Milky Way above Rhyolite, a ghost town in Nevada
Jul 9, 2023 19:19:47 #
Last Friday I went to Rhyolite to take some pictures of the Milky Way. Rhyolite is a ghost town right by Beatty, about 2 hours drive from Las Vegas. Unfortunately right before I got there there was a dust storm and the air wasn't as clear as I would want it to be.
Camera: Sony a6000 (crop sensor)
Lens: Sony 24mm F1.4 G Master
Foreground: F9.5, 1/15 sec, ISO 800
I took the foreground picture during blue hour, this way the ruins and the hills are sharp.
The sky: F2.0, 8 sec, ISO 3200
I took 9 sky pictures and stacked them in DeepSkyStacker, edited in Lightroom, pictures merged in PS.
Any suggestions on how else should I edit this picture? I know that I could remove a lot of the stars but if I do that, the sky wouldn't look natural the way it really is.
Camera: Sony a6000 (crop sensor)
Lens: Sony 24mm F1.4 G Master
Foreground: F9.5, 1/15 sec, ISO 800
I took the foreground picture during blue hour, this way the ruins and the hills are sharp.
The sky: F2.0, 8 sec, ISO 3200
I took 9 sky pictures and stacked them in DeepSkyStacker, edited in Lightroom, pictures merged in PS.
Any suggestions on how else should I edit this picture? I know that I could remove a lot of the stars but if I do that, the sky wouldn't look natural the way it really is.
Jul 9, 2023 19:38:46 #
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Jul 9, 2023 19:58:36 #
PoppieJ
Loc: North Georgia
nice and I like the blue hour shot for the foreground. You did a really good job of keeping it natural
Jul 9, 2023 20:30:57 #
PoppieJ wrote:
nice and I like the blue hour shot for the foreground. You did a really good job of keeping it natural
Thank you :)
Jul 9, 2023 21:31:07 #
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Jul 10, 2023 05:37:42 #
damianlv wrote:
Last Friday I went to Rhyolite to take some pictur... (show quote)
Beautiful image!!!
Looks like what you are doing works well for you, why change?
Jul 10, 2023 05:43:55 #
Jul 10, 2023 06:23:25 #
Jul 10, 2023 06:25:14 #
If you like the image like it is there is nothing I can add with my comments so ignore me.
An image of the milky way is going to show in general terms a beautiful and well exposed sky but the foreground is going to be dark unless some type of fill-in light is used. To my eyes I can say right away the image is fake because the darkness of the foreground is not there.
Do not misunderstand me, it is very possible to fill-in part of the foreground, like the building and that will still give the viewer a pleasant look but the rest will be perhaps in soft shadows making the image more realistic to the eye. This is just my observation and opinion and as I said, if you like it like it is simply ignore my comments.
In regard to your technique of blending I can say you have done a very good job.
An image of the milky way is going to show in general terms a beautiful and well exposed sky but the foreground is going to be dark unless some type of fill-in light is used. To my eyes I can say right away the image is fake because the darkness of the foreground is not there.
Do not misunderstand me, it is very possible to fill-in part of the foreground, like the building and that will still give the viewer a pleasant look but the rest will be perhaps in soft shadows making the image more realistic to the eye. This is just my observation and opinion and as I said, if you like it like it is simply ignore my comments.
In regard to your technique of blending I can say you have done a very good job.
Jul 10, 2023 08:22:09 #
Jul 10, 2023 08:47:43 #
damianlv wrote:
Last Friday I went to Rhyolite to take some pictur... (show quote)
You’d be well served asking this question in the Astronomical Photography section, where a number of people hang out who are really good at night sky photography: https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/s-109-1.html.
Nice image. It’s a bit brown. I would edit it to pull some more color out of the stars, but not so much that it looks unnatural.
Jul 10, 2023 08:54:49 #
damianlv wrote:
Last Friday I went to Rhyolite to take some pictur... (show quote)
For me, this image/composition cries out for a vertical orientation showing more of the MW ! 24 on crop frame is not very wide - otherwise, nice rendering .......thanks for sharing
Jul 10, 2023 09:02:42 #
imagemeister wrote:
For me, this image/composition cries out for a vertical orientation showing more of the MW ! 24 on crop frame is not very wide - otherwise, nice rendering .......thanks for sharing
Nah, the contrast with the less dense <star> areas left and right would be lost.
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