Nothing beats going to a dark site, putting together all your equipment, starting it all up, going to your object and then start shooting. When it all works as its supposed to its heaven. Just ask 1ponders (Paul) who looks at slightly wiggly lines and knows its not the mount etc but the operator that is at fault if it is not a well framed shot. When it works its real bliss. Other times its a descent into hell as you cant find the object, trip over a cable, bang your head on a counterweight, find the laptop wasnt plugged into the power and it suddenly shuts down in the middle of the first sucessful shot, can't get good focus and your brain descends into meltdown.
If I want a pretty picture I'll go to Hubble archive but if I want sattisfaction I'll shoot my own and try to get the best out of it all by processing. Its all a journey and your sattisfaction is along the way.
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