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87 Oct 25 Comment Hi Cindy, I have been off line this month but Steve asked me to comment on this image. It's a good first attempt. I have a number of thoughts.

Composition: You already figured out that a milky way image isn't interesting without a foreground. Trees are pretty but they move during a long exposure, so get blurry. Look for mountains, rocks, water (smooths out nicely), etc.

Technical: You'll need to learn what exposure duration gives you pinpoint stars for a particular camera/lens combination. Mostly you need a wider lens like 14mm to make the best of it. You image is perfectly focused but earth rotation makes them into tiny lines. For your camera and 24 mm you would need a 5-10 second exposure to get pinpoints. You can push the ISO and deal with the noise in post, but use also a wider lens.

Processing: It's exciting your first times out with the MW to bring out all the colors that your camera sees but your eye cannot; however, it's important not to overprocess, oversaturate. I would back off a little on the purples and greens, and always make sure the dark sky stays really dark, navy blue at the lightest.

Happy star hunting! You may get addicted like me. 		Oct 30th
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