When I use wideangle and takes shots of the sky in CR2 format (or jpeg does not make sense) star images are rather tiny. Which makes them virtually invisible when displayed smaller than the original resolution.
Increasing contrast, reducing noise, etc.etc, whether Photoshop or darktable: the images, even of bright stars like Alpha Centauri or even Sirius remain tiny. It looks the difference between bright and faint stars is much less than in reality.
On the web I see several wide angle shots with nice bright stellar images, but for me it seems a no-go
These samples are exported from darktable into jpg format. Photoshop 6 gives the same result.
First one with Samyang 14 20 sec on ISO 6400 @f/2.8,
second one with Canon 24-105L @24 6 sec f/8 ISO 3200.
EDIT: Added two other samples with 24-105L @24 f/4 13 sec ISO 3200, same crappy small stars. Only converted to jpg by Canon DPP app, no further processing.
What am I doing wrong ?