M class flare March 24th from the marsh

[solarchat]

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[solarchat]

i’m always struggling to try and find the correct mix to accurately reflect the color you see in the telescope but still be viewable enough to see details on a computer screen.
I have been switching my image formats over to CMYK and using the curves in there to get the red above.
Anyone got any good way they get an accurate eyepiece color on their images?

When Alan Friedman and I developed the inverted disc laid over the prom technique of processing images I don’t think either of us thought it was going to be the end of innovation for this hobby.

It would be great if someone came up with something totally new and awesome that we could use in our processing technique.

[rigel123]

This is as close as I have come Stephen knowing our eyes just pick up more dynamic range than our cameras, I just can't get flaring areas to look like they do in an eyepiece. For this I used a B&W set to RGB in Photoshop and then did an adjustment layer in Levels with the following settings on the Histograms:

R 21 1.32 255
G 0 0.27 255
B 0 0.22 255

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[Carbon60]

Beautiful images, guys. Colourising can be a bit of a challenge, sometimes, especially with a specific objective in mind. FYI, I use curves in PixInsight.

Stu.

[ffellah]

Nice images Stephen !

Franco

[pedro]

Great images Stephen. I use curves in PS to colour all my solar images.


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The weather in Portugal is not cooperating and I missing all the action...

[marktownley]

Nice shots Boss!

[DeepSolar64]

This is as close as I have come Stephen knowing our eyes just pick up more dynamic range than our cameras, I just can't get flaring areas to look like they do in an eyepiece. For this I used a B&W set to RGB in Photoshop and then did an adjustment layer in Levels with the following settings on the Histograms:

R 21 1.32 255
G 0 0.27 255
B 0 0.22 255

FD-Ha-3-24-2024-color-in-the-eyepiece.jpg

That is what I do. Use RGB curves in Ps. Still I have not been able to completely reproduce the color as seen in the eyepiece.

[WMoore]

Agreed. I've tried this several times, never been able to replicate the eyepiece tone and definition faithfully.
I use GIMP for my processing, the coloration is the same as mentioned, adjust the RGB curves. The G'MIC plugin has sliders to adjust the lows, mids and light tones. The monitor I use matters as well, the tone will look subtlety different.

Wayne

[Montana]

Fantastic images Stephen I was taught how to change the red colour a while ago but was very confusing, I would have to try and look up what I did.

That's really nice Wayne!!

Alexandra

[cte]

Awesome results in my opinion

[arnedanielsen]

Nice work Boss!

[george9]

Great images.

When I walk away from my eyepiece, what I remember seeing is a red but slightly orange Sun with a yellowish flare. It's not actually yellowish, but that's what I remember perceiving. On the computer screen, when you try to make the orange-red dark in order to contrast with the brighter yellowish, the Sun starts looking brown. I need to bring an image on my computer with Photoshop to the eyepiece and play with the colors.

George