On 6/25/2023 10:43 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
Here is my collection of astro photos:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/collections/72157627826423347/
You can also search my flickr feed for key words like milky way, astro, comet,
meteor etc.
A short form of things I’ve learned:
Focusing can be a bitch. My best success has been to go into liveview, aim at
the brightest star or planet, crank the LV magnification all of the way up and
do my best. It also helps to take some blue masking tape and “lock the focus
in”.
The faster the lens the better. I don’t like shooting any slower than f/2.
When doing an astro-pano that includes the horizon, have one set of frames shot
close to, but above the horizon and an overlapping set that is mostly below the
horizon. Occasionally I experiment with the “below the horizon” frames not be
on astro tracer, but the foreground is going to be dark, it doesn’t matter to
me as much if it is a bit blurry.
Every time I go out and shoot, I end up doing a bunch of test frames.
With ISO invarience, it’s better to get your raw frames at too low of an ISO
and bring the up in post than to blow out brighter objects. Again, experiment.
What I really need to learn is image stacking.
For straight astro, I’ll never do as well as the hubble, or even someone with a
decent scope, so I usually concentrate on astro-landscape, which means finding
something pretty to put in front of the sky.
I haven’t had a chance to play with the K-3 III yet.
Nice work. Thanks for sharing.
It looks like I have a way to go. I'm pretty good with the theory on
this, it's putting it into practice that is giving me the problem.
bill
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