Starship Asterisk*

You have raised valid points Chris. Something else I did not consider is that the orange glow to the left may well be from sodium lights of a city. The amount of light on the lower parts of the right river bank just doesn't seem right...perhaps it is the strength/aggressiveness of the HDR is that is...

This is a great composition, very artistic. Yet the variation in the sky just doesn't match my experience... is this a multi-hour composite? I support HDR bracketed shots to render the scene closer to the human experience, but the illumination does not make sense. The orange twilight glow is on the ...

Sigh. Art before reality again. There are so many beautiful images of the actual event available from a couple of mornings ago, but the choice here is an unreal "oooh". Can I go outside and see something like this? No. I don't demand the absolute truth (there is none), but at least it woul...