A Night Of Swirling Stars

JimFox

JimFox

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That is massive Oliver! Love the way it pulls the eye in.

The ground layer, looks off for me though. I almost think you need a bit more of the ground, and maybe not so blue, or just crop the ground out. I think I would prefer a bit more. Usually when I am done imaging I will shift the camera down to capture more of the ground so that if I am doing a composite like this I can add a more compelling ground layer. Because usually while going for the night sky we do end up wanting to get as much of the sky as possible, so it's nice to have a few frames with more ground to work with if we wanted too.
 
BlackRockArt

BlackRockArt

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JimFox said:
That is massive Oliver! Love the way it pulls the eye in.

The ground layer, looks off for me though. I almost think you need a bit more of the ground, and maybe not so blue, or just crop the ground out. I think I would prefer a bit more. Usually when I am done imaging I will shift the camera down to capture more of the ground so that if I am doing a composite like this I can add a more compelling ground layer. Because usually while going for the night sky we do end up wanting to get as much of the sky as possible, so it's nice to have a few frames with more ground to work with if we wanted too.
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Jim, you are so on point ! All these years I have taken many star trails shots but never got the results I liked, this is the first time I got the full circle with my prefered tones.

You are correct on the foreground, I should definitely do that.

Will you believe it ? When I was there a few nights ago, the whole Carrizo Plain was covered by a layer of ground fog, about 20 feet thick, I was driving at 15 mph. Luckily the vista point was just above the fog.

Thanks again.

Oliver
 
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