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Re: [APML] Heart & Soul

At 11:26 AM 11/4/2001 +0100, Volker Wendel wrote:
>You said that you "brightened it still more"? The background looks very dark
>to me (good!), so what did you brighten, the nebula parts? 

I increased the contrast and saturation of the image.

>How did you get that black background without loosing the faint nebula parts in the middle?

There was a strange gradient that effectively darkened the middle. I got rid of the gradient by adjusting the anti-vignetting layer.

>> >> http://people.ne.mediaone.net/mbendaniel1/gallery/astro/heart_soul.html

BTW as points of comparison, see Loke Tan's vibrant image:
http://www.starryscapes.com/nebula/ic1805_ic1848.html

David Churchill used be on the APML, and did superb medium format work:
http://members.home.net/dachurchill/northern/155/A0883.html
http://members.home.net/dachurchill/northern/155/A0819.html
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Matt BenDaniel
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