Lizard Head Rock

[Bob]

Hey Everyone,
I was out last night to try and shoot a milky way. Unfortunately, this is what happened. The clouds rolled in and would not leave. You can barely make out the milky way just between the opening in the clouds. The cloud color is from light pollution in

Sedona. Would be interested in what everyone thinks of this image.
Bob

 

[JimFox]

Hey Bob,

That's great you were out to shoot the Milky Way. The Perseids Meteor shower was active too.

I sometimes like some cloud cover when shooting stars as the clouds can add a pretty cool sense of mystery to the image. But in your case, you had to work with some really heavy cloud cover which does make it more difficult.

Myself, I do like that some stars are poking through, the color of the clouds are cool, that's where light pollution can be a plus as the clouds get some cool coloring. The only thing I would suggest here Bob is to crop out or clone out the rocks in the lower left corner of the image. With all of the bottom basically being trees, to have a rock in the small part of the corner distracts a bit. So I like the way this looks minus that lower left rock.

 

[AlanLichty]

Definitely too many clouds for the MW but this still is an interesting shot with the stars poking through the cloud deck and the nice glow to the clouds from the town. I have to agree with Jim about cropping/cloning out the ground in the lower left.

 

[Bob]

Alan and Jim,
Thanks for your suggestion. I missed the lower left and will clone it out but it is not a rock it is part of the ground.
Bob

 

[Douglas Sherman]

I think what this does is keep your eye moving around in the image looking at the stars, which is a good thing. I might brighten up the foreground just a bit. Way to make lemonade out of lemons.

 

[Bob]

I think what this does is keep your eye moving around in the image looking at the stars, which is a good thing. I might brighten up the foreground just a bit. Way to make lemonade out of lemons.

Doug,
Thanks for the suggestion. I will try lightening up the foreground a bit.
Bob