Colour… is always a subjective topic in astrophotography and most of the time it comes down to personal taste or aesthetics. I guess the question is do we have a baseline to judge against? Do the images on APOD define this? What is the definition of true colour and is it technically possible to achieve? Would we have a different perspective with narrowband? I could go on and on…
Before I (we) vote, are we simply making an analysis on colour only or the images in their entirety? Also would it be possible to share your goals for each of the images. i.e. maximise colour saturation in the shadows while not clipping the highlights, pushing the colours in the midtones while dulling the highlights with curves etc. Or was this a case of "wing it" and see what happens?
