The Eagle Nebula (Don Curry)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Serpens (Ser) · Contains: Eagle nebula · M 16 · NGC 6611

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This is a continuation of my previous work on M16. I ran a test print of this at 20x 30 inches and it was somewhat soft and defused so I did a few adjustments to the image and cropped in further to the main focal point of the image M16 itself showing the pillars of creation up close.

This should capture this much better on 16x 20 print form.

I have updated my M16 image with new applications from Photoshop to 2015 CC and have been going over some of their video tutorials and applied some of the principals to this revised image. The results are really amazing from some of the work done. I applied an additional layer by selecting the background and right clicking to convert it into a smart object. I then went into camera raw and selected the adjustment brush tool and increased the layer mask size , painted over the layer, added additional layers to other various parts of the image. Increased the feather size and brush size. I also increased the smoothness to allow a natural transition of blend. I also applied increase in shadows,highlights, clarity and vibrance in my 5 additional layers . I used the spot healing tool with content awareness to remove the large stars near the pillars.

I think it really is worthwhile to go over the video tutorials in Photoshop CC and see which ones can be used in astrphotography applications. I have overlooked their usefulness, but won't anymore.

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