I would love feedback on my 2022 redo edit of the famous Dark Shark.
I had a few minutes before my wife and kids returned this evening and I decided to redo edit of my data from last year instead of starting on new data.
Just amazing what a year in this hobby can change. Image B and C , are versions of my image from last year. The mouse over provides a stark demonstration of how the processing and stars have changed in the two images. I have also included several comparison zoomed in images. With 2022 on the left and 2021 on the right. Still some noise that I left to avoid making it too fake looking to my taste. Also, there are some artifacts from Starnet original the were left from my base edit that Starnet2 has done much better with on other images.
In general over the last year, I have had much better luck bring out dark nebula while decreasing the noise with helpful advice over the past 9 month. In addition, the biggest change for me lately has been the introduction of the GHS stretch. While I have had verifying luck with it. I have been doing this for most of my images lately with good results compared to star deemphasis and star reduction methods.
Initially for GHS stars, I STF stretch the linear data. Then I remove the stars and complete sharpening, saturation, curves, etc. Then I go back to my linear image image and stretch it with GHS at 1.5-2.5 stretch factor and around 9-10 local stretch intensity. I mark an area near the nebulosity and set this as the SP point. I then take starnett2 and remove the limited stretched stars and add them to my edited starless image. The results have definitely been a step up for me in my option.
Thanks for the feedback good, bad, or ugly!
Dark Shark Nebula 2022 Edit (GHS stretched stars and Editing Improvement) LDN 1235
I had a few minutes before my wife and kids returned this evening and I decided to redo edit of my data from last year instead of starting on new data.
Just amazing what a year in this hobby can change. Image B and C , are versions of my image from last year. The mouse over provides a stark demonstration of how the processing and stars have changed in the two images. I have also included several comparison zoomed in images. With 2022 on the left and 2021 on the right. Still some noise that I left to avoid making it too fake looking to my taste. Also, there are some artifacts from Starnet original the were left from my base edit that Starnet2 has done much better with on other images.
In general over the last year, I have had much better luck bring out dark nebula while decreasing the noise with helpful advice over the past 9 month. In addition, the biggest change for me lately has been the introduction of the GHS stretch. While I have had verifying luck with it. I have been doing this for most of my images lately with good results compared to star deemphasis and star reduction methods.
Initially for GHS stars, I STF stretch the linear data. Then I remove the stars and complete sharpening, saturation, curves, etc. Then I go back to my linear image image and stretch it with GHS at 1.5-2.5 stretch factor and around 9-10 local stretch intensity. I mark an area near the nebulosity and set this as the SP point. I then take starnett2 and remove the limited stretched stars and add them to my edited starless image. The results have definitely been a step up for me in my option.
Thanks for the feedback good, bad, or ugly!
Dark Shark Nebula 2022 Edit (GHS stretched stars and Editing Improvement) LDN 1235
