Combating high ISO dullness

[eswebster]

I just got back from a trip out to Moab Utah where I spent a few evenings taking pictures of the milky way as a backdrop to the amazing rock formations. When I got back home I was shocked at how dull all of the pictures look because of the high iso... 2000. The milky way looks great but the foreground looks like i missed focus. Anyway to sharpen this up or reduce some of the noise? Just curious what others have done, shoot the same scene in the future with a lower iso and light paint more just to get a sharp foreground and then blend the two images? Just stumpped on how others have executed this so well.

 

[KmH]

It's hard to say without being able to see the image.

 

[Big Mike]

Best thing to do with that type of shooting (or any landscape really) is to shoot with a tripod and low ISO.

But as mentioned, we can't tell what's wrong without seeing it.