Rejected for exposure

[Ryan225325348wh2]

This was rejected for being under or over exposed. It was a series of long exposures, stacked, to showcase the home and the night sky. Suggestions?

[George_F · Accepted solution]

Awesome image!  From a technical standpoint, there is still noticeable noise in the sky though.

I suspect night sky images with stars in them that are being used commercially have been taken with a tracker that rotates at the same speed of the earth.  This allows for a much longer exposure, and thus a lower ISO.  Super long exposures and trackers come with their own set of challenges though 🙂

[RALPH_L · Accepted solution]

The sky still needs some noise reduction. The shadows also need to be lightened up.

Is this your house? Regardless, you will need a property release. 

[Abambo · Accepted solution]

Great image. Congratulations.

The picture is slightly underexposed ( you need to fix this cut-off) and the sky is too noisy.

The art is to denoise without touching the stars.

Other points:

• It's unfortunate that the garage is so limit with the image border. It would be better to have view of the garage road.
• The image could have a small geometry correction.

As @RALPH_L said, you will need a property release.