NGC 7000 (reprocessed, false SHO)

Thank you, I will rework it, and also take it into account on future photos.

Generally, I’d also advise that it’s not always good to make the background dark—sometimes it’s better to make it lighter. But sometimes, a darker background will look better—just never make it completely black. I understand that sometimes it just turns out that way, but still try not to make it fully black. In the US, for example, the background looks decent, though it’s a bit hard to tell because of the bands—but I wouldn’t make it much darker.

I didn't darken it much here, so I'll keep that in mind and adjust based on the object, roughly following other people's work as a reference.

I'm currently working on M101, I'll take your advice into account here) thanks.
By the way, I'd also appreciate tips on M101))

Well, I’m not the best person to advise, since for Bortle 7 I had way too little integration time, but I’d suggest making the background a bit brighter to bring out the spiral arms better. You could try to bring out the H-alpha regions, but I wouldn’t recommend it because your sub-exposures are too short, and I don’t know your total integration time.

Anyway, the main thing is that the core shouldn’t be overexposed.

The spiral arms should be blue, and the core slightly yellowish, more or less.

Well, you're using that lens, right? Generally, expect it won't be as sharp due to the magnification, but I'm sure you'll be able to bring out the spiral arms.

Now let's see how well it turns out, and I'll go from there. I won't make the background completely black—honestly, that's not great. I think I'll make it moderately bright instead. Either way, I'll post it in about an hour.

Okay, I'll let you know if there's anything that can be improved.

Well, I didn't go with a very long focal length—I took 135mm to get longer exposures per frame, since the object is quite faint after all. I'm not expecting particularly good sharpness; I've looked at the spiral arms, and they show up reasonably well with just 1/5 of the total exposure time.

Overall, you're doing quite well with the tripod.
Much better than when I was shooting with a tripod.
When you get tracking, the first thing you'll notice isn't that it's 100 times better, but that the stars are sharper.
Over the session, you get more total integration and it's easier to capture details.

Thank you, I've been practicing for a long time, gaining knowledge. God willing, of course, I'll manage to buy at least a simple tracker—there's only a month left to rest, then it's back to duty and no time for astrophotography :(

For now, I'm thinking of making a homemade one, the kind made from boards and a curved threaded rod.