Down in the Valley

Down in the Valley

Down in the Valley, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger.

Taken from old Inspiration Point, this image uses a layer mask and gradient to combine a brighter foreground image with a stacked set of captures exposed for the sky and stars.

[All captures Nikon D200, 10.5mm digital fisheye, ISO 100, tripod mounted. Foreground: About eight minutes at f/2.8. Sky: eight captures each at four minutes and f/4.0, combined using the Statistics script in Photoshop CS3 Extended with the mode set to Maximum.]

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    [...] Taken from old Inspiration Point, this image uses a layer mask and gradient to combine a brighter foreground image with a stacked set of captures exposed for the sky and stars….Down in the Valley [...]

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