Another World +Update

Very successful capture.

Alex, I have thoroughly enjoyed your previous posts and this one is no exception. Saturation looks fine to my eye. Great image, looking forward to seeing more of your work.

Wonderful capture Alex. In areas that are visited by many, it's difficult to come up with something unique. Best to find new areas others have not discovered. They are out there. Does not take away from the fact this is still pretty awesome.

Technically this is very nice. Great blend. The only portion that looks a bit soft is directly below the top peaks, on the right side. Fuzzy almost. Hard to tell at this size. It's so difficult to blend night scenes. Perhaps a bit less saturation and brightness on the foreground rocks as well. Unless there was a low light of some type coming from the rear top left and right. I understand why you did this though. It helps to accentuate the foreground. Would personally tone it down a little without losing shadow detail.

Thanks for the feedback, Nicolaus! At the time I visited this location, I hadn't seen a single photograph of it that I liked, in my short research (although it's been well-done numerous times in movies and TV shows) - and I thought I could do better. That was before I saw Floris' shot.. he used the leading lines more effectively, and also captured more stars (I probably didn't wait long enough after sunset).

I think what's going on with the fuzzy edge is something with my original blend - the blown sky from the foreground exposure was bleeding into the landscape, and I had to re-paint the edge via a mask and the clone stamp - probably used too feathered of a mask or too soft of a brush in that area.

I agree on toning down the foreground - I hadn't really given the image a critical look in a long while, until I posted it here. What I was originally going for in the foreground was the bluish late-twilight, almost moonlit look in the highlights. It looks much less so in the full version, though - I think the web sharpening I used brightened up the detail too much.

Beautiful job Alex. I like how the rock formation points you to the sky. Very good on the blend. Don't know for sure but you might take the brighter areas of the sky down a bit more. Nice work!

Another great image Alex. I've been enjoying these twilight star shots, something I have been starting to work on as well. Looks like you have the process down quite well. I don't really have any nits or suggestions to make this any better. I actually like this the way it is.

Reprocessed this for fun recently.