Thank you Jeanette, Rod, Marc, Laurie, Mike, Pete, Peter, & Sam! I really appreciate that you took the time to reply. I have a lot to learn so I value every comment.
Mike, I'm setting up a PBase account and hope to add a link to a better resolution photo shortly. I also appreciate the way you carefully suggest that "there is a better image in there!" I couldn't agree more; my processing skills are pretty crude. I know enough to force an image out by pure determination and experimentation, but have yet to grasp the delicate juggling of so many variables. If you, or anyone, can point me towards a set of tutorials where the focus is more on a global view to processing, and rather less on specific techniques, I would be grateful. I'm quite sure that you advanced imagers can pretty much look at the set of data (after reducing and stacking) and pretty much see a particular path towards a final result. What I want to know is if this skill is entirely personal, the result of years of processing and experimenting, a particular set of tutorials, or all of these?
Thanks,
Peter
http://www.pbase.com/prejto/image/148725528/original