M78 improved image

[Carole]

Always something new to learn.
Not a reprocess, just some extra "tweaks".

Was never really happy with the original, but having learned a bit more processing technique I have tweaked the image.

Originally imaged in late 2017 @ Cairds

Which do you prefer and why?

A)


B)

[JohnP]

Can you present them with the same orientation as easier to compare.

[Carole]

Rotated version for comparison, but the rotation was one of the things I thought I had improved on.

[JohnP]

My preference is the top one with all the brown dust. John

[Carole]

Thanks John, I was hoping you would say that.  This is my latest version, and I think the colour balance is better, was never happy with the original yet my usual method of colour balancing resulted in the first effort, so this time I "did my own thing" and am happier with it.

Carole

[ApophisAstros]

i like that dark stuff and would like to capture some myself, would i need to get Oii aswell or would i be able with just HaRGB,?
Roger

[Carole]

Roger, this is an HaLRGB image.

Carole

[RobertM]

Definitely A, the colour balance looks more correct than B.

[Carole]

Thank you Robert.

Carole

[NoelC]

Don't know if it's correct or not, but prefer A.
Very good Carole.
Noel

[Carole]

Thanks Noel.

Well the overall consensus seems to be for version A), (also the same opinion on SGL). 
Glad I took the trouble to go back and rectify it.

Also no-one has commented on the fact (perhaps they didn't notice) that the stars are smaller and less distracting to the nebula on version A).  I found a much better tutorial on how to do this.

Carole

[The Thing]

I think they both have their merits but A) has the wow factor.

[Carole]

Thanks Duncan.

Carole