It was cloudy last night so I decided to try out some image blending tricks with an image set I recently got of the Lagoon Nebula M8. I've always wanted to keep the detail around the brighter parts while also keeping the fringe details intact so I hit up ol' google and came across Jerry Lodriguss' instructions on how to do so using Photoshop on his website(lots of goodies on his site;)
Here's a link to his instructions on compose two different exposure images using Photoshop. I have PS6 so the process was a bit different as he used an older version from the time he posted the instructions:
www.astropix.com/HTML/J_DIGIT/LAYMASK.HTMThe dim and bright images were both the same exposure time and stack set I just turned down/up the brightness in Photoshop. In the future I'll look to collect two image sets with different exposure times.
Here's the acquisition details of the image set:
7x Lights 600" @640ISO
10x Darks
10x Bias
15x Flats
15x Dark Flats
Camera: Canon 6D
Filter: Hutech IDAS LPS
Scope: Celestron Edge HD 8
Focal Reducer: .7x Edge HD 8 FR
Mount: Advanced VX
Guide Scope: Orion Mag Mini With SSAG
Capture Software: Backyard EOS
Guide Software: PHD2
Stacking Software: Deep Sky Stacker
Final Processing: PS6
Location: Lockwood Valley, CA
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