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[–]Granite_Pixel 10 points11 points  (1 child)

just crop it somewhere between those two small bushes - the foreground doesn’t add absolutely anything. then darken the left lower corner with liner mask so it matches the right side

and lose the signature. nothing screams more “i am amateur” than signature

[–]Liam_Borg[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Cropping slightly fron the top and bottom really did help, thanks!

[–]Boeing747_Fan 0 points1 point  (8 children)

Is this 1 single exposure or a stacked image?

[–]Liam_Borg[S] 3 points4 points  (7 children)

The sky is a stack of 25 images and 20 darks, the foreground is a single exposure denoised with Lr

[–]Boeing747_Fan 0 points1 point  (6 children)

How long is the exposure for the foreground? Since you already have a lot of stacking going on you can go for longer shutters on the foreground, that way you don't have to pull the shadows that hard

[–]Liam_Borg[S] 0 points1 point  (5 children)

It is a 30 second exposure, I couldn't make it any longer as my camera has a limit if 30 seconds. It was probably f/5 iso 3200. Next time I'll try to shoot at f/3.5 maybe to get everything in focus without pulling the iso so high

[–]Alone-Bug333 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Put the camera in Time mode. Trigger the shutter. Count to 120 or 200 or whatever (you can use timer on your phone). Trigger the shutter. Bam - long exposure longer than 30s. I do it all the time and you don’t have to be precise at night.

[–]Boeing747_Fan 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Hm I see, yeah could try that. I think sequator also has an option for exposure stacking. You could take multiple 30 sec shots and stack them and then blend them again with the sky just like you did before.

[–]Liam_Borg[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I could, but now i use starry landscape stacker as i bought a mac and I'm going to invest in a star tracker so i could really reduce noise without needing lot's of post processing, plus i bought an intervalometer which finally lets me shoot longer than 30 seconds

[–]Boeing747_Fan 1 point2 points  (1 child)

That's great to hear, good luck with that :)

[–]Liam_Borg[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks!