Thank you for video! Same white balance at both photos should be more simple answer. Manually set white balance at 4100-4300K. And the same time of capture photos not like this: ground at twilight, and sky after three hours. Better and more fair way - do night photo at night. Do 2-3 minutes exposure time for foreground, do stacking for less noise. Photos, made at different time and staked together - its collage. If remember that real night sky color are some kind of dirty-brown color, not blue-cyan-green-magenta - than ground colors should be dirty-gray at night. Even at long exposure photos. Futher color adjust it's just our taste and our own type of art.
Oh man, I needed this help so much. These tips were so helpful!!! I knew these things were issues with my composites but I couldn’t quite put it in words or figure it out. This nailed it. Thank you!
Great information in this video, Joshua. I notice that you made it last year so I will look to see if you have done one on the masking process you use.
Incredible & incredilbly helpful video! Unfortunately, there is another problem: the amount of noise between the sky and the (fore)ground is different...
I have Lumenzia and I understand what making is and the basics of it. I would like to see a video on your workflow and how you mask to see if your way might be better.
hey Joshua, thanks for the tips, very nice explained. One question, instead of cloning edges and adding stars that do not belong there, wouldn't shrinking the sky layer with a few pixels achieve the same result as you did earlier just moving it down?
I paused at 0:31. Let me guess: adding "atmosphere" to the sky near the horizon. Nope, not what I was expecting. Good tips, although the first two are a bit obvious. Tip #4. Add atmosphere, or blur and slightly mask stars near the horizon. It didn't matter much in these sample shots with the horizon obscured by mountains, but when we have a horizon or near-horizon in our Milky Way composite, we must be careful that the stars close to the horizon are not as sharp and bright as they are high in the sky. This is because as we shoot horizontal we shoot through much more atmosphere, which blocks much of the starlight.
I would also like to see the masking class for Milky Ways shots. I just took some good foregrounds with mountains with snow and trees above the horizon. I have not been able to get a mask that doesn't look funky. Having issues with Select and mask because of the snow and trees.
Hello Josh! Is there any reason you didn't start with "auto align layers" in Photoshop before blending the two images together? It seems much more simple than the technique you showed here, but I can understand if it doesn't work in this case. Also, I'd love to see a masking tutorial from you! Many thanks! :)
Hi Josh, Just a quick question about a guy named John Muir he was a conservationist about 100 years ago in your part of the world, sierra nevada district , I think. Anyway I found an excert out of one of his books where he describes in amazing detail being caught in a snow storm on a mountain name Mt Shasta. My question is have you any work on this mountain and/or Strawberry valley, I ask because the way he describes the place it sounds like heavan on earth, It may be worth a look at for landscape photography. Tje recording is actually a sleep story I use if i have trouble sleeping it sounds like the most beautiful place, Thank mate cheers from Down Under.
Thanks so much, so helpful. I would also love to see a video on your masking process for Milkyway blends.
Thank you for video!
Same white balance at both photos should be more simple answer. Manually set white balance at 4100-4300K. And the same time of capture photos not like this: ground at twilight, and sky after three hours. Better and more fair way - do night photo at night. Do 2-3 minutes exposure time for foreground, do stacking for less noise. Photos, made at different time and staked together - its collage.
If remember that real night sky color are some kind of dirty-brown color, not blue-cyan-green-magenta - than ground colors should be dirty-gray at night. Even at long exposure photos. Futher color adjust it's just our taste and our own type of art.
This is a critical issue astro photographer always run into. Thanks a lot for this awesome tutorial.
Joshua fantastic video! What you explained is one of the problems intermediate astro photographers face when editing MW blended images. Thanks!
Oh man, I needed this help so much. These tips were so helpful!!! I knew these things were issues with my composites but I couldn’t quite put it in words or figure it out. This nailed it. Thank you!
Not exactly Milky Way season yet but this helped me a TON with some composite issues from my recent shoot, thanks!😄
Great tip for the edge cleanup! I always have trouble with trees moving in the foreground. Any tips on blending trees/leaves that are moving?
