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Behind the photograph · 02

Elephant’s Trunk

From faint clouds to blue and gold. Slide between my FITS preview and the finished Elephant’s Trunk photograph.

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Finished Elephant’s Trunk photographDisplay-stretched FITS preview of the same field
FITS previewFinished image
Move the slider, or use the arrow keys, to reveal each version.
The FITS preview uses a display stretch to reveal faint detail. It is a rendered view of the supplied FITS data, not an untouched camera exposure. The finished image is the JPEG supplied by the photographer.

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Behind the image

Finding colour in the darkness.

My Elephant’s Trunk photograph, shown alongside a preview of the FITS file. Follow the dark pillars through both versions and see how the processing brings out colour and contrast.

The preview has a linked brightness stretch across all three colour channels. The finished photograph is my existing gallery image.

A small record of learning: the same field of stars, seen at two stages of the journey.