Maybe its more interesting to look at from a scientific point of view than pleasant to look at artistically, Personally I wouldn't use it as a wallpaper but it's a good submission non the less !

i like it. i want more astronomical backgrounds for my comp

Love it!

This wallpaper looks really good, with a nice use of colours. However, it's a little too "speckled" for my liking. The wallpaper itself is much too busy with so many stars littering about, ultimately denying us from actually appreciating the beauty of what you have done here. Reduce this illusion of noise and you may be on to something quite superb. Good job.

I liked more the previous submission, maybe because this is too busy and full of stars on the background, but this is not a mistake, it's just the space :D I won't use it as a wallpaper, however this is a magnificent pic. Keep submitting this universe photos!

Complex, but I like it. :)

Really enjoy all these souped up NASA pictures you're doing. Keep up the good work! Through no fault of yours, this one does have a few too many stars in it though I think.

Great wallpaper, but for some reason got a nasty headache looking at it. Oh well, will probably end up on my desktop anyways.

Actually Dave, this is another person. But P-J was courteous enough to credit chriscologne for the idea.

Great... I'm looking forward to you add next wallpaper :)

Come on, nothing creative!

Again, these purples are nice, but there has to be some other colored pictures out there.

P-J, I respect you. I am a photo retoucher in Photoshop, and I know it takes a lot of work to clean up these photos of NASA, but I prefer to see your own photos. Be creative! Regards and best wishes.

Bojan, I haven't commented on the NASA photo postings before because of the overwhelmingly positive response. I too feel that their being here is just shy of the intent of this site. Retouching a Michelangelo may be an art in and of itself, but in the end you are standing on the shoulders of the creator.

I'm creative but , it's difficult to find something pleasant for the user , and I've found a NASA picture wich is , I think an interesting picture , I hope you'll see this on this website and you'll change you mind , and I admit that I should create my own photos but I've decided to start with those one because they're unusual ( besides I haven't got a reflex yet ^^ )

stubulman > of course I haven't took this picture , that why there's credits , but don't you think that the creator should be happy to see is photo retouched ? do we retouch uninteresting photos ? All the honors are for the persons who takes the photo , we could say that I'm just a spectator and you're true , one day I'll create photo by myself , but where is the problem if they are crédits ?

Personally I think these are great. If I were experienced at all with photoshop I would probably do them myself. I always enjoy space wallpapers, but its always been difficult to find some really great ones. What you do just raises the bar, even if you don't take the pictures yourself. Please keep up the good work! :P

I submitted the same image, but with the original colors. I really thing they are better, found it here:http://www.noao.edu/image_gallery/html/im0667.html

The original image was amazing in it's detail and tonal range. Your version of it has lost much of this detail and the contrast has been boosted way too high. This image just didn't need any help.

P-J, I do appreciate the work that you invested in retouching the NASA image. That you credited the originator of the photo is of course not only a courtesy but an absolute necessity. I am glad you did so. However my reservation is that the work shown on these pages is basically a reflection of the imagination and creativity of those who submit images--both photographic, hand-drawn, or digitally conceived. This is my subjective judgement of the content that IFL accepts or should accept. For example, I could artfully retouch a photo by Ansel Adams, Alfred Stieglitz and so on but would not submit them out of respect for the authors. If you measure the praise garnered by Chris Gin or Macindows, I think my point is made. Originality is highly valued. If you and others disagree, so be it. I don't consider myself the arbiter of what is right--I just have (for what it's worth) an opinion. All the best.

Keep up the retouched NASA images.

incredibly

I think there are too many stars. But this wallpaper is nice!

i don't think you get the credit YOU deserve. i like these pictures you retouch. keep up the good work. :)

Good photo. But way too "busy" for a desktop wallpaper.

Alant's comment, "I think there are too many stars..." reminds of a line straight out of the motion picture, Amadeus, where Mozart's rival, Salieri, convinces the Emperor to complain to Mozart that the piece that Mozart has just performed contained "too many notes." Mozart, a bit flabbergasted, retorts that the piece has just the right amount of notes--not too many and none too few. I suppose the heavens don't alway cooperate when we want them too!

i purposely create an account to thank u...
u did a great job....
hope to get more of these from u...

awesome view

I'm alarmed by the amount of negative comments here, and the arbitrary reasoning behind them. Beauty, art, even originality are subjective and dependent on one's focus. This image appeals to me BECAUSE of it's retouching - the constricted tonal range paired with its sheer "busyness" creates an intense and immediate impact that dwarfs the senses and prevents one from "taking it all in," which I find an appropriate sensation to have when scanning the heavens. It looks absolutely magnificent as a background on my black and aluminum MacBook Pro, and I have gotten many compliments on it.