Horsehead Nebula
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No match
I used a public domain NASA image of the Horsehead nebula, removed the noise and errors and optimized the color range and saturation.
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Comments (36)
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REPENT_OF_SIN
God's nature
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axio
I had your wallpaper as my desktop for a week, I thought it was great. I have now read some comments here (claytontullos/stubulman) and viewed the original. The original in my opinion is far far better! The nuances, detail and overall depth of the original is fantastic, and easily of good enough quality to be a desktop wallpaper without editing. I'm also very surprised that you have omitted / deleted a major feature of the original. In the mid/lower left hand corner there should be a white nebula(?). So I'd have to conclude that this wallpaper has a big dose of 'poetic license' and is far too much of a compromise for the sake of a 'clean' image. Keep it real!
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sheepyoo
Thanks so much I love the NASA photos but I can never get them looking good enough for a background, please keep them coming!
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refhat
Wow!!! man keep it coming.
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MattGranz
That's it!!! From now on I'm having you clean my night shots!! Fantastic Job!
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Moshi
This is just pure awesomeness!
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edgario94
do you mind if i submit a picture from those of the website u gave? Your picture looks cool, ive never submitted one here do u mind? do i have to put the credits too?
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I love you picture too edgario94!! http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/5282/nebulaedited.png
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zhuang
i like it,more please!!!
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Blunty
Amazing, way better than leopard's default background...
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edgario94
awesome picture. it looks amazing. heres one i did with one of those Nasa pics from there. http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/5282/nebulaedited.png
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Atozzio
Better than Earth.
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phantasm
Win! More please.
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artist-37127
@stubulman(/grumpy old man) Why dont you just look at the original .. there is plenty of noise which is not gas or particles. Looks to me like lense flares (not sure what they are called in English) and in the upper right corner you can see the line where two images are concatenated. Obtuseness not excused. @chriscologne .. nice edit. Id love to see more of this kind.
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stubulman
Excuse my obtuseness, but to what noise and errors are you referring? Does the noise consist of nebular gases and particles? If so, then it isn't really noise at all. Yes, many times Nasa enhances their images for the purpose of clarity and to make more subtle features more pronounced. This image to me is akin to altering the Mona Lisa. This shot has been in wide circulation for some time. Just one old grumpy man's opinion.
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brizkit
Nice edit! I'd say Leopard's wallpaper looks like the nebula (not the other way around), but hey, Apple is a tad other-worldly.
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I agree with BJBProductions! this looks like leopards wallpaper! http://thedailymac.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/space-desktop.png
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Ezoxu
Some different and I like it! Am absolutely getting this! Thanks for sharing
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Excellent results, thanks for your efforts.
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This is how would have done the image. http://claytontullos.com/images/horseheadwp.jpg Banding is apparent at fullsize, the wallpaper looks good at 1680x1050 Minimum credit line: T.A.Rector (NOAO/AURA/NSF) and Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA/NASA)