[OC] Florida swamps north of Daytona. The goal was to get perfect star reflections, and that didn't happen, but it might still be cool... 4912 × 6140two40zieks7 t1_j7bh75c wrote
It is very cool ! And you got some star reflection on the edge
theeternalpanda OP t1_j7bhfsl wrote
Yeah I tried to get a perfect mirror but the water wasn’t still and it blended them mostly into oblivion in every shot I tried :-/
two40zieks7 t1_j7bhrc4 wrote
Yea, I guess water has to be perfect for this to look good
theeternalpanda OP t1_j7bikox wrote
Yeah I can get it when I can do a 30sec+ shot to fully smooth it, like this 1min exposure.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52670870255_16eb10a1d1_b.jpg
But even at 8secs, stars have trails :(
two40zieks7 t1_j7bipma wrote
Yeah, you need a rig to make your camera rotate at the same speed as the earth otherwise
akusokuZAN t1_j7ctx5u wrote
You could edit it in from the actual sky but I actually think it looms better this way!
theeternalpanda OP t1_j7cu6yx wrote
Yeah I tend not to even get too aggressive w the saturation slider, let alone cloning stars :) I’ll try again later. The perfect conditions will come
akusokuZAN t1_j7cvllm wrote
Since star trails are a really expensive problem to solve (and stopping the Earth's rotation is too rich even for Jeff Bezos), you could easily tackle this without resorting to cloning by taking a 2nd shot - a longer exposure with much lower ISO for that tasty water reflection, and then combine the images :)
Oh and Topaz Denoise sends its regards.
theeternalpanda OP t1_j7d2dem wrote
Ooo thanks! Learning all the time
akusokuZAN t1_j7d5ebz wrote
That's the gist of it!
Gatorinnc t1_j7dhs3p wrote
Thank you. I hope you are ok with me downloading and sharing your modified image. Stunning!
akusokuZAN t1_j7evzxh wrote
Oi, it's not mine per se :D just fed it into the denoise app and it did the rest :)
theeternalpanda OP t1_j7cueyo wrote
This one worked perfectly but Im not sure water counts as “earth” for this sub https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52670870255_16eb10a1d1_b.jpg
akusokuZAN t1_j7cvba4 wrote
Any shot that doesn't include humans, human-made objects or animals (but..but why?) is okay, so the way of water is okay too unless you're James bloody Cameron trying to make real water bubbles and CGI. If you are, shame on you!
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