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<blockquote data-quote="J-see" data-source="post: 404130" data-attributes="member: 31330">This is one shot I started with. I first processed it in two different versions; one for the landscape and one for the sky and then used both in PS. Those I copied several times and then blend them together, first trying to remove as much light pollution as possible and then increasing the brightness of the stars. That's the hardest part.The landscape is easy and once that is done, I simply use layer mask and erase it in the new layers while working at the rest.All in all this one was not more than three of four copies blended of both different versions. Some eight layers blended most having masks and some erasing at different opacity. Not as many as some of the previous shots.Multiple shots is nice if I want more detail for the landscape but for stars it doesn't work too well since they travel while I'm shooting and I have to realign the stars while removing the rest if I want to blend those. Best is finding the correct settings to do it in one shot. That's not easy if you want sharpness, minimal vignetting, wide aperture and a long enough duration to grab enough photons.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="J-see, post: 404130, member: 31330"] This is one shot I started with. I first processed it in two different versions; one for the landscape and one for the sky and then used both in PS. Those I copied several times and then blend them together, first trying to remove as much light pollution as possible and then increasing the brightness of the stars. That's the hardest part. The landscape is easy and once that is done, I simply use layer mask and erase it in the new layers while working at the rest. All in all this one was not more than three of four copies blended of both different versions. Some eight layers blended most having masks and some erasing at different opacity. Not as many as some of the previous shots. Multiple shots is nice if I want more detail for the landscape but for stars it doesn't work too well since they travel while I'm shooting and I have to realign the stars while removing the rest if I want to blend those. Best is finding the correct settings to do it in one shot. That's not easy if you want sharpness, minimal vignetting, wide aperture and a long enough duration to grab enough photons. [/QUOTE]

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