Beneath the Wonder of the Night Sky
by kirbic

Comment by JulietNN:
Absolutely gorgeous! People find it hard to believe that there are really that many stars when you look up in a an AZ sky! You have a fabulous shot!

Beneath the Wonder of the Night Sky
by kirbic

Comment by kirbic:

Originally posted by scalvert: Wow, 13 years, and your last ribbon was a photo of stars, too. Obviously you should get outside more often. I'm impressed that you dared to venture into Pixinsight's deep, muddy waters. Here's a little trick you might find useful... in Photoshop, select Color Range > Highlights with a pretty big fuzziness value to catch most of the stars. Select > Modify > Expand by 4 or 5 pixels, then hide the selection. Choose Filter > Other > Minimum with a radius of about 0.4 pixels (preserve roundness), and see if that helps.

Ha, yes I do need to get out more, LOL. I finally have a UWA lens that I'm really satisfied with for astro work. Pixinsight has been "fun" to learn, the user interface can be quite daunting to the uninitiated. Thank goodness for lightvortexastronomy.com!

Beneath the Wonder of the Night Sky
by kirbic

Comment by scalvert:
Wow, 13 years, and your last ribbon was a photo of stars, too. Obviously you should get outside more often. I'm impressed that you dared to venture into Pixinsight's deep, muddy waters.

Here's a little trick you might find useful... in Photoshop, select Color Range > Highlights with a pretty big fuzziness value to catch most of the stars. Select > Modify > Expand by 4 or 5 pixels, then hide the selection. Choose Filter > Other > Minimum with a radius of about 0.4 pixels (preserve roundness), and see if that helps.

Beneath the Wonder of the Night Sky
by kirbic

Comment by grahamgator:
Congrats Fritz; fabulous image!

Beneath the Wonder of the Night Sky
by kirbic

Comment by jomari:
Congratulations, Fritz. Absolutely amazing!

Beneath the Wonder of the Night Sky
by kirbic

Comment by kirbic:

Originally posted by tanguera: It boggles the mind that this is your first ribbon.

TO clarify, it's actually my sixth... just been 13 years since the last one, LOL.

Beneath the Wonder of the Night Sky
by kirbic

Comment by Neat:
13 yrs!!!! Wow, so glad you beat me then;)

The universe, always dazzling!!

Congratulations.

Beneath the Wonder of the Night Sky
by kirbic

Comment by tanguera:
It boggles the mind that this is your first ribbon.

Beneath the Wonder of the Night Sky
by kirbic

Comment by nam:
Gorgeous, just gorgeous. Congratulations on the ribbon.

Beneath the Wonder of the Night Sky
by kirbic

Comment by CNovack:
Voted earlier coming back to comment.

The Milky way and a sky full of stars is definitely breathtaking to behold! Love the orientation that has the Milky Way cross the frame at a diagonal. Wonderful capture! My only critique is that I think the night sky looks just a tad washed out and can use a adjustment to the contrast to make it a bit darker.