Star Trails
Not sure how I feel about this one yet. I think it's decent but I'm sure there's room for improvement. There's certain things I'm just not going to take the time to do like clone out all the planes/satellites. Which I'm sure would make it better. If this was going to be printed or used for something special I would take the time to do it but as of now it isn't so I'm not. I only do astrophotography a couple times a year. It's fun but can be annoying/time consuming. I'm just looking for some feedback here. Anything that stands out? I used a blue hour shot at 500 iso for the foreground. Then about 230 photos for the star trails at iso 3200. Done in StarStaX then blended together in photoshop. I also ran it through Topaz denoise. I will say I do think cloning out the planes and satellites would really clean up this image just not sure I can convince my self to do it. I'm also not really sure how to do it with out reblending it and doing the star trails in photoshop instead of StarStaX?
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Nice image - I agree removing the planes/satellites is quite the chore! I think it will be worth the effort. The star trails seem to overwhelm the foreground though. Maybe reduce the intensity of the star trails slightly?
I think I am going to tweak this some. The more I look at it the more I like it and want to improve it. I think I am going to take the time to get rid of all the planes/satellites and polish this up and turn it into more of a "portfolio" image. I also thought there was something weird about the stars and the foreground. When I go to reedit this I probably will make the stars less intense.
So I took the time to clean this up and tweak it a little. Have to say I think it was worth it to take the time to get rid of the planes/satellites.