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Darrin,
You should be very proud -- that is excellent work.
Composition wise, hrm, Antares region could be better.
But, technically, you haven't clipped the histogram in the shadows, and, only the brightest stars are only /just/ clipping the highlights.
I had a quick play in Photoshop, and, there is a wealth of detail that you can bring out yet with subtle iterations of curves. Your colour balance is pretty much bang on, too.
You've also started to bring out the beautiful red shroud of nebulosity around Tau Scorpii, and, you've caught the two emission nebulae in the band of dark in the bottom right -- the Cat's Paw nebula, and the other one which looks like a bed bug.
I'm also really pleased to read that you took many dark frames (I'd try and push for about four more) and, kudos to you for spending your time drift aligning -- it shows in the final results.
These should be posted in the Deep Space forum proper. Not here.
Excellent work, mate. You will go far in this pursuit.
H
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