Two reasons why I asked what those white spots are (and thought those were not stars): 1- some of the spots were overlapping the foliage silhouettes. (Or maybe they were coincidentally placed in the negative areas? My eyes are fooling me.) 2- on a brightly moonlit night, stars within a certain radius of the (full) moon are not that visible. But of course, it all depends on how this shot was done. Any details of this shot? :-) (*