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 p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Entrance Island Lighthouse in the Pre-Dawn Glow | |
it strains credulity to have that level of light throughout with stars and milky way so visible too. the immediate pre-dawn coloring of the sky that you've captured, brings a luminosity level that simply doesn't allow for stars so numerous, so visible. the brightest celestial body in the sky, Venus, is often all that's visible.
bring down the overall level to something more pre, pre-dawn, when one might still be able to see that amount of stars.
the challenge with night, stars, and landscapes is to get an appropriate luminosity for the landscape for viewing, but to keep the overall feeling of night when stars are truly visible and the fiction of the camera's view of the milky way (as opposed to the naked eye which never sees it in this fashion) can be pulled off in a way that doesn't scream composite and impossible.
there's a wonderful quote from Elliot Porter that always comes to mind in these instances:
“Ultimately, to be successful as a work of art, a photograph must be both pleasing
and convincing. It must not leave the viewer in doubt about the validity of
its subject, whether representational or imaginary.”
It doesn't mean no interpretive, artistic license should be used; it doesn't argue for strict photojournalistic renditions; it just suggests a level of truth so the viewer won't tune out.
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