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Technical Details

ISO 100, 79mm, f/11, 1/13th sec.

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Very cool, Don. I like this a lot. the upper background bush reminds me of a star field. Your composition does a great job of keeping my eye roving around the frame.

Nice one Don. I bet this would make a great print.

Some of the grey colors near the bush highlights don’t look natural. It’s as though you dodged the highlights and included the darker leaves below. If that’s the case I would recommend creating a highlight luminosity mask using Color Range and then use Levels to raise the highlights.

Dennis, Igor, thanks.

Igor, I think I see what you mean. I didn’t dodge the highlights on the bushes but I’ll see if I can make them look more natural.

Hi Don,
I really like the thought process here along with the way those highlights on those leaves in the top part of the image seem to mimic a starry night time sky. I could see adding just a touch of contrast as you have a lot of middle gray tones; unless that was the way you wanted to process this unique scene. Anyway, very nicely done.