My buddy in Denver told me my star trails were 'too perfect' and looked fake

He said the trails were so smooth they lost the feel of real sky movement, so I started adding a bit of random drift back in during stacking. How do you balance clean processing with keeping a natural look?

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black.mark1mo ago

A buddy of mine spent three hours on a single star trail shot and his wife asked if it was just a screensaver.

the_oliver2mo ago

That's just modern life, isn't it?

king.aaron2mo ago

Modern life" just means we traded real problems for a constant low-grade panic about things that don't really matter.