Of course he knows what he is doing.. That's the Blu Ray not revisited.

Ady added a defined Aura to this shot which looks much better but in your 2nd photo you can clearly see the Blue Haze coming off the Aura the blue Haze is normal at that distance your photo backs it up. Not like in the Blu ray looks like they just cut the jet black star field into the shot.

The 1st photo photo looks as though it could have been digitally altered..

I am not critiquing his star fields or his work I am talking about Jet Black vs Black / blue tones to give the illusion of more depth.

If Ady wanted to do it he probably already would have done so, or it's a lot trickier than I think it is, or he simply does not like those star fields or the Blue Haze.

I like a lot of what the special editions did, but my personal preference although they can look shoddy at times the star fields appeared to have more depth in the gout because of the Dark Blue / Black and tint. That's what I mean shades of Black / blue.