A quick question - are the Halpha images in Figs 8&9 continuum
subtracted Halpha?  If not (as I expect, based on the image),
then they should be labelled differently (0.66 microns, or
something similar).  Personally, I would prefer to see a
continuum subtracted image, but it would need to be a "clean"
version (with star residuals masked).

--Done

page 5:  missing negative sign in front of 17.9 mag

--Thanks

page 9:  description of foreground star removal -
as I read it, it sounds like you masked objects
with Halpha emission, i.e., HII regions.  This
seems wrong to me.  If we are interested in measuring
star formation rates, aren't these the regions
we want to leave intact?

--Thanks -- I expressed myself incorrectly, and not it is fixed.

Fig 4:  As I mentioned on the phone (weeks ago now...),
a 90degree offset in PA for the 2MASS ellipse might
trace the "bar-like" high surface brightness emission
better, so it is worth double checking the PA of
the catalog.

--I've changed the presentation here for 2MASS, thanks to a suggestion by Janice.  It's more quantitative and more straightforward to interpret.

Fig 8&9:  As mentioned in earlier e-mail:  relabel
as 0.66 micron, or use continuum subtracted image
for Halpha.

--DOne