Companions of Darkness

Surreal and alien looking, even more than most from here. I did a very similar WP shot a few years ago on my site now. I'd like to see more detail in the Summer Constellations themselves in the upper portion, particularly the shadow areas. I think if more detail is in the files that would help balance the composition by extending the arch more into the direction that the lines are leading.

Wow! Maybe the most creative WP shot ever. Neat stuff.

Thanks, Marc. You are right. There is more detail there. I will go back to give it a boost.

Tony, your footsteps are hard to follow. Thanks.

Very surreal. Looks like an alien planet. Well done.

Outstanding!!!!!!!.......Izzy

Thanks, Yiming. Now you are tempted to go there :D

Very unique and other worldly which is just what I like. I feel as if the darker areas surrounding the milky way should be much brighter which I think Marc sorta addressed with the detail in the dark's. Still need to find some time to make it up here when the skies are dark this summer and catch a monsoon storm.

Perfect !!!!
Amazing.

An excellent and unique way to show this area. I like it a lot!
The toning seems a bit 'Twilight Zonesque' to me, but that just may be my taste.
Did you have moonlight on this evening to help light the foreground?
I would be interested in any tech. specs you could provide.

That has a bizarre look to it. Nice work sir

aF

Awesome work.

WOW !!!!!

Superb, love the tonality of the image!

I love it! very dramatic image. For the composition, maybe I would like a bit more sky, or a vertical perhaps. Did you have some moonlight for the land?

John:
Fabulous image and very surreal.

No nits from me, this is above my pay grade. I love this capture... Exposure data please.

John,

Quite out of this world-ly. Fantastic night photography, combined with the surreal nature of WP and you've got a wonderful image.

Lon

Great work. Looks very surreal. Well done

otherworldy

amazing

Absolutely fantastic! I prefer the darker edges...seems to concentrate the eye toward the central subject.

Very nice b/w night image John. I really like the toning you used here.

Outstanding shot! One of the best I've seen from here. It's hard to tell from the small web size but it looks like the corners may be soft, causing the stars to be distorted. You don't provide the specs, but this can be caused by opening all the way up on a f1.2 or 1.4 lens, so I'll often shoot at f1.8 instead. The effect is actually pretty cool here, with fewer and bigger stars on the side, so it may be a good thing. But it's harder to tell how it would hold up at larger sizes. Only real nit at this size is that there's only one star visible in the upper left had corner, which seems a bit odd.

Thanks for the comments from all of you.

Grant: The stars were shot with F2.8. I don't know why UL corner has less stars.