The Explorer
Night shot near the Rocca Calascio castle, the visibility of the milky street that evening was great and I composed this image from a series of shots
The result of the frame is a vertical composition of two images to get as much sky and foreground as possible, with the help of a third shot i put the subject in the picture, i wanted to avoid that the reflections of the light disturbed the other shots, the lamp in his hand projected a beam of light reflecting on the ruin at his side
WORKFLOW EXPLANATION
I Photomerged the shots to have a final frame, after a fix of contrast, highlighs and the other effects in camera raw I added the picture with my friend looking on the sky simply using layer mask
I launched dodge and burn with I increased lights around the rocks and on the milky way, with hue/saturations I fixed and increased colors around the milky way.
In all the photos of milky way I always like to add a nice orton effect, never too high but always useful to create a nice mood in the picture. If you try using low opacity you will always find positive differences. I added more contrast and a yellow touch increase to the highlights, as final touch I added a little vignette
TECNHNICAL STUFF
Camera: Nikon D-800
Lens: Nikon 14-24mm f/2,8 (Shot at 14mm)
Three Exposures
ISO: 3200 at f/2,8
Software: Photoshop CC2017
Extensions: TTS Fast Panel
