Congratulations, this is a fantastic compostion. Nothing to add from my side, I am happy I learned how you created it.   Posted: 08/10/2026 03:35:33

Amazing image, perfectly executed, the definition and brightness of the stars is incredible, is like watching on live. Tonight I want to take pictures of the Perseus Meteor Shower. Wish me luck. I don't have much experience taking pictures of the Sky at night, but I will give a try, and will try to composite with two exposures as well. About the same time of exposure, not the same because I am going to have to avoid some close lights.   Posted: 08/13/2026 00:35:34

This is a gorgeous photo! The sharpness of the stars and foreground are exceptional. The foreground sand is bright enough, but doesn't dominate. i can't think of anything to change! Absolutely stunning!   Posted: 08/13/2026 19:27:23

So you go to a great location, and take a fabulous picture of the stars. It works for me. It is well composed and taken. The way the stars have been positioned against the rock formations is well thought out. A question though, when taking pictures like this can you see all the stars with your eye before you press the shutter.   Posted: 08/15/2026 09:34:36

This is a fantastic "Nightscape." You have achieved a beautiful shot of the foreground and the Milky Way. Getting the colors right in the sky takes a lot of skill. This is definitely an entry for competition.   Posted: 08/15/2026 13:06:08

Thanks everyone for your kind comments. A couple of tips. The lens I used was a Sony 20mm f/1.8. Many of the settings were "fly by wire" and changing settings, especially focus on the stars when zoomed way in, was not particularly smooth. I actually sold that lens and bought a Voigtlander 21mm F/1.4. All controls on the lens are manual. I find it easier to focus on small distant objects, and you can focus on a distant object during the day and use gaffer's tape to tape down the focus ring so you don't have to do it at night. I haven't done any astro photography with it yet. But it works well in night shots. I also used dxo pure raw 6. It was the best at denoise for astro, recommended by the workshop leaders, and I later confirmed with my own photos. Only the sky exposure really needed it, but I found that I had to use it on both foreground and sky with chromatic aberration and other lens corrections turned off. If not, the two layers were slightly misaligned resulting in halos when the images were combined.   Posted: 08/15/2026 19:06:57

Jealous! I was there last September and had a room at the reservation hotel facing the buttes. However, didn't have the opportunity to be out there at night. Had a great day tour. Very well photographed.   Posted: 08/16/2026 00:18:09