Tonight's feeble effort....

[Kazzmaniandevil]

Well after pratting around going back and forth from house to computer changing iso's and exposure times to see impact. I still have an image that's no better than what I started with. All the curving and layering in the world isn't actually bringing out the nebula, more enhancing the general light around it and the rest of the space. My images go continually brighter and brighter without a particular focus on the nebula. For the life of me I can't seem to get any further with my images.  Would anyone like to have a stab at them instead as I now give up'!!! 

[Davey-T]

Don't give up, it took me ages to get a decent picture of M42, you can post RAW files on Drop Box or somewhere similar or Windows One Drive and email a link.

I'm sure there are plenty of folk who will butcher them for you

Dave