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Honestly neither image do it for me. You've got the nebulosity nice but really needs its colour stars in place.
Removing stars has long been part of my workflow but only as a way to be able to stretch the nebulosity without stretching stars. I use a piece of my star removal process to sometimes "reduce" the stars near the end of my workflow if I want to adjust the balance of stars and nebulosity. Stars gone is just a helpful step to me, not a result. Those white stars really look like they've been overlaid in the second image rather than a natural part of the structure.
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