M31 in moonlight

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AndyBooth wrote: And yes, please tell me how to mange colours when using LP filter, I have no choice but use it where I live!
In short, the secret is to shoot luminance data with your LP filter in place, and shoot some RGB data (doesn't have to be too deep and can be added to your luminance) without the LP filter in place. Removing LP from the RGB data is trivial (Wipe will eat it for breakfast). Process luminance and RGB (lightly) separately and combine them later to obtain an image that has the best of both worlds; deep detail and correct colouring!
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Great tip Ivo,
I'll try that on my next session.
have a great holiday mate, and thanks as always for all your help.

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OK here is my final crack at this processing job.
It has come a long way from the original thanks to all the tips.

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Fantastic work Andy! It's now much easier to discern all the cool/interesting processes and stuff that's going on, simply by looking at the colouring. Love it!
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Thanks Ivo!
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