Camera Settings: ISO 5000, aperture f/3.5, focal length 15mm, shutter speed 25s
For this image my goal was to decrease the noise and make the “galaxy” part stand out more from the rest of the picture. I used the noise reduction tool to get rid of as much of the noise as I could, and brought down the shadows and blacks to darken the rest of the sky around the galaxy pattern. I also brought up the whites and highlights slightly to make the stars pop out more.
Camera Settings: ISO 5000, aperture f/5.6, focal length 15mm, shutter speed 25s
For this image I also wanted to decrease the overall noise, and I also wanted to make the color grading more neutral, which I did by lowering the color temperature into the blue range.