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Katie Appelbee Unfollow
“ Dancing with the Stars ”
This wee was an easy one for me inspiration wise. I have loved star photos where the stars are in heavy bokeh, with a silhouette of a person in front of them. So this was the perfect week for this IMO.

This is a composite of two images. I took both photos in situ, and the originals ...
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  • Katie Appelbee Edited a year ago

    Original silhouette - I can't dance, and don't have an easy model handy, so I used a silhouette on a stick :P I then masked out the background and layered it up.

    Original silhouette - I can't dance, and don't have an easy model handy, so I used a silhouette on a stick :P I then masked out the background and layered it up.

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  • Katie Appelbee Edited a year ago

    Original stars - to bring them up I did a few things. I changed the white balance towards a more blue, and the tint towards magenta. Only slightly though! I then brought… more

    Original stars - to bring them up I did a few things. I changed the white balance towards a more blue, and the tint towards magenta. Only slightly though! I then brought up the contrast, then the highlights and whites, while leaving shadows alone, and just dropping blacks a touch. Then the texture and clarity up quite a bit to make the stars POP, and a touch of dehaze. Once I have done all these, then I brought the exposure up a tiny bit - waiting until here gives a much better result than doing it first.

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  • Theresa Koorey Edited a year ago

    This is so creative and the end result of your composite s quite magical!

    This is so creative and the end result of your composite s quite magical!

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  • Richard Lisle Edited a year ago

    Really creative and beautiful result. Well done!

    Really creative and beautiful result. Well done!

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Tags

#background #moles #aussie52 #sony #astrophotography #nightsky #dancer #silhouette #milkyway #bokeh #softfocus

Genre/Technique

1" Shutter and Longer f1.8 Aperture and Wider Composite Edit Fine Art Landscape

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