Orion Constellation

[anyone]

I took this photo in Meizhou , China .
Canon 1100D , 24-105L @35mm , Kenko soft filter , ISO 1600 , 2 minutes , Vixen Polarie tracking . :)

[Nikolas]

What's a soft filter?

[MortonH]

Beautiful colours.

[anyone]

this one :)

[Nikolas]

Why would you use a soft filter for astro pics?

[anyone]

the star colour looks more obviously :)

[Nikolas]

too soft

[Atmos]

I personally like the softness of some constellations :)

[Stonius]

I see what you're doing there with the soft filter. I like it. The stars are still points, but they have a 'bloom'. Nice idea.

Markus

[Rigel003]

Very nice result. Thanks for posting.

Alan Dyer recommends this filter here https://amazingsky.net/2011/02/21/fuzzy-constellations/

He takes unfiltered photos mostly and then 1 or 2 through the filter, and blends in the soft images in PS so he can control the level of fuzziness. I really like the effect. It brings out the constellation shapes and star colours, and looks very atmospheric.

[bojan]

Yes.. high quality lens (sharp), and then soft filter... to unsharp the image.
In my days we were using white gause over the lens to achieve that esoteric feeling on portraits.. David Hamilton was famous for this technique back in late '70-ies.

[anyone]

thanks all !

[Kunama]

Nice effect!