I like the looks of the second edit much better. Like I said, with the original raw file, you'd probably be able to get a very similar look without much noise.
Could you share your workflow for the second edit?
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barkingspud Senior Member  511 posts Likes: 3 Joined Sep 2010 Location: Chi-Town Burbs More info | Mar 25, 2011 09:58 | #17 The original is almost perfect. The only thing I would do is brighten up the trees just a tiny bit. Don't touch the sky or water...
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Vladimer Senior Member  634 posts Likes: 14 Joined Dec 2009 Location: Alberta, Canada More info | Mar 25, 2011 13:02 | #18 barkingspud wrote in post #12090076  The original is almost perfect. The only thing I would do is brighten up the trees just a tiny bit. Don't touch the sky or water... I agree as well. All the edits make the stars way to bright and sharp in my opinion. I like the original and as barkingspud mentioned, just brighten up the trees a little and your set.
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Here's another go at it. This time all that I have done is lighten up the trees just a little bit and the snow on the ground by 30%. Nothing has been done to the sky or the water. I added the black border just just to separate it from the background better. My first attempt with it was stricktly for intensification of the star field. Even I thought it increased the noise and haloing too much. The second one reduced the noise and haloing a bit, still intensified the star field, and brightened the foreground snow and water. My final one just brightens the trees and snow a tiny bit. My workflow in all of them was to make a layer copy in photoshop, convert that layer to a smart filter, adjust that layer with Topaz Detail software, go back into photoshop and paint out the changes that I didn't want to that layer, flatten the image and make a border. This is a wonderful photo, and I agree with others that it may not need any changes made to it at all. It sure has been a fun one to play arouind with though, because it can be changed so many ways. So far I have only done one photo of my own that has stars in it, but I plan to change that in the near future. I have several plans for doing more of it very soon. Corey, hang that photo! I love it!  HOSTED PHOTO please log in to view hosted photos in full size. Ron...... Canon 70D|Canon 50D|Canon EF 50mm F1.8|Canon EF 35-135mm F4-5.6|Canon EF-S 10-22mm F3.5-4.5|Canon EF-S 17-55mm F2.8 IS|Canon EF "L" 100mm Macro F2.8|Canon EF "L" 70-200mm F2.8 IS|Canon EF "L" 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 IS|Canon 550EX Flash Unit|
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Mar 25, 2011 17:21 | #20 The original is awesome.... Ann Robinson
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I'll go ahead and post this one here. This is the only one that I've done so far that has stars in the photo. I have plans for more, especially after seeing yours Corey.  HOSTED PHOTO please log in to view hosted photos in full size. Ron...... Canon 70D|Canon 50D|Canon EF 50mm F1.8|Canon EF 35-135mm F4-5.6|Canon EF-S 10-22mm F3.5-4.5|Canon EF-S 17-55mm F2.8 IS|Canon EF "L" 100mm Macro F2.8|Canon EF "L" 70-200mm F2.8 IS|Canon EF "L" 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 IS|Canon 550EX Flash Unit|
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hummingbird Senior Member More info | Mar 25, 2011 20:03 | #22 I really like your original shot. It is beautiful and very peaceful.
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