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Sunset at the Lagoon, John Willis
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Sunset at the Lagoon

Sunset at the Lagoon, John Willis
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Sunset at the Lagoon

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When I put together my first narrowband image of the Lagoon Nebula, I wanted to do something different than the standard or modified Hubble palette. After experimenting a bit, I really liked this result. This is mapping Oiii to Red, Ha to Green ans Sii to Blue (OHS). After that a little color masking to modify the Cyan edges of the nebula and averaging Green down by about 25%.

The difference in depth that the yellows oranges and reds provided over the more traditional green or blue cores was striking, and definitely felt like a new look at an often shot target.

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Sunset at the Lagoon, John Willis