I knew I wanted to create a nightscape. I went about this with the idea of combining two seperate photos. I had intended for the milkyway to be positioned between the two rock outcroppings. The result was too busy and visually confusing. The more nondescript star scape better suited the image.
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Most viewers find the image striking. I admit, I feel like I am decieving the viewer… or have some misgivings about the “legitimacy” of the image. The word “gimmick” comes to mind. Then, once I finally get done second-guessing myself, I feel satisfied with the image. I think it “works” regardless of how it was processed. However, I feel some “purists” would still disaprove. How do you feel?
Technical Details
f/14, 156 sec., ISO 64
This is a composited photo . The exposure of the foreground elements is as noted. A 13 stop ND filter was used. It was captured around 10AM. The daytime sky was replaced with the evening rendering in photoshop. The exposure on the outcroppings was adjusted accordingly.
I really like this image. I don’t know how I feel about it being gimmicky. Most gimmicky images look gimmicky. This looks genuine. By that I mean it doesn’t look so enhanced as to look unbelievably great. So I don’t know how to feel about it.
Unique and lovely! Amazing you were able to push a daylight exposure to look like moonlight – or to “read” as moonlight with the sky added. There is a bit of halo to the right of the larger stack and the gradient toward the horizon feels like it might be smoother, but to me it’s a cool idea well done! A bit more room on top could be good.
Mark
I am having a hard time connecting with this image due to the multiple flaws in the post processing. The subject matter and composition, work. The addition of the starts works as well, as those stars are nice and crisp. But the haloing around the edges is problematic. Lastly, the foreground…on the left, I am not sure what’s going on there as there are spots that are out of focus and blurry. If you go back and reprocess, rework those areas, bring down the overall exposure and this could turn out to be a nice composite scene.
DT
