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Originally Posted by DarkKnight
Cheers Mick,
I guess I am pretty hard on myself but I figure that if I put in the time and the effort I should get pleasing results, at least to me.
Here is my first serious attempt at astro photography. I guess I thought it turned out well enough to encourage me to get involved.
And I also found out that post processing astro shots is a whole new ball game. The shot was taken out of town but unfortunately facing back toward the light pollution emanating from Maitland, hence the hunt for a LP filter which are like rocking horse poo for Nikon.
This was a single frame with a Nikon D800 + Samyang 14mm f2.8, 30secs, f2.8 at ISO1600.
Since then I've tried stacking with DSS with lower ISO and shorter shutter times. I'm aiming at getting my ISO down to 200/400 with much longer exposure times. I'm hoping I've finally got my HEQ5 Pro sorted and can get out and start chasing nebulas.
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That pic would definitely get me quite encouraged to keep going. What did you use to fix up the light pollution in the 2nd one?
Yes, processing the images is a whole new ballgame. All I seem to manage at the moment is to make the pics worse.