I thought of processing the images I took last New Year's Eve in Buso-buso. I actually took shots of two objects-the California and Seagull nebulae. However, during processing only the seagull was workable as the California nebula was constantly reporting stacking error due to large difference in image size. I wanted to preserve the extent of the nebula so I was careful in using the contrast control. I was not really very happy with result but I can't figure out what's wrong but anyway here it is:
