Your certainly getting heaps better, Jeanette!
I like the FOV. You can fit the whole M42 in
I took your image into 'Loreal' to get rid of the blackeye stars.
Loreal is a great little program designed only for getting rid of Blackeye artifacts in Astro images. Here it is if you want to download it and use it. It is very simple to use
http://www.astrosurf.com/hfosaf/uk/tdownload.htm#loreal
The result after 1 quick run through 'Loreal':