Recently I got a chance to hike & camp in the Snowy Mountains here in Australia. I managed to hang around at night long enough to capture the Milkyway over a super still alpine creek allowing from some really nice reflections.
The compositional idea was to use the land as a leading line on the left/right & as a bridge through the middle with enough darks up to show some of the rocky features so that it’s not straight black. The Milkyway so happened to be horizontal with allowed me to use the full width of the water when it came to creating a reflection & when it came to editing I was aiming for a dreamy kinda feel.
What technical feedback would you like if any?
I’d love to know if there’s anything I’m able to do to help the composition, how the colour combo looks & whether or not there’s enough luminance from both the land & reflection or if it needs to bump up/down
What artistic feedback would you like if any?
I’d love anything
Pertinent technical details or techniques:
(If this is a composite, etc. please be honest with your techniques to help others learn)
single 15sec shot, ISO 1600 at f4 with me running around like a headless chook lighting up the land with a headtorch. Brought into photoshop with camera raw, luminosity masking & dodging/burning.