LDN1399 Thor's Lightning dark nebula

[Comet Hunter]

After near 20 hours I just couldnt pull out the lighting as I hoped. Limits of a color camera I guess along with my feeble processing skills.
Super dark nebula taken from my driveway, Anderson SC.
WO GT 71, ASI2600mc pro, Skywatcher eq6r, Antila ALP-T 5nm filter. (233) 5 min light frames taken over the last 4 nights.

All critiques welcome

Or do you prefer it with more contrast?

 

[JimFox]

So cool Ed!

I prefer a combo. I like the lightning area in #1 the best as it stands out more from the background, but I like the left side of #2 the best with the added contrast.

 

[Comet Hunter]

Thanks. I wonder if i vsn blend them?

 

[JimFox]

Thanks. I wonder if i vsn blend them?

I would just do it in Photoshop, but I don't know how proficient you are in it.

 

[Comet Hunter]

I would just do it in Photoshop, but I don't know how proficient you are in it.

I hope I improved it? Merged the 2 sides and brought out a little of the lightning.

 

[Mike Lewis]

Yes, this last one is excellent - love it!

ML

 

[Mike Lewis]

I am going to have to capture this - it really is a cool target.

ML

 

[Andy Elliott]

Well done, that's a great image.
I did some imaging on Barnard 11 a while back, I whilst I was fairly happy with the results, its still on my target to do list, as I need to try and bring out the Thor's Lightening on that. But its going to take a lot of imaging time to collect that lovely OIII signal.