Thanks Charles. You expect me to remember 3 - 6 hours back? :-) I basically adjusted curves for the best contrast/least noise, then tried to reduce the red in red channel only using the levels control.
The III version I did none of that. Just cropped and USM. Tom C. >From: Charles Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: PESO - Comet McNaught III >Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 20:37:39 -0600 > >On Jan 13, 2007, at 19:23, Tom C wrote: > > > One last image. Very little post processing and presented as a > > vertical > > crop. Hoped for better but this is what I got. Comet McNaught as > > it sinks > > over the Owyhee Mountains > > > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5449400 > > > >I found I got the best contrast on the darned thing if I put it into >Photoshop, switched to LAB mode, and worked on the intensities (in >just the LEVELS layer) with the levels tool. Click the "white" >dropper, and select the center of the comet to make it as bright as >possible.... then worked on the gamma so that some of the tail was >visible in all that mess. > >It seemed to do the best job of making it stand out. How'd you do it >(if anything), Tom? > > -Charles > >-- >Charles Robinson >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Minneapolis, MN >http://charles.robinsontwins.org > > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
