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Getting ready for sleep · **7 Likes**

I made this image from two. Astrotracer for stars, and non astrotracer for tents and trees. You can see botched and reconstructed edges of trees where it meets the sky. Made it in about 20minutes because I didn't have time for better post processing (this is also my first attempt at merging tracked and non tracked images).

But none the less it was a beautiful 1 night trip and sleep on the banks of river Mrežnica in Croatia. Orange sky is not a sunset, it's a nearby city of Karlovac, light pollution was enhanced by very humid air that night (it rained heavily for 2-3 days before that night)

sealonsf · 06-28-2016, 11:04 AM

Love this photo. Well done.

foroysund · 06-28-2016, 11:41 AM

Brilliant! I love this. Did you use flash to illuminate the trees or is it natural?

zvon · 06-28-2016, 02:34 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by foroysund

Brilliant! I love this. Did you use flash to illuminate the trees or is it natural?

No, I used my head lamp

. first two attempts were bad because of the foggy/humid air, so for this shot I moved more to the right and illuminated the trees from an angle and avoiding hazed result.

gifthorse · 06-28-2016, 03:10 PM

Nice. But why would you want to sleep when there is that sky to photograph?

slowpez · 06-29-2016, 06:49 AM

Love this one. Great job all round.

zvon · 06-29-2016, 02:48 PM

Originally posted by gifthorse

Nice. But why would you want to sleep when there is that sky to photograph?

Half an hour later, moon was up and shining like sun, plus the fog, so no sky to photograph.

gifthorse · 06-29-2016, 04:12 PM

That would explain it. Again, a well done image.

**eaglem** · 06-29-2016, 05:41 PM

A very good capture.

Adam · 07-09-2016, 09:15 PM

I don't think the soft edges around the trees take much away from the photography. Very well done!

**henrikpedersen33** · 11-13-2019, 01:36 PM

Originally posted by zvon

I made this image from two. Astrotracer for stars, and non astrotracer for tents and trees. You can see botched and reconstructed edges of trees where it meets the sky. Made it in about 20minutes because I didn't have time for better post processing (this is also my first attempt at merging tracked and non tracked images).

But none the less it was a beautiful 1 night trip and sleep on the banks of river Mrežnica in Croatia. Orange sky is not a sunset, it's a nearby city of Karlovac, light pollution was enhanced by very humid air that night (it rained heavily for 2-3 days before that night)

Ooh .. I'd love to get out there ...

**Gorgarath** · 11-13-2019, 01:43 PM

Wow! This looks amazing. Very nice shot and PP.

**Apet-Sure** · 11-13-2019, 07:54 PM

Outstanding results! Looks very natural, not like an obvious composite. Very well done.

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sealonsf Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: San Francisco Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,729	Love this photo. Well done.

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foroysund New Member Join Date: Jun 2016 Posts: 3	Brilliant! I love this. Did you use flash to illuminate the trees or is it natural?

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zvon Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Photos: Gallery Posts: 143 Original Poster	Originally posted by foroysund Brilliant! I love this. Did you use flash to illuminate the trees or is it natural? No, I used my head lamp . first two attempts were bad because of the foggy/humid air, so for this shot I moved more to the right and illuminated the trees from an angle and avoiding hazed result.

06-28-2016, 03:10 PM	#5
gifthorse Pentaxian Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Nevada Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,950	Nice. But why would you want to sleep when there is that sky to photograph?

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slowpez Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: South Carolina, USA Photos: Gallery Posts: 18,461	Love this one. Great job all round.

06-29-2016, 02:48 PM	#7
zvon Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Photos: Gallery Posts: 143 Original Poster	Originally posted by gifthorse Nice. But why would you want to sleep when there is that sky to photograph? Half an hour later, moon was up and shining like sun, plus the fog, so no sky to photograph.

06-29-2016, 04:12 PM	#8
gifthorse Pentaxian Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Nevada Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,950	That would explain it. Again, a well done image.

06-29-2016, 05:41 PM	#9
eaglem Site Supporter Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Perth Western Australia Photos: Gallery Posts: 43,167	A very good capture.

11-13-2019, 01:36 PM	#11
henrikpedersen33 Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: Roskilde, Denmark Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,632	Originally posted by zvon I made this image from two. Astrotracer for stars, and non astrotracer for tents and trees. You can see botched and reconstructed edges of trees where it meets the sky. Made it in about 20minutes because I didn't have time for better post processing (this is also my first attempt at merging tracked and non tracked images). But none the less it was a beautiful 1 night trip and sleep on the banks of river Mrežnica in Croatia. Orange sky is not a sunset, it's a nearby city of Karlovac, light pollution was enhanced by very humid air that night (it rained heavily for 2-3 days before that night) Ooh .. I'd love to get out there ...

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Gorgarath Total n00b Pentaxian Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 735	Wow! This looks amazing. Very nice shot and PP.

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Apet-Sure Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: Goldsboro North Carolina Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,872	Outstanding results! Looks very natural, not like an obvious composite. Very well done.

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