Astrophotography: Dust and Fire and on the Seagull nebula's wing!

The bright emission nebula on the right is Sh2-297. It is part of a larger structure known as the Seagull nebula. This area is very interesting with the ionized hydrogen and lots of dust. In this video I show the processing workflow used on this image.
Equipment used for this shot:
Telescope: AT115EDT
Camera: ZWO ASI1600MM
Mount: SkyWatcher EQ6R Pro
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[@SimonsAstro]

Great tutorial James! Interesting target, it’s a tricky one, like you said, the image on the right has much more contrast, and I quite like the darker appearance, but the image on the left definitely shows much more of that dust! So I’m split down the middle 🤣 Both really nice images James👍 Clear skies!

[@DSOImager]

Thanks Simon! Maybe I should add to the two together in pixel math, .50 each and see what I get. :)

[@wooddogg8]

I love to see that dust, so I would go with the brighter one myself. That said, you've captured more dust in the darker one than I ever have. I've been focusing on dark nebula myself lately and my processing skills aren't up to the challenge yet, I guess, but I certainly enjoy trying. Beautiful image, either way. I have the same scope, by the way and love it. Happy New Year!!!

[@DSOImager]

Thanks Joe! Dark nebula are such a challenge.

[@IcemanAstro]

A delicate process but the results show . As always, wonderful work. My favorite nebulas to image is the Seagull. Clear skies, happy new year James

[@DSOImager]

Thanks Isaac! Happy New year!

[@LogansAstro]

Love seeing these usually imaged narrowband targets done in LRGB and also seeing focus placed on parts of these bigger nebulae. I think there will be a lot of different opinions on which people like best - personally I like the dust showing up more in the brighter image but I agree with what you said about looking a tiny bit more blochty. I liked the darker one with the more prominent stars so I’m wondering if the brighter image could do with slightly more prominent stars which might “soak up” any blotchy appearance by helping to even out the overall look of the lighter and adjacent darker areas. Or, I could be completely wrong 😁. Either way, love your images of this in LRGB.

[@LogansAstro]

Actually just headed over to Astrobin and saw the version you posted and it looks great so ignore what i said 😁

[@DSOImager]

LOL! Thank you Logan! That is a good idea, to increase some of the stars to hide the blotches. :)

[@Aerostar509]

Brighter is better to me. Thanks for the videos.

[@DSOImager]

Thanks for watching!