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Gallery / Re: Sadr Region Widefield Ha+RGB
« on: 2015 August 25 12:35:56 »
I really like that image, Jose. 
When I clicked on the link to the image, it immediately struck me that "this is what I like". If someone asked me what I like in a wide-field astro-image, this is a good example. I like the colors in the RGB stars, and they're nice and sharp and small. (If only I had a scope that could make such small stars!
) I like the color of the nebulosity, in both the Butterfly and the Crescent. The tonal range in your image also suits my taste very well, too. The regions of dark nebulosity are quite dark, as my aesthetic sense says they "should" be, but you haven't pushed the rest of the background to a very dark level. The amount of contrast in this image suits my taste quite well!
I was tempted to write a reply that said "That's it! That's how all images of nebulosity in the Milky Way *should* look!" Then I thought about it a little more and realized "Hmmm, it may be that not everyone has the same aesthetic sense about astro-images that I do. Instead, maybe I should thank Jose for making an image that suits my taste so well!"
Someday, if I can improve my autoguiding near the zenith, maybe I will be able to shoot a decent Sadr image! Thanks for the inspiration
Marek

When I clicked on the link to the image, it immediately struck me that "this is what I like". If someone asked me what I like in a wide-field astro-image, this is a good example. I like the colors in the RGB stars, and they're nice and sharp and small. (If only I had a scope that could make such small stars!

I was tempted to write a reply that said "That's it! That's how all images of nebulosity in the Milky Way *should* look!" Then I thought about it a little more and realized "Hmmm, it may be that not everyone has the same aesthetic sense about astro-images that I do. Instead, maybe I should thank Jose for making an image that suits my taste so well!"
Someday, if I can improve my autoguiding near the zenith, maybe I will be able to shoot a decent Sadr image! Thanks for the inspiration

Marek