Its more or less an experiment i am not that excited by the processing side of things, some love it....me to a far less degree. i was looking at this guy's site he uses no flats or darks and gets reasonable results i thought i would try building on his results, if it dosn,t work out then i can go down the traditional path with not much lost. have a look at his shots
http://en.astronomike.net/m/134251.htm
regards brad