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Reprocess M8: Then and Now
In the thick of my rainy season, been doing a lot of reprocessing of old data. This is one of my fave targets. Took the old data, started from scratch and implemented different techniques that I have learn from this site, combined with some things I have learned (accidently) on my own. I hope you all see an improvement. Positive and negative input are both equally appreciated. Learning process for me!
BTW, left is old post, right is new.
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Comment by Trevor Woodrow on December 21, 2011 at 11:27am
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New version, lol! Reduced the outer stars....
...I REALLY need some clear skies!
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Thanks Marc. Color is better in newer versions, if a little heavy handed. Used some tech showed to me by Neil and Hopp. The contrast, I was playing with a few new things, all in CS2, layering inm Negative B/W withColor Burn (25%) and a Maxim Auto flattened version layered in (75% normal). I also smoothed the background using Surface Blur, and then cut the center from an earlier version and layered it back into the blurred background. Oh yeah, and both newer versions are smaller because I used Distort/Lens correction to deal with the lense curvature.
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Comment by Marc Basti on December 21, 2011 at 10:02am
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Both redos seem to bring out the detail more. Top right- cool color. Marc
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