2hrs M51

[vocal yacht]

im a beginner, dont blame me

i still hope u like it

[mighty mulch]

It’s not bad, you just clipped a lot of the data

[cold viper]

Its may be slightly but if im honest i couldnt really pull anything either /: Possibly too short exposures and too short focal length

[mighty mulch]

its 300mm, 30 second exposures

i mean i came out with this

[cold viper]

Yeah basically the same thing I got lol

[mighty mulch]

lemme see yours just for reference

[cold viper]

Had accidentally deleted the other one but heres a real rough quick process

[mighty mulch]

i needa learn how to get all that blue you did

can you briefly explain how ya did that?

[cold viper]

In Pix i use Background neutralization, Colour Calibration. If that doesnt work i try out LinearFit and IF that doesnt work i use masks and stretch the colour channels seperately to get the colours id like although it can introduce a fair bit of noise

Usually a colour calibration in Siril works really well though lol

[mighty mulch]

alright

I gotta find some way to get good with masks

what masks did you use?

I wanna improve my processing now that Im at it

[cold viper]

Range Selection is good! You can create manual masks if you wanted to aswell lol or mask in Ps and do it there

[vocal yacht]

what programs do u guys use

[mighty mulch]

pixinsight, siriL, photoshop

[hoary mountain]

ill try