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M101 Pinwheel Galaxy, mhtandy
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M101 Pinwheel Galaxy

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M101 Pinwheel Galaxy

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Night 1: 48 subs, 60s @ISO 1600

Night 2: 60 subs, 60s @ISO 1600

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Description: Experimenting with "Local Adaptation" instead of "Exposure and Gamma" in Photoshop, even though I've always been told not to use it :).
I think it's an interesting alternative, but not sure I'd use it often.

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Description: After looking back at this again, decided to end the experiment with Local Adaptation in Photoshop, and reprocessed in the standard Exposure and Gamma mode.

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M101 Pinwheel Galaxy, mhtandy