Astrophotography Attempts

[heyjojos]

Hi

Trying to learn taking astro pics. Here is my first few attempts.
Let me know how I can do better... especially with the post processing techniques



HJ

 

[heyjojos]

Panorama Milky Way

 

[heyjojos]

Milky Way Time-lapse. Was a great cloudless night!! : )

https://flic.kr/p/su5mQs

HJ

 

[wolvie77]

Panorama Milky Way

Nice shot! I am trying to capture it too. Shot in Singapore ?

 

[heyjojos]

Photos taken in Mersing.

HJ

 

[kandinsky]

Looks awesome

Personally, might have made the shadows darker to increase the contrast of the background, and throw the foreground into silhouette? But that's subjective. Hope you don't mind, made an edit to show what I meant:

 

[heyjojos]

Nice!!

 

[heyjojos]

Central Milky Way Region
Taken with ISO 4000, 47mm, F4, 13 sec

HJ

 

[heyjojos]

Rising Milky Way with silhouette effect of the beach...
ISO 4000, 14mm, F2.8, 25 sec

HJ

 

[heyjojos]

Some star trails pictures.

HJ

 

[heyjojos]

Another star trail...



HJ

 

[princecharming]

Another star trail...

View attachment 8211

HJ

can teach me and advise me what type of lens do i needed.

 

[izzansdy]

Nice..
Is that a time lapse photography? Wats the interval setting?

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[heyjojos]

Hi Izzansdy
Depending on which photograph you were referring to on the star trails, the exposure time varies from 25s to 60s n can be taken over a duration of 2 to 3 hours. Hope this helps



HJ

 

[heyjojos]

Finally have some time for another posting... here's one that I took recently in Eldorado, Texas. Very good dark skies!
More to come when I post-process the remaining photos. I somehow cannot get rid of the vignetting. Any advise are welcome.

Hong Joo

 

[heyjojos]

more pics

Star trail around Polaris



Milky Way Panorama


HJ

 

[Angus Siew]

more pics

Star trail around Polaris
View attachment 12485


Milky Way Panorama
View attachment 12486

HJ

Cool. But I think the panorama can be edited slightly to bring out the milkyway a bit more?

 

[heyjojos]

here is a edited version to bring out the milky way.

 

[heyjojos]

A night shot in Death Valley National Park. Unfortunately it was a full-moon night and the moonlight masked out the the Milkyway. So I turned to take what ever I could lay my hands on.

 

[epalite]

The trick is also to identify the weak Polaris, and centre it!

Well done!