[AlexN]

I hope you dont mind my doing so... but I've had a (VERY) quick play to get some more natural color out of your M8. Obviously with more time spent and a higher res image to work with you could get alot more. but this gives you an idea..

I used the magic wand to select only the nebula, played with shadows/highlights, adjusted color balance towards magenta, red and a touch towards blue. I then copied that whole selected area. after that I used curves, and the black point eye dropper to blacken the background a bit, then created a new layer 40% opaque and placed the copied nebula section over the top.

Its not the "right" way to do things, but it works for a 2 minute show and tell kind of thing...


EDIT: oops... uploaded the wrong image... Now corrected