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"The relative intensity relationship between objects needs to be accurate IMHO"........ why?, if it results in a compressed, blown, unappealing zoom experience?.
"Sure I could alter each object....but that would not represent the reality, particularly with very large field mosaics".... and reality is presented with a compressed dynamic range, detail free, blown zoom experience?, not.
"I think it's important to preserve these relationships, otherwise you might as well get the airbrush tool out and paint the entire scene"
No, thats a theoretical distortion of the "reality" of astrophotograhy, and a non sensical conclusion. The relationships cant be presented faithfully on present technology (my LCD, or my eyes for that matter). We process non-linearly precisely because of those limitations.
Attempting to maintain "reality" as you imply is a lazy copout, resulting in unasthetic "blown" results.
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