Third FSQ-106 picture in
the series
Can say first how encouraging it has been to get
such great feedback from everyone? It makes up for all the troubles I have had
in the last few months. This also makes up for all the times since Feb I
drove back from the country empty handed after being defeated by my equipment.
I'll try to answer all the comments and
questions that arose from my last post.
I am in Sydney, I am using a company in
Alexandria to develop and scan my film they develop it very
well and are open on the weekends but I may have to train them on Astro
scanning. I am not happy with the scans, they are chopped and the colour
balance is a bit goofy.
There is a slight hot spot with the 106, you
can't see it on the type of shots I have posted, but a shot
with a bit of light pollution or an even field will show it as
a soft glow in the middle. It is nothing you cant remove with PS. Chris and
Tony were right it is there, but I think they also commented, it can be
overcome.
This image is perhaps one that needs a bit of
help to get it to really sing properly. It is of NGC 6188. I think
Senor Mandel or Gleason have a CCD shot of this one on their site
that might be a good reference for how much detail I managed to
capture.
It is another 60mins E200 push one stop,
shot. It is on the border between Ara and Scorpius. The little red spot
near the main nebula is NGC 6145 (I think). It is a Wolf Rayet star
doing the mother of all dummy spits. It is a prime candidate for a
supernova some day soon. You can see the even lobes of ejecta.
Size - 700kb
Regards
Monte
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