[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Originally Posted by Bassnut

Welcome to the dottless-dark side, excellent, very well processed, striking without the stupid white dots.

Thanks Fred. Thought I would get a response from you. It's worth pointing out that Fred got a Malin award for a starless image.

Originally Posted by John Hothersall

The starless version looks weirdly attractive.

John.

Thanks John. It has its own charm but I think I like the normal version better myself in this case.

Originally Posted by cometcatcher

Well, I like the one with stars better, which is awesome by the way! Completely starless just doesn't look right. However, I've discovered that when it comes to nebula and comets, I do like some degree of subdued stars, just not zero.

Fair enough

Originally Posted by lazjen

I prefer the one with the stars.

As do I but I think some objects would work very well with starless. Faint nebulae in dense star fields for instance.

Originally Posted by Solitarian

Nice work

I like the starless as long as I can refer to the same image with stars, as you have done with the links.

Thanks