Milky Way over the Cyclpos

[Brandon Moore]

Went out to Alabama Hills last weekend. Didn't want to fight the crowds at Mobius Arch so I made it out to Cyclops. Shot this on my Pentax K1ii with Rokinon 24mm. 15 images stacked to reduce noise. 10 Seconds, F2.5, ISO 12800.

Feedback always welcome.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Very nice image

 

[JimFox]

I like the look of this Brandon! That Milky Way sure looks nice. What is going on inside the arch though? It's blue, but I cant tell what it is. If it's the sky, then I think you need to go back and work on that part. If it's the hills, it should be brown/tan colored. Otherwise, I really like this and how you lit up the ground layer.

 

[AlanLichty]

I like how the MW worked out but the blue behind the arch (LED flashlight?) seems a bit distracting.

 

[Brandon Moore]

I like the look of this Brandon! That Milky Way sure looks nice. What is going on inside the arch though? It's blue, but I cant tell what it is. If it's the sky, then I think you need to go back and work on that part. If it's the hills, it should be brown/tan colored. Otherwise, I really like this and how you lit up the ground layer.

Thanks for the feedback Jim. I used a small LED flashlight on the inside of the arch that definitely had a blue tint. Does this version look better to you? I used a radial filter in LM and just adjusted the white balance for that part of the photo to remove that blue. Thoughts?

 

[AlanLichty]

Much better than the original but since you already have that in a radial filter you could warm it up even more. I would suggest using the bright spot on the rocks on the left in front as a target color balance for your radial filter area.

 

[JimFox]

Brandon, the edit is much better!

But as Alan suggests, warm it up even more. I don’t think you want even a hint of blue inside the arch, it’s too confusing visually.

 

[Jim Sanderson]

Turned out very nice.