Critique this image - Low Light Night Photography

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December 30, 2022
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This image was rejected due to quality issues, any feedback and tips for editing in lightroom would be greatly appreciated.

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Jill_C

Community Expert

It's a beautiful moment which I'm sure has resulted in fond memories, however the execution didn't quite work out due to the issues noted by other contributors here. Of particular concern to me is the very blurry people. A long exposure with live subjects is never going to work out well, unless perhaps they're asleep! Of course, had they been in focus you would need to get them to sign model releases.

Jill C., Forum Volunteer

Ricky336

Community Expert

Hello,

Dead pixels on the tent roof should be fixed!

When doing a time exposure with digital cameras, dead pixels can be a problem!

I personally don't think star trails are a problem!

And this, I think you should remove:

Doesn't add to the photo!

As for Lightroom, there are two versions - Lightroom Classic and Lightroom.

Read these tips from Adobe.

Lightroom Classic:

Quick tips for using Lightroom Classic (adobe.com)

Lightroom:

Lightroom tutorials | Learn how to use Adobe Lightroom

RALPH_L

Community Expert

The biggest problem that I see is that the exposure was too long which resulted in star trails.

You should have made two photos and then merged them. The first being a correctly exposed star background. Not more than 15 seconds. The next photo of the tent. Then merge the two photos in post processing.