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theeternalpanda OP t1_j7bhfsl wrote

Reply to comment by two40zieks7 in [OC] Florida swamps north of Daytona. The goal was to get perfect star reflections, and that didn't happen, but it might still be cool... 4912 × 6140 by theeternalpanda

Yeah I tried to get a perfect mirror but the water wasn’t still and it blended them mostly into oblivion in every shot I tried :-/

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two40zieks7 t1_j7bhrc4 wrote

Yea, I guess water has to be perfect for this to look good

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akusokuZAN t1_j7ctx5u wrote

You could edit it in from the actual sky but I actually think it looms better this way!

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theeternalpanda OP t1_j7cu6yx wrote

Yeah I tend not to even get too aggressive w the saturation slider, let alone cloning stars :) I’ll try again later. The perfect conditions will come

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akusokuZAN t1_j7cvllm wrote

Since star trails are a really expensive problem to solve (and stopping the Earth's rotation is too rich even for Jeff Bezos), you could easily tackle this without resorting to cloning by taking a 2nd shot - a longer exposure with much lower ISO for that tasty water reflection, and then combine the images :)

Oh and Topaz Denoise sends its regards.

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Gatorinnc t1_j7dhs3p wrote

Thank you. I hope you are ok with me downloading and sharing your modified image. Stunning!

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akusokuZAN t1_j7evzxh wrote

Oi, it's not mine per se :D just fed it into the denoise app and it did the rest :)

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theeternalpanda OP t1_j7cueyo wrote

This one worked perfectly but Im not sure water counts as “earth” for this sub https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52670870255_16eb10a1d1_b.jpg

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akusokuZAN t1_j7cvba4 wrote

Any shot that doesn't include humans, human-made objects or animals (but..but why?) is okay, so the way of water is okay too unless you're James bloody Cameron trying to make real water bubbles and CGI. If you are, shame on you!

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