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Good work Steve. First rendition does it for me. Whilst the second seems to pack some contrasty details, stars have gone quite crunchy looking.
Not sure how far you want to take it, but if you make the first rendition you base layer in PS, then the second (contrasty version) on top, you'll be able to gain greater control of the effect on the stars. With the top layer selected, go to the colour range tool and select highlights. This will automatically select all highlights in the image such as the stars, but also much of the bright parts of nebulosity. Expand and feather the selection to ensure the stars are adequately selected then use the lasso tool to deselect only the bright nebulosity components. Once done, hit the delete key. This will bring first rendition features from the base layer through to the top layer. You can then drop the opacity of the top layer to get a smoother blend/transition between the two. Worth a shot if you're up to it. Probably an easy way of doing the above such as fading the effect or similar.
Anyway, thanks for sharing your efforts. Look forward to seeing more.
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