Ed Ogle  


Midnight on the Pecos by Ed Ogle

September 2023 - Midnight on the Pecos

September 2023 - Ed Ogle

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About the Image(s)

I took this photo back in 2020 along the Pecos River in New Mexico. I really like it and over the past 3
years I have re-edited it several times as I learn new techniques/tricks and as the various tools I use get
better. The final version shown here is my latest edit. As you can see, the original is very dark and
noisy. I would love to see how other people would post process this image. If you are interested, I will
be happy to send the original RAW file to you if you really want to give it a shot.
This photo was made with my old Canon M5 camera and for some reason the setting weren’t recorded
except that it’s 45 seconds and ISO-800.


16 comments posted




Robert Schleif   Robert Schleif
Reallly nice processing. I love the trees in the right half and in general the locale from which the galaxy was shot. The original had lots of blue stars, but what looks like a scarcity of reddish stars, then, in the final image, all the stars are white--why no colors? If you ever have a chance to shoot the Milky Way again, a shorter expossure could eliminate the star trails that are most apparent in the left half of the image.   Posted: 09/02/2023 08:41:49
Brenda Fishbaugh   Brenda Fishbaugh
All good points, Robert.   Posted: 09/12/2023 12:56:49



Sunil Mehta   Sunil Mehta
Ed,

This is good, very well processed.
Liked it.
Send me RAW, will try
my email
photomail4mehta@gmail.com   Posted: 09/03/2023 21:31:58
Ed Ogle   Ed Ogle
Sounds good. I'll send that right out. I'm really interested in how you manipulate it so send your high resolution rendition to me via email and of course post a copy here.   Posted: 09/04/2023 18:34:43
Sunil Mehta   Sunil Mehta
Received, will try working on it.
Thanks   Posted: 09/04/2023 18:46:28
Sunil Mehta   Sunil Mehta
Ed,
From RAW file first Processed in LR & PS, from there I opened in 2 different programs and treated separately. What is done in each is first converted in Monochrome and retained some parts in color.
Image 1: Tonality CK - applied Preset - Dramatic / Bleached Drama.
Image 2: Silver Efax Pro- applied Selective Adjustment in some area to bring out some color near Right Side of image.
  Posted: 09/08/2023 11:32:03
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Sunil Mehta   Sunil Mehta
Image 2   Posted: 09/08/2023 11:32:28
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Ed Ogle   Ed Ogle
Wow, nice, it looks like a painting.   Posted: 09/08/2023 11:48:35
Brenda Fishbaugh   Brenda Fishbaugh
Spectacular renditions, Sunil!   Posted: 09/12/2023 12:57:50



Jim Hagan   Jim Hagan
A great image and a great conversions from the original. A minor suggestion is to crop off some of the top of the image. In my version I straightened the trees a little, lightened some of the dark area, cropped some off the top and a little off the left side and bottom.   Posted: 09/11/2023 14:22:50
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Brenda Fishbaugh   Brenda Fishbaugh
Jim, I love your version, too!   Posted: 09/12/2023 12:58:25



Ken Weaver   Ken Weaver
Great job of setting up the image with the Milky Way in the background and the appearance that you might be in the water when you shot it. I would run the image through a denoise software to specifically address the graininess in the water.   Posted: 09/11/2023 14:24:00
Brenda Fishbaugh   Brenda Fishbaugh
Good suggestion, Ken!   Posted: 09/12/2023 12:58:48



Brenda Fishbaugh   Brenda Fishbaugh
Well, I LOVE THIS image! And bravo that you keep working it as products improve and new tricks emerge. That's what I love about digital, you can work an image a dozen different ways, it doesn't have to be "final".

We've had better night sky folks than me offer up great suggestions and renditions, but I'll share a tip I got from Erik Kuna, from Kelby One, who teaches night sky classes.

He recommends using DeHaze heavily, which removes a lot of stars, but puts the focus on the Milky Way. You can use a brush and play with it. He also adds a lot of contrast and some purple and blue to his Milky Way to make it much more dramatic. I think this is really beautiful and serene, and may not benefit from that treatment, but just showing you the other end of the spectrum.   Posted: 09/12/2023 13:09:28



Brenda Fishbaugh   Brenda Fishbaugh
I screen shot these on Instagram. I did not crop them to take out the Instagram stuff on purpose, as I completely wanted it to be clear that I was not the photographer.   Posted: 09/12/2023 13:13:15
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Brenda Fishbaugh   Brenda Fishbaugh
  Posted: 09/12/2023 13:14:45
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