[iceman (Mike)]

Originally Posted by 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?

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.

Originally Posted by 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).

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

Originally Posted by 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.

Thanks Carlos.