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Elephant Trunk, Flying Bat, and Seahorse Nebulae in Cepheus
Fujifilm X-T10, Samyang 135mm f/2.0 @ f2.0, ISO 1600, 60 x 60 sec, tracking with iOptron SkyTracker Pro, stacking with DeepSkyStacker, editing in GIMP, taken July 30 under Bortle 3/4 skies.
Reprocessed Aug. 2 without using a luminance layer, to keep emission nebulae red; I like the colors much better now and the Seahorse Nebula also pops better in this version. I decided several months ago to use luminance layers in processing after getting some nice results, but after reprocessing several images without luminance and getting better color results, I'm thinking using a luminance layer is now the exception rather than the rule for me.
Elephant Trunk, Flying Bat, and Seahorse Nebulae in Cepheus
Fujifilm X-T10, Samyang 135mm f/2.0 @ f2.0, ISO 1600, 60 x 60 sec, tracking with iOptron SkyTracker Pro, stacking with DeepSkyStacker, editing in GIMP, taken July 30 under Bortle 3/4 skies.
Reprocessed Aug. 2 without using a luminance layer, to keep emission nebulae red; I like the colors much better now and the Seahorse Nebula also pops better in this version. I decided several months ago to use luminance layers in processing after getting some nice results, but after reprocessing several images without luminance and getting better color results, I'm thinking using a luminance layer is now the exception rather than the rule for me.