My first long exposure , what ya think?

Hey guys...always wanted to try out a long exposure...found a cool spot ...what ya think?

Cool shot. Nice trails and not too noisy.

Nice

Nice. I'm not sure with the white area at the upper right side. Kinda disturbs the star trails.

its the moon...was right above me

i like it, especially for a first try, but the moon kills the photo for me, i would photoshop it out lol

i would do something like this with it.. darken the sky a little (it is night, afterall), and darken the foreground at the bottom right where its so bright, ditch the moon, & lighten the rest of the ground very slightly to match the brightness at the very front of the picture.

+1 on removing the moon. Like the edit much better. A simple trick I find that helps is to squint your eyes. Your eyes will then be attracted to the brightest parts of the photo. If any of those are not your subject (eg your moon rhomboid), then it is likely a distracting element.

very nice dude , im gonna try that on photoshop and copy what you did

Hey guys , heres my best try...cant seem to get rid of the halo around the moon completely...is it acceptable though?

porky101 wrote in post #15797522
Hey guys , heres my best try...cant seem to get rid of the halo around the moon completely...is it acceptable though?

looks good! *thumbs up*

I like the leading lines from the star trails to the light area in the hills.

Cloning out the moon was a good call, too.

Thanks for sharing your work!

Much better!

wow thanks guys , glad you liked it so much