Winter in the fjord

[Icesheet]

This is the winter constellations over Bjørnafjorden in western Norway. Used the PlanItPro app for the first time to plan out this composition. Seems like a really neat app. I nearly packed it in a few times at -10deg C but glad I persisted. It was a tough one to process and when I was finally happy I noticed quite a big difference from in the saturation of the reds on my computer screen and phone. I’ll post the other version below. Be interested to hear if the difference is apparent on your device also and which one looks best. Thanks!

This was shot with a modified EOS R and a Sigma 28mm. Sky was tracked with a Benro Polaris and blended with the foreground shot. 
 

Edited January 19 by Icesheet

[Icesheet]

[callisto]

Fantastic image 

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Lovely images. The first looks a bit more natural on my laptop. Both are great, however

[Icesheet]

31 minutes ago, michael.h.f.wilkinson said:

Lovely images. The first looks a bit more natural on my laptop. Both are great, however

Thanks. Yeah the more muted reds were my preference here. Need to work out why the difference from laptop to phone though. Seems like it may be the laptop.

[FenlandPaul]

Beautiful image - you've really brought out the tranquility of the scene.

[Mandy D]

I prefer the snow in the second image, but the sky looks ever so slightly over-cooked, but not to the point of ruining the image. Both are excellent. Well done!

[Icesheet]

1 hour ago, Mandy D said:

I prefer the snow in the second image, but the sky looks ever so slightly over-cooked, but not to the point of ruining the image. Both are excellent. Well done!

Thanks

Interesting, I never paid much attention to the snow but now that I look I do notice something on both images. At first I thought it was hot pixels, then I thought it was light reflecting off the snow, but could it actually be stars reflecting on the snow?? It looks like star trailing but I can't imagine stars would reflect on snow. Am I going crazy haha.

Edited January 25 by Icesheet

[Swoop1]

That image is a christmas card in the making! 

My eyes can't really tell the difference between ther two- or my work monitor needs a clean....

[Icesheet]

1 hour ago, FenlandPaul said:

Beautiful image - you've really brought out the tranquility of the scene.

 

14 minutes ago, Swoop1 said:

That image is a christmas card in the making! 

My eyes can't really tell the difference between ther two- or my work monitor needs a clean....

Thanks

[bosun21]

Lovely images. I slightly prefer the top image but both are fantastic captures.