It’s amazing how many more stars the camera picks up then the human eye. Here’s a shot straight from camera, which is more or less how it looked to the eye.

Here’s the same shot (cropped a little) processed to bring out the fainter stars. Of course it helps if you’re in an area with low light pollution from street lights etc. I took this in Snowdonia.

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Detail from wall decoration

Looking vertically from the bottom of a wall alcove

Steps

Decoration on gate

Detail from gate

Added some shots taken in Snowdonia to my main gallery here.