Well after looking at my NGC 1097 again (
errr and Martins ridiculously good version 
)...ummm...I decided to redo the processing...meah just cause
There were a few issues apparent so I removed the slight megenta cast, improved the star colour, improved the colour dynamics of the galaxy and brought out the HII regions a little better, tightened the stars, revealed a little more in the very core without disrespecting the light
...and improved the background through a variation of DDP on the Lum (no noise reduction though)...phew...
What do you recon?
New NGC 1097
Closer look
Mike