Quote Originally Posted by livin4lax09
no offense to you, but stars are fairly...bland if you're just shooting them dead on because there's not much to them. They need some point of reference, some landscape. Otherwise, they just look like a bunch of tiny white dots. In your after versions, the edits are so heavy that they are easily noticed as digitally enhanced photos, because they don't look real anymore, and all the different multi-colored pixels start to pop out. Unfortunately the only real neat ways to capture stars and their trails are to shoot VERY long exposures, sometimes of multiple hours on end. try to include some foreground though, and work on your exposures so that you don't have to boost them quite as much in post processing. If this sounds harsh, my apologies, it's just my opinion.
No offensive taken. Thank you for your honest opinion as it was exactly what I was looking for. I know the edits are crude. I need to spend some time trying out stuff on PS. I personally don't like how they look over enhanced either. I was amazed at what else was in each photo. Thanks again for your honest opinion.

Dave