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Aug 14, 2012 10:18 |  #1

I know it's pretty heavily processed, but I wanted to give the milky way a really agressive look. What do you think? I have to clean up the edges around the trees, but wanted opinions first before putting the time into the details

Which do you like better? Any suggestions?

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Aug 14, 2012 10:25 |  #2

Very cool, great value in these




  
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Aug 14, 2012 13:42 |  #3

#1 for sure


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Aug 14, 2012 14:01 |  #4

We were camping recently and that is what I saw - nice capture


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Aug 14, 2012 15:30 as a reply to  @ bl4scott's post |  #5

#1 is the winner. The colors in 2 don't look right.


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Aug 14, 2012 21:41 as a reply to  @ KirkS518's post |  #6

Thanks guys, any constructive criticism?


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Aug 14, 2012 21:48 |  #7

1 for me. gorgeous shot. I agree with Kirk, 2 just doesn't seem right


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Aug 14, 2012 22:34 |  #8

I like it man, composition is nice and processing looks great. Any way you could make the trails more defined? At the same time I ask this, I realize I like it the way it is, too... how did you get the stars bright but the trails more subtle?


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Aug 14, 2012 22:45 |  #9

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I like it man, composition is nice and processing looks great. Any way you could make the trails more defined? At the same time I ask this, I realize I like it the way it is, too... how did you get the stars bright but the trails more subtle?

When I stacked the photos they are all set to "lighten" except the first which is set to "pinlight"


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Aug 15, 2012 15:25 |  #10

Definitley #1 for me. Great color and sense of action. Nice capture and post processing.


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Aug 15, 2012 18:38 |  #11

I'm going to go against the grain a little here and say #2 is my favorite. I like the surreal feeling it has! Well done!


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Aug 15, 2012 18:43 |  #12

Wow number 1 for me and that is such a awesome shot! How do you do this? Just a super long exposure? or is it many exposures put together?




  
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Aug 15, 2012 21:43 |  #13

Love both, plain fantastic.


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Aug 15, 2012 21:48 |  #14

Agree with everyone else #1 for sure. Only criticism I could add is maybe try some light painting if you wanted to try something new.


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Aug 16, 2012 00:01 |  #15

Fricks wrote in post #14863456 (external link)
Wow number 1 for me and that is such a awesome shot! How do you do this? Just a super long exposure? or is it many exposures put together?

Please don't take this the wrong way, but after 1.5yrs here, and almost 20k posts, is this your first star trails shot you've seen?


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