Deeper Into Reflection Composite Gradient Suppression--Tailor the Technique to Suit Your Image

The primary advantage of the black reflection technique (more accurately, reflection compositing) for suppressing gradients is it is infinitely flexible. You can suppress as much or as little of the gradient as you like, and bring back as much or as little detail of the background and subject as you want. And you can see the outcomes of each change you make instantly for more accurate editing. Plus, since layer-based editing is nondestructive, all the information in the original image is still there, and you can access and apply it anytime to your editing process. Let's dig deeper into it. Note that it is suppression, not removal.

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Sadly, YouTube video compression butchers low luminosity, so it's really bad for astrophotography. To see the actual finished image, follow this link. Be sure to download it and view on a separate jpg viewer as the OneDrive viewer also has similar bad compression. https://1drv.ms/i/s!AiiMv09wo7LNxTSWT...

If you would like to experiment with the original xisf file, it is here: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AiiMv09wo7LNxTOa_...

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