Thanks guys!
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Originally Posted by gregbradley
Very nice Mike.
A simple anti fog solution is a strip of aircell insulation wrapped around the lens with a rubber band before you take the camera outside. It keeps the lens a few degrees above ambient.
You can also stick on those heat strips you can buy from a Chemist.
You need to have infinity focus taped down before all this though.
Greg.
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I've invested in some USB hand warmer gloves and a AA-powered USB power source that I can take out in the field next time. I also have some chemical hand warmers from the chemist, but forgot to take them with me on that night.
While changing dew shields I accidently bumped the zoom range so some of the later ones were at 20/21mm instead of 17mm.
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Originally Posted by niko
Thanks Mike
Can you go into a bit more detail about the layer process?
If the tree is in each shot I presume it would be a bit blurry and larger than a single shot because of the blur therefore how do you deal with that when using the masks?
Cheers
Niko
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Hi Niko. The composition of all shots was exactly the same. There's no blur - the tree wasn't moving.
I've attached a screenshot of the image in photoshop with the layers.
- The 1st vibrance layer isn't doing anything, I just didn't delete it.
- Layer 1 Copy is the foreground - you can see the layer mask where the white is the visible part. It's the same image essentially, taken from a different stack - more of a lighter foreground.
- Layer 1 Copy 2 is just a copy of the background, with the blending mode set to 'color' to bring some more colour back into the sky
- The top 3 adjustment layers are just personal take for colour, saturation etc.
I hope that helps!
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Originally Posted by AstroJunk
Yup, I'm hooked on nightscapes. It's really great to see the thought going into composition in astrophotographs, as well as being great to take them! Lovely.
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Thanks heaps! I love it too, can be both relaxing and stressful, but always fun.