Moonlit Mather

I count 10 distance layers, the last being the distant stars. This has so many contrasts; blue and yellow, light and dark, ancient and recent, clarity and cloudy, the transitory (your photograph) and the eternal (seemingly subject).

The counter-diagonal on the lower left is what it is, I guess; but what it is is a bit distracting. It is very bright and very liinear, and I think it does tend to pull the eye over toward the lower left corner instead of letting it go into the center of the image.

I would consider gettng rid of it or at least using a dodge to reduce the luminance of it. It throws the dynamic range off balance, in my opinion.

But that aside, your image has depth that takes the mind into the deepest recesses of the universe and of our origins therein.

Another very cool image, Bill. Well done, and the moony mood is great.

I agree with John's comment that the diagonal rock in the LLC is a bit distracting. I'd crop up from the bottom to eliminate it, and you have a winner! Great layers and textures; love the mood the smoke adds to the scene. Makes me wonder what's back there...