


Lighting is usually the biggest giveaway that the sky was replaced in a photograph so we want to mitigate that issue as much as possible. The two separate images are from a remote area in Death Valley National Park in California at 1 o’clock in the afternoon in 2016 for the foreground, and a Milky Way image from the Bridger-Teton Mountain Range in Wyoming in 2017 for the sky replacement. Today we will do a quick walk through of putting together a night sky image with a daytime foreground where the images together work harmoniously and allows the suspension of belief for the viewer of the image. That’s where I personally view sky replacements for developing interesting foreground images and combining them with an atmosphere that enhances the overall subject in front of you. Landscape photography is many times just as much about luck as it is about planning and when you have deadlines for specific places and times you may be having to take some more artistic license to create engaging images.
