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I think there's a spectrum. At one end you have an image that depicts pretty much what you'd see visually. At the other, you have the sort of detail that can only be brought out by the special techniques of astrophotography and post processing.
Most lie somewhere on that spectrum I guess. I think this example is notable because it lies so far on the heavily processed end of the spectrum. I find the extra details fascinating. I love to imagine the 3-dimensional structure of nebulea and the extra details given here only add to my enjoyment of what I can already see with my eye.
By way of contrast, I was looking for a good shot of the Tarantula nebula recently, to examine some details I'd seen when observing. But they were all so heavily processed for the 'beauty shot' that the dust lane I was looking for was all but invisible in most because it had been processed out of existence!
-Markus
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