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Originally Posted by topheart
Thanks so much Mike. I appreciate you taking the time and for your thoughtful comments. This one didn't respond for me with shadow highlights....In fact with this, I kept the processing minimal ....A G2V star calibration to get the colour balance, then kept the RGB data completely balanced throughout to try and maintain colour integrity, a masked stretch, a bit of masked sharpening and contrast enhancement, a mild saturation boost.....
I will definitely, try to add a bit more sparkle to the field.....as you say, let the light shine more...?? 
Thanks again !!
Tim |
Well and perhaps surprisingly
, I wasn't suggesting it needed more saturation or sparkle, just more brightness and depth.
The best example of what I am talking about is what the great Rob Gendler has done in his version
HERE. Of course he is Rob Gendler after all, so this is as good as it gets really but I recon if you brighten the neb around your bright stars and reduce the saturation (did I just say that
) you will be on a real winner
Mike