PhilosophyEconomy873 t1_j99wulv wrote on February 20, 2023 at 10:56 AM

Reply to comment by ajamesmccarthy in I spent 20 hours shooting the Horsehead nebula to create my most intricately detailed photo of this region. This area is surprisingly large, and if it were brighter it would appear much larger than the full moon. Make sure you zoom in! [OC] by ajamesmccarthy

Would love to see this prior to editing! Gorgeous image

Snoo_39873 t1_j9ae2k4 wrote on February 20, 2023 at 2:02 PM

You probably wouldn’t see much of anything prior to editing. I’ve photographed the same thing and prior to editing, I can just barely make out the flame nebula in the original image, the entire image is grey. It takes a lot of good processing to bring these details out

PhilosophyEconomy873 t1_j9aebfw wrote on February 20, 2023 at 2:04 PM

Did you also use the filters?

Snoo_39873 t1_j9aefjq wrote on February 20, 2023 at 2:05 PM

What filters? I don’t see where op mentioned then but I may be missing it. I did not use any filters

PhilosophyEconomy873 t1_j9af8lm wrote on February 20, 2023 at 2:12 PM

I think R G & B - he did mention on Twitter

ajamesmccarthy OP t1_j9bbvwr wrote on February 20, 2023 at 5:57 PM

If you mean before “processing” (different than editing) My raw images look entirely black with a couple stars visible.

PhilosophyEconomy873 t1_j9bdxsm wrote on February 20, 2023 at 6:10 PM

Thank you, it blows my mind! I will look further into it and how different element signatures are visible, lots of reading for me.