#photographygoals This is already an extraordinary picture, but hearing the story behind capturing this just moved it into a different category. Thanks for sharing, Jon.

Thanks for the session last night Jon. Really informative. I often shoot starscapes in the bush but it is a problem to do extremely long exposures as it is not a good idea to stand quietly in the dark for 40 minutes, particularly if there are lions about. I usually take the foreground shot before it gets totally dark and then expose for the stars once it is dark enough. And then combine in post. But I never seem to get the foreground looking as natural as yours does in this shot. It is a post editing issue that I have not got quite right or does the foreground shot really require a long exposure for best results?