Milky Way Over Salida, Colorado

I’m an astrophotographer wannabe, but haven’t yet prioritized my time and resources to practice the required skills. So when I came across Serge Ramelli’s free You Tube video “How to Add the Milky Way to your Night Skies Photoshop Tutorial”, I couldn’t resist adding his Milky Way source file to one of my favorite photos taken at sunrise on the Arkansas River in Salida, Colorado.

Milky Way photography requires a dark night sky, so admittedly my composite photo isn’t entirely realistic – but I’d like to think of it as art and not over concern myself with the realism.


The last photo is a Photoshop blended composite of photos 2 and 3 using the approach used by Serge Ramelli in his tutorial. The 2nd photo is my original sunrise photo and the 3rd photo has additional Photoshop editing to turn it from dawn to night in appearance (and thus make it a little more realistic). The 4th photo is a source file of the Milky Way kindly provided by Serge Ramelli as part of his You Tube video.

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About Dave Hood

Married to my wife of 54 years, Barbara. Two adopted grandsons, Jim age 20, and Billy, age 15. Retired from the Air Force Reserve after 26 years in 1993. Retired from Air Force civil service with 34 years of service in 2000. Worked an additional 7 years for General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems before finally leaving the workforce. Hobbies include working around the house, exercising our Labradoodle Shadow, travel, and photography. My photo equipment includes Nikon Z50 and Z6 cameras, several Nikon lenses, a Godox speedlight, Godox 200 and 600 watt studio lights, a Manfrotto tripod, a monopod, and assorted filters. I use Adobe Camera Raw and Photoshop CC for post processing and ProShow Producer software for producing slide shows (mostly about travel) set to music.

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