Big Dave, off to a good start indeed. You've got the gear, just need to spend more time in processing the data. Its a little hard to critic a small image, but from a distance the data acquisition looks on track. NGC2070 is a little burnt out. You need to get comfortable with PS levels and curves. While these are relatively simple tools of the trade, they play a major role. You can always try to get fancy with DDP, log stretches etc, but you'll probably find you will come back to levels and curves as they provide the most flexibility in what you are trying to convey in your image. Gutsy effort to start out with an RGB image. I stuck with luminance data for some time until I learnt the ropes (and I'm still learning). Look forward to seeing more of your work. Well done.
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