From an exciting evening along the Northern California coast Super tough to process this for the right viewing situation. Tried my best...obviously black background is better. Full story on the blog!
What a cool looking shot, almost painterly looking. Well done on making it look and feel realistic.
Now, as to adding the (1) to your title. it's totally not needed anymore and is unnecessary on the title. No one is going to decide to look at this thread based on the # of photos in it, especially since we limit the threads to 5 photos and the photos are low resolution.
Now this is the proper use of the Milky Way!
Many MW shots are just overdone, no story & flat
But this one has dimension AND tells a story
Well done
Dan
Really cool shot! I like both crops, but they give a different feel. The first makes me feel more like I'm there and inside the cave. The second feels more like just looking at an image. If that makes sense.