Cheers all!
Beautiful shot, beautifully processed.
Can you elaborate a bit on the workflow for "6x30 second exposures blended together for the sky"?
Cheers...and sure
Long story short - I have a 10 stop nd filter which I hate using (colours are off, contrast is off), so I started thinking about another option, and I came up with the idea of taking lots of shots over a period of time and then blending/stacking them together in PS.
I used a 0.9nd filter and took 6x30 second shots.
Once I get home I load them into PS as layers and then you can change the transparency of each layer to fully smooth out the images.
What you're left with is an image that is in effect a 3 minute exposure with superior colour and sharpness (compared to using a big stopper.
The only downside is you have to take multiple images where you might normally take one... But of course with multiple images I can shorten the exposure time (by removing images).
Anyway...as it happens I'm not the 1st to think of this, and just yesterday I read this...I'm sure this explains the process better than I have!
http://www.verdantvista.com/gallery.php?doc=tut9http://www.verdantvista.com/blog.php?article8