Reprocessing of SH2-157 the Lobster Claw

[Anubis1311]

Having recently discovered how to control my stars during processing I’m going back over my old data to see if I can improve upon it. First up…. SH2-157 the lobster claw

 

[AlanLichty]

Looks quite nice to my eyes as a non-astromoner.

Any chance you could post the prior result so we can see the difference the new processing techniques offer? I am just a simple landscape and aerial photographer and a lot of the techniques that are being used for astrophotography are quite alien for my feeble brain but I do like looking at the images

 

[JimFox]

This is really cool! I like the more subdued stars for sure. I think you brought out some really nice detail on the lobster too.

 

[Comet Hunter]

Nice, what is your new process for stars?

 

[Anubis1311]

Looks quite nice to my eyes as a non-astromoner.

Any chance you could post the prior result so we can see the difference the new processing techniques offer? I am just a simple landscape and aerial photographer and a lot of the techniques that are being used for astrophotography are quite alien for my feeble brain but I do like looking at the images

So I’ve tried to have a subtler approach to processing. Not so strong in colour and bringing more dust into the foreground. Here’s my previous version.

 

[Anubis1311]

Nice, what is your new process for stars?

I reduce them in Astro Pixel Processor when combining my image and then remove them in photoshop. I’ll process the image without stars and then apply them as a ‘lighter colour’ layer.