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Old 21-12-2015, 12:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Paul Haese View Post
... To be honest I am unimpressed with how it looks. The composition is ok but it just lacks any punch in my opinion. ...
I think this is fine image Paul, but I understand what you're saying. To give the image more zing doesn't need more data. I think you should just spend some time stretching the histogram with layer masking (so as not to lighten the sky too much).

See below my very quick fiddle in PS. It at least illustrates that you can make the stars sparkle a bit more and bring out more faint halo and galaxies. Of course you'd need to spend much more time doing this than I did, but you may be surprised.
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