[Andy01 (Andy)]

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

From an AP perspective my feelings are mixed, but from a photographic art perspective, it reminds me of a Seurat painting....has an unusual soft pastel look ... which is quite beguiling. Nice.

Thanks Peter, I'm a big fan of Seurat and all the Post-Impressionists, so I'll take that!
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Originally Posted by keller60

Very different. Very Art Nouveau and would make a nice wall print.

Cheers - hopefully the judges see it that way too

Originally Posted by multiweb

Nice colours.

Thanks Marc, wasn't completely happy with my last rendering, but this one seems on the money.

Originally Posted by willik

Beautiful colours but nice to see some stars in the image Andy but still a nice image
Martin

Thanks Martin - I'm sure we've all seen this one with stars before, so this a change up from the norm

Originally Posted by gregbradley

A fabulous image Andy. I'll have to check out this starless caper myself.

Greg.

Good on ya Greg! Starless images can be intriguing and certainly not applicable for every subject - but revealing the structures and forces at work in certain nebulae without those pesky stars interfering is a revelation!
Go on - you know you want to