No clue what I am doing!

Haven't done much of this before... What the heck do I work on...

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That's gorgeous. The only thing I can think of to improve the image would be to pull some color out of the Milky Way, It's full of color. Unfortunately I have no idea how to do it.

rrblint wrote in post #17961049
That's gorgeous. The only thing I can think of to improve the image would be to pull some color out of the Milky Way, It's full of color. Unfortunately I have no idea how to do it.

Ha! You and me both. Thanks

Try to limit your exposure to 20 seconds or less... it will be even sharper. Nice shot!

Great picture.

You can pull color from any local area with the saturation brush. Set it low and run it over the area you want lift the color from.

Cool. I love the image.

Doesn't Nikon make a camera specifically for getting colors out of the night sky? Isn't it the D810A?

atsilverstein wrote in post #17963086
Cool. I love the image.

Doesn't Nikon make a camera specifically for getting colors out of the night sky? Isn't it the D810A?

yup thats the one, Canon has the 60da also.

Looks awesome to me. The only thing that would be better is if there were no tracks directly in front. There are 2 potential solutions - 1. if they are yours, then anticipating the direction of your shot and approaching from the other direction (also good to think about in sand dunes), 2. use PS to clone them out.

OTOH I can see how some folks might prefer the shot with the trail in it.

This is probably more of a personal preference, but when I do this type of image I like to cool down the sky...

saea501 wrote in post #17961398
Great picture.

You can pull color from any local area with the saturation brush. Set it low and run it over the area you want lift the color from.

Or my favorite to modify just parts of an image are Adjustment Layers for local changes to color & density.

I took a shot at it too.

Personally, I'd like to see a bit more of the sky and a little less of the snow. I think making the composition a bit less balanced creates something a bit more unique.

First photo was Star Wars theme, then second was Star Trek. Third was Purple Rain.

Did you try the same at 15 and 20 seconds?

They have a canon 20da and 70da that is kitted out for astro stuff.

20DA sounds like a cop show to me

i think starting with white balance is the first thing to do.

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