Originally posted by 08amczb The stars are perfect! I would add more detail to the foreground, becase it wasn't clear for me what's at the horizontal line without reading your comment.
You're right. Unfortunately was not so easy because there was nothing between me , the sea and the milky way neither i could go to the shore: i was on a road with no access to the sea. But you're rigth, i can pop out a little bit the horizon although i'm not a big fan of night shots with a day light. But yes, good suggestion!
thanks
Danilo
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Originally posted by bdery Photographing the Milky Way is something that I constantly struggle with. I think it's a matter of post-processing, I'm simply not doing it right.
Would you be willing to take me by the hand and walk me through it?
Ahhh hard to do. But I disagree it's a matter of postprocessing. Like any other photograph, composition and message matter. It's not just technical. Of course technical side is there and not just post processing:
lens: depending on the focal you like and the result you want to achieve, the more is fast the best result you will have
camera: good noise management and , I'll tell once again, in camera noise reduction for long exposure , as my K3 has
astrotracer: you can do without but havin it , for my level of knowledge , is almost mandatory. You can stack many images taken sequentially but is not something i know
file: raw. no doubt
Of course tripod, remote control, manual focus and ... a torch!
this is a big piece of non post-processing approach, including the rule of 600 to avoid star trail (you'll have a bunch of tutorial about it)
then PP: it's a very long story but I can tell you the main flow so that you may ask detail were you need
1) very very light adjustment in Ligthroom, basically for WB to have a neutral sky and to have a little contrast on the milky way, some clarity but not too much. nothing is touched about sharpness or noise
2) then Photoshop as a smart object where, using layers and masks, I use Nick Collection tool for color adjustment and final contrast adjustment
3) also in Photoshop dodge and burn on the Milky way
4) also Photoshop for noise reduction with luminosity mask
done. Takes a couple of hours (I'm not soo good !)
Danilo
---------- Post added 10-10-19 at 11:46 PM ----------
Originally posted by bdery Photographing the Milky Way is something that I constantly struggle with. I think it's a matter of post-processing, I'm simply not doing it right.
Would you be willing to take me by the hand and walk me through it?
Ahhh hard to do. But I disagree it's a matter of postprocessing. Like any other photograph, composition and message matter. It's not just technical. Of course technical side is there and not just post processing:
lens: depending on the focal you like and the result you want to achieve, the more is fast the best result you will have
camera: good noise management and , I'll tell once again, in camera noise reduction for long exposure , as my K3 has
astrotracer: you can do without but havin it , for my level of knowledge , is almost mandatory. You can stack many images taken sequentially but is not something i know
file: raw. no doubt
Of course tripod, remote control, manual focus and ... a torch!
this is a big piece of non post-processing approach, including the rule of 600 to avoid star trail (you'll have a bunch of tutorial about it)
then PP: it's a very long story but I can tell you the main flow so that you may ask detail were you need
1) very very light adjustment in Ligthroom, basically for WB to have a neutral sky and to have a little contrast on the milky way, some clarity but not too much. nothing is touched about sharpness or noise
2) then Photoshop as a smart object where, using layers and masks, I use Nick Collection tool for color adjustment and final contrast adjustment
3) also in Photoshop dodge and burn on the Milky way
4) also Photoshop for noise reduction with luminosity mask
done. Takes a couple of hours (I'm not soo good !)
Danilo