Dead Tree Silhouette

[iceman]

I love dead tree silhouettes against a starry night sky :)

30s at ISO6400, Canon 6D, Samyang 14mm f/2.8.

- Large (http://www.mikesalway.com.au/download/427)

Thanks for looking

[Paul Haese]

Nice going Mike. I like the colours of your stars and the image is not too saturated. Care to explain how you do the stars?

[colinmlegg]

Agree with Paul, the saturation is good and overall the image looks natural (except the stars).

Not a big fan of artificially boosted stars. I presume you've done that in post or with diffusion filter? To my eyes it doesn't look as natural as nature's version (fog/cloud, etc).

[ourkind]

Beautiful shot Mike, I like the boosted stars in this but not on all nightscapes. Having said that I'm still trying to figure out how to myself.

[iceman]

Thanks for the feedback, Paul. The stars are boosted using the StarSpikes Pro plugin for Photoshop.

I don't use it on all images but I try it on some that I feel it works on.




Thanks Colin. As above, I used a plugin in Photoshop. I agree that fog/cloud induced star bloat always looks more natural.




Thanks Carlos.

[Ross G]

A good photo Mike.

Nice colours and composition.

Ross.