Yes Doug, i thought the same the previous one is more natural to the eye. I thinking bring the red out more has added to much noise. I am trying to see what can be done with the red specks of noise. Can some one tell me there is a way to filter these out? Also is it possible i wonder to cheat and use the same image as layers to bring out the core and colors? I mean if you have not got other exposures, could you use curves to reduce the brightness and use that as a layer to show the core.