Elephant - RGB

[JohnP]

I'm giving up on this now - tried about a zillion reprocesses of the RGB I got for my Elephant Trunk Neb image down at Les Granges.. this is about the best but I'm still not happy. I think I probably didn't get enough colour data to go with the Ha data that I got... I've also put Ha data underneath...

Anyway, here it is....

Cheers,  John.

[Mike]

Looks good to me. Lots of detail along that thin section of the 'trunk' and good focus. Nice image.

[Mac]

Nice detail.

Just out of interest, how are you adding the Luminance data?
Are you converting the Image to a LAB, and then adding the Luminance layer, and converting back to RGB?
Or do you do it a completly different way?

[Rocket Pooch]

looks good to me...

[JohnP]

Cheers everyone - I may try saturating it a little more - The hardest thing was trying to keep the 'horrendous' blue halo's at bay....

Mac - I use a couple of methods for adding the L as follows:

1. Process the L & RGB separately & then convert the L (or Ha) to RGB mode & then paste the colour image on top as a new layer then change the blend mode from Normal to 'colour'... or

2. Process the RGB image & then copy & Paste the L layer on top & change the blend mode from Normal to 'Luminance'.. (this is what Chris does)

HTH,  Cheers,  John

[RobertM]

John, I've just posted my Halo removal method in the Technical area.  It's not a perfect solution in all cases and is a bit tedious but if it helps then all well and good.

Cheers