I'm still working through a backlog that goes back to like 2013 but here's one that I was finally able to edit from last year. I'll update the tech info when I get back to my home office since I'm sure that will be helpful to some. But the obvious specs are; Death Valley and stars with a foreground lit up by LED's. Shot with A7r an Zeiss 2,8/21 ZE. Enjoy!!
I think the bottom half of the picture is just wonderful, even as a letterbox format shot with no sky. The sky seems a little overdone for the beauty of the stones and desert.
I think this is wonderful - and true to your style - great work. And, yes, please provide as much tech stuff as you can - for those of us that are trying to get better -
Appreciate the comments so far guys! I should have prefaced that I figured that some would find the sky too bright but it's just become my style by now. So it's intentional I shoot with a sky tracker so not being limited by high ISO's and short exposures means that I can pull as much details and/or brightness from the sky that I need. I just try and balance a bright sky to give the illusion that the ground is being lit by the stars versus artificial lighting. Just a quick comment to clear that up. Thanks again!
That's a pretty cool shot there. And I like the overall look of this and the detail in the MW is wonderful.
My one nit, and it's probably only going to be noticed or thought about by those of us who actively shoot the stars and Milky Way is that the Milky Way in this never fades out at all as it nears the horizon. The golden color along the horizon masks it a bit, but the stars still seem the same brightness along that area.
That's a pretty cool shot there. And I like the overall look of this and the detail in the MW is wonderful.
My one nit, and it's probably only going to be noticed or thought about by those of us who actively shoot the stars and Milky Way is that the Milky Way in this never fades out at all as it nears the horizon. The golden color along the horizon masks it a bit, but the stars still seem the same brightness along that area.
Jim
It is a cool shot. Light painting is done very well.
I agree the horizon comment is a small nit. Astro-landscapes are fun composites with a lot of artistic license. I think the sky is well done all the way down.
It depends on the mountains though Jim. One would have to see a single tracked image to determine how much the stairs faded out along the visible horizon. For milky way shots with a very low horizon, like the ocean, I will use a gradient mask to simulate this effect and it works quite well after fiddling with it a few times.
Spectacular shot ! I love everything about this, the foreground is superb, I've seen many MW shots where the foreground either detracts or adds nothing, this FG makes the shot. It is a poster I'd have bought in my teens and hung above my bed (not that I can remember my teens any more)