Perfect. I’ve been stuck on a milky ways cactus shot from the Alabama hills and I couldn’t get the blend right!
Thanks Josh
Thank you, Joshua, for another spectacular video where you share your knowledge and wisdom. Keep up with this great work and may God bless you.
Very helpful, yes please on the masking tutorial!
Thanks for the video! I’ve been struggling
What a clever tip! Thanks Joshua.
Great stuff. I'll remember the foreground-on-top and sky-on-bottom tip for my images.
Great information in this video, Joshua. I notice that you made it last year so I will look to see if you have done one on the masking process you use.
Incredible & incredilbly helpful video! Unfortunately, there is another problem: the amount of noise between the sky and the (fore)ground is different...
Amazing video as always. I learn a lot from these videos. Thanks once again! Love from India!
Dude, you're awesome! I'm definitely saving this to refer back to later when the milky way gets higher in the night sky here
I put the glow on the horizon because I liked it haha
I have Lumenzia and I understand what making is and the basics of it. I would like to see a video on your workflow and how you mask to see if your way might be better.
Very nice video! I guess the edge-sharpening tip also works for HDR-halos. Basically it's the same thing right?
Thanks Josh, great tips, lookins forward to MW season!
hey Joshua, thanks for the tips, very nice explained. One question, instead of cloning edges and adding stars that do not belong there, wouldn't shrinking the sky layer with a few pixels achieve the same result as you did earlier just moving it down?
I paused at 0:31. Let me guess: adding "atmosphere" to the sky near the horizon. Nope, not what I was expecting. Good tips, although the first two are a bit obvious.
Tip #4. Add atmosphere, or blur and slightly mask stars near the horizon. It didn't matter much in these sample shots with the horizon obscured by mountains, but when we have a horizon or near-horizon in our Milky Way composite, we must be careful that the stars close to the horizon are not as sharp and bright as they are high in the sky. This is because as we shoot horizontal we shoot through much more atmosphere, which blocks much of the starlight.
Super helpful Mr Cripps 😁🤙
Timely AF! Good video 👍🏻
Great video, cheers for sharing. A video on your masking technique would be great, I enjoy your presentation style. 👍
I would also like to see the masking class for Milky Ways shots. I just took some good foregrounds with mountains with snow and trees above the horizon. I have not been able to get a mask that doesn't look funky. Having issues with Select and mask because of the snow and trees.
Thank you for this great tutorial! :)
Hello Josh! Is there any reason you didn't start with "auto align layers" in Photoshop before blending the two images together? It seems much more simple than the technique you showed here, but I can understand if it doesn't work in this case. Also, I'd love to see a masking tutorial from you! Many thanks! :)
Hi Josh, Just a quick question about a guy named John Muir he was a conservationist about 100 years ago in your part of the world, sierra nevada district , I think. Anyway I found an excert out of one of his books where he describes in amazing detail being caught in a snow storm on a mountain name Mt Shasta. My question is have you any work on this mountain and/or Strawberry valley, I ask because the way he describes the place it sounds like heavan on earth, It may be worth a look at for landscape photography. Tje recording is actually a sleep story I use if i have trouble sleeping it sounds like the most beautiful place, Thank mate cheers from Down Under.
Great tips, another easy way instead of using the clone tool is to warp the background layer slighty
My light frames have many star shooting but it doesn’t come star shooting line with Milky Way when I edit. How to do and how to write? Please teach
Can u make a video on how to edit moon
re run of three years ago milky way composites?
Not a single comment about "Where did you get that hat"?
Come on bro, where did you get it? I can't find it online.
Thanks for the tips Get viewers to watch NIGHTSCAPESIMAGES- Richard Tatti
When you’re composing the original shots, are you cognizant of post processing same images in the office? Probably a stupid question…! lol.
Personally don't think you should fake any image just keep it real 💯