Merope Nebula in M45
This is a very cropped version from the original image shot with a 50mm lens. A IDAS LPS-P2 light pollution filter was added to the lens. Digital Development Processing in AIP4W was used to pull the blue reflection nebula out of the background. A number of curve and level adjustments were made in Photoshop CS2 to enhance the blue.
Not the best in terms of star shape but the goal here was to see how much of the Merope Nebula I could coax from the sky fog and light polluted background. Obviously quite a bit when you filter out the street lamps. :O
Merope Nebula in M45
This is a very cropped version from the original image shot with a 50mm lens. A IDAS LPS-P2 light pollution filter was added to the lens. Digital Development Processing in AIP4W was used to pull the blue reflection nebula out of the background. A number of curve and level adjustments were made in Photoshop CS2 to enhance the blue.
Not the best in terms of star shape but the goal here was to see how much of the Merope Nebula I could coax from the sky fog and light polluted background. Obviously quite a bit when you filter out the street lamps. :O