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<blockquote data-quote="Moab Man" data-source="post: 204964" data-attributes="member: 11881">Great photos. I like #2 &amp; #3.I want to suggest a little post editing. Most people don't realize how star filled the night sky is until they have been in a great location to shoot and then add to it all the light our cameras catch from stars we can't even see with our eyes. This all results in an image that in many respects looks like noise, but is actually faint stars. So my suggestion... Mask off the earth parts so you don't lose sharpness. Next do some noise reduction on the stars to &quot;erase&quot; the fainter ones that aren't really contributing and essentially look like noise. Then push up the intensity of the stronger stars. How far to push the the stronger stars is best determined by getting some prints done. I have found that in printing milky way shots without boosting the stars they tend to disappear when printed because they don't have the glow of a computer screen to make them standout. I think these are great shots. I'm betting you're hooked and last night was a great night to shoot. I really really wanted to get somewhere remote myself to shoot. We had clear cold air where I'm at, but unfortunately would have had to drive a couple hours out to get away from the light and into good sky.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Moab Man, post: 204964, member: 11881"] Great photos. I like #2 & #3. I want to suggest a little post editing. Most people don't realize how star filled the night sky is until they have been in a great location to shoot and then add to it all the light our cameras catch from stars we can't even see with our eyes. This all results in an image that in many respects looks like noise, but is actually faint stars. So my suggestion... Mask off the earth parts so you don't lose sharpness. Next do some noise reduction on the stars to "erase" the fainter ones that aren't really contributing and essentially look like noise. Then push up the intensity of the stronger stars. How far to push the the stronger stars is best determined by getting some prints done. I have found that in printing milky way shots without boosting the stars they tend to disappear when printed because they don't have the glow of a computer screen to make them standout. I think these are great shots. I'm betting you're hooked and last night was a great night to shoot. I really really wanted to get somewhere remote myself to shoot. We had clear cold air where I'm at, but unfortunately would have had to drive a couple hours out to get away from the light and into good sky. [/QUOTE]

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