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?
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.