[gregbradley]

You've done everything exceptionally well Paul. My only comment and I'd say the same about my own image of the same area - is it lacks punch. Its a difficult area to make impactful.

So what you were saying about colour saturation is spot on. That's part processing and part total exposure time. Of course to get a good separation between the dust and the stars is going to take multihoured exposures. I think there are a lot of nice blue stars in that field as well.

I am only making the comment because I know you are aiming for the highest possible image because it is a super image already.

Perhaps check Thomas Davis version of the same area to see how his turned out. His version would be the best on the net.

Greg.