Ok so why didn't you tell me the previous version was ghastly?
With some consultation from Jase, I've completely re-worked my M8/M20 image from the ground up - re-combined from the RAWs instead of converting to TIFs first, and no DDP was done in ImagesPlus.
Photoshop alone was used to process the image - and this time I went with a much more subtle frame of mind.. instead of being fascinated with the data from a modded 350D under dark skies and trying to extract every last pixel from the background noise, I've gone with the "less is more" approach.
Comparing the two images now, I can't believe I thought the other one looked good
I much prefer this one. I hope you do too?
Taken from SPSP16 with Chris Wakeman's modded 350D.
1200px wide version (click to enlarge).
800px wide version attached.
Thanks to Jase for pointing me in the right direction.