5d mkIII long exposures

[wrk4no1]

I do a lot of night photography and also just before sunrise landscape. I want to know how can I get a better dark sky with long time exposures.

Thanks

[Waddizzle]

Here is an article that gives a very good explanation of how to use Layers in Photoshop. 

How To Make A Cinematograph

Ignore the fact that the article is about using a video clip.  Just pretend that the video clip is another still photo, and watch how portions of two shots are combined into one through the use of a Layer Mask.  If you are using still photos, this sleight of hand can be performed in either Photoshop Elements or Photoshop CC.

I suspect that your best result of the pier and the starscape may involve this technique.  The bottom portion of the landscape photo is combined/masked with the upper portion of the starscape photo.  I have been exactly doing this sort of stuff in CAD with images for nearly 30 years.

[wrk4no1]

Thank you for your reply I certainly will try this out and report back with my image.