Beautiful image! Thanks for the description.

Amazing and perfect! ;)

A very beautiful photographic work as usual Scott. The small star which sparkles could be the one of Christmas. I like very much.

Stunning, why am I not surprised? Absolute proof that getting yourself in the right position works.

mmmm.....nice....

Wonderful evocation of dawn

Marvelous ! I love the sparkling effect on the stars.... very beautiful composition also ! Well done, as always Scott ! Have a great day :)

magnific night shot !

fabulous scene!

Ow wow! Your images are always so well thought out, and so inspiring! Now that my semester is over, I need to change gears and get back outside!!!

A wonderful festive capture Scott! Well done! ;-)

Excellent,so beautiful :)

Great image! Is this a twi-night technique?

this is a cool shot love it

Beautiful picture, amazing how large those stars (and Venus) look at the shorter end of a lens.

This is just beautiful, Scott. And I really agree with Tracy, all of your work is so well conceived, beautifully composed, and magnificently conveyed. What a gorgeous scene here and the dawn colors are really complementing this so nicely with that interspersed salmon pink coloring on the clouds in the multiple locations accompanying the "star." I have seen Venus in the mornigs on the way to work and want to catch her but 30, 000 semi's on their way to the Ports of New York and Newark have other ideas for anyone who wants to stoip or slow down...so this is a joy to behold just as the season requests...Wonderful image, Scott...wishing you all the best - I am headed your way for the week!!

ps - I "picked up" on the fractal there, ...I have my other software now, so maybe I can finally use that one you told me about ;-)

Fabulous capture of this beautiful tree and sky!

Stunning capture of color and light. And I love the silhouetted tree with its fine-shaped canopy. I've got some star gazing to do.....once it warms up. :-)

Nice stars...but i like it, great image!

You captured this tree wonderful against the sky Scott! Love the colors and composition in this shot!!

Awesome frame Scott, from the composition, to the color, to the capture of Venus and the surrounding stars! Makes getting up at 3 am worth it. I'm glad you were able to capture this!

Lovely shot. I hope you got some photos of the eclipse last night. I went out at 2:15 to see it for a minute, but was too sleepy (lazy) to take photos.

exquisite

Scott; this is one of my favorite images of yours! The framing, lighting and color are fantastic! How did you create the starbursts? I have an astro program that I used to use to do this on astro images; very nice.

wonderful photo with excellent focus and exposure to capture the stars! the tree silhouette towers nicely over the landscape as well!

really nice shot

very fantastic and nice shot...
tnx

very nice.

You had a wonderful sky to showcase the star.

Fantastic! Great capture!

This is really excellent photo - such a well managed light of sky, wonderful stars and beautiful composition for presenting that.

An amazing shot! The stars twinkling, the silhouettes and the beautiful colored sky! Just wonderful to look at!

Wonderful

Wonderful Christmas image. Subtle and beautiful, and perfect composition.