Thank you so much for featuring my Orion image, and everything you've done to silently mentor all those of us who got into the hobby because of you! :)
Yeah that’s a good shot I am working on Orion currently skies here in the UK been shocking for a while. So true though because of Trevor our bank balances have taken a hit 🤣
Thank you for sharing it, Arghadip! Like I said in the video, looks a lot like one of my first Orion Nebula images (but better). Keep up the great work, man.
@@Veesu both are good fits, depending on how you want to frame your image, how accurate you can track, etc. If you are going untracked try for wider fields with the 18-55. If you have a tracker, you can try going close with the 18-55 or wide with the telephoto. I have used a 70-300 on this scenario. If you have an accurate tracker, or better yet autoguiding, you can go full close up with the telephoto. A word of warning though, zoom lenses can be quite finicky at their largest focal lengths, especially at the edges since they are not designed for astrophotography. You will probably get better results using the short to mid focal lengths of those lenses, or you may end up having to crop your image to get rid of the worst part of those optical defects from your final image. As for framing, be aware that the Orion nebula is quite a large target. If you have an APS-C sensor on your camera (like I do) I would suggest going somewhere between 100 to 200 mm for Orion. 300mm would be overkill unless you have a full-frame sensor, or you want to specifically focus on just a certain feature within the larger nebula. Or if you can afford the long exposures, you can go wider and try to capture a single frame with Orion, Running Man, Horse Head, and Flame nebulae in a single frame.
@@jgostling Thank you for this amazing response Once i get a camera i am planning to do untracked, so anything unwanted in the edges is going to be cropped out anyways.
Thanks once again, Trevor, for reviewing my image (the panorama with the church). The thing is, I'm not very confident when it comes to astrophotography. I have my moments here and there. For this image I was sure it was my best so far, but everywhere I posted it (a lot of FB groups, insta, local photo webpages, reddit), the response was quite underwhelming and I instantly started doubting myself. But to hear such a great things from you, it really really mens a LOT!
That picture is so amazing, it belongs in a Calendar or cover page of a magazine. You should upload it to astrobin, probably becomes like picture of the day!
Hey man! Great to see all these lovely images from people, and your fair pointers offered! We all benefit from this kind of thing I think, so thanks for taking the time to do it :-) Clear skies!
Thank you for featuring and critiquing my photo of the Pac-Man Nebula. I used an iOptron 6” Ritchey-Chrétien, so that’s where the diffraction spikes came from. The photo is quite soft from noise removal as I only shot 2 hours on this target with a crop sensor DSLR and the focal ratio is f/9. This was the first photo I produced with this telescope and I’m very pleased with it’a performance. Thanks again Trevor and Ashley! Fiona
Thank you so much for showing my image of the horse head. Really feel honored. I had intentionally removed the grain to that extent it was more of the arty look that I wanted. Also why I enhanced the orange out more as well almost as a ridgeline of fire at the back of those rolling clouds. Used Topaz AI.
This is mainly an art critique. Composition, color saturation, star detail, etc. All these things are interesting to look at subjectively as piece of art. What I am most interested in is picture accuracy as if you could look at it from a porthole from a space craft in space.
Great video, super useful. Hope you do this again. Its really helpful to see how these images can be improved or changed, and also mistakes in processing that just have to be done over like clipping blacks.
Those Orion and Horse head nebula images are crazy! Congrats to you guys on this! Also like that you chose some images that are not that perfect and somehow on a level where I also relate to. Thanks for that!
Thanks Trevor, as a StarTools user, it was interesting to see the enormous menus in your pix insight and photoshop menus as you touched up some already fantastic images.
Trevor, you lost me about halfway through but that's O.K. 'cause I'm not an AP guy anyway. What I DO appreciate is the effort and care you put into these videos. I watch all your vids that you put out and find them very enjoyable, even if I don't always get what you're discussing. Keep up the great work and hey! The companion book to your vids. Think about it. You're a rockstar in the making, Trevor. Keep up the great work!
Great tips, Thanks Trevor. I want to learn the star reduction by channel technique. Does anyone know where I can find a tutorial on it? One day I would hope to edit as quickly as Trevor. I got lost in the separation, copy and paste...procedure.
9:56 Trevor I think you missed something. The rule of thirds was used in this photo, but I feel it would be better if he lined up the camera dead center with the direction of the steps as well. What do you think?
Hi Trevor. Another top effort You should do this again but with some average beginners images. I know when I started out I didn't realise how good my data actually was. Until someone from ice in space (southern hemisphere equalivent to cloudy nights) .reprocessed one of images .
Thank you for the tip on star reduction in the blue channel only! I wish you would have gone a little slower so I could follow the steps without playing it over and over while trying to hit the pause button at exactly the right time but I think I’ve got the jist of it. I’m only working with a doublet so the blue channel doesn’t focus on the same plane, resulting in a bloated blue channel. I’ve tried different methods like defringing or even desaturation but I’ve never liked the results. You still see desaturated halos. The best method I’ve come up with actually uses a minimally stretched star layer combined with a fully stretched Andromeda layer so that star reduction methods have less to reduce but I might give this a go!
But my issue is if I took shots like this I would feel wrong to edit them because that's not space in its real form and I'd feel like I'm cheating a little bit if you see my point? Because it's like changing something that's not actually looking like that
I've got a series of images that I'd like someone to do. Probably wouldn't turn out well. But it's with a helicopter and the milky way. Problem was the windsock light at the airport blew it out some.
Is there a website where a guy can look at real raw photos if night sky stuff ? I hope looking at the sun thru a blue filter never becomes a thing .... im sure its just a matter of time. :(
Shame I missed this! I have an Andromeda image (my third attempt) and the core is really blown out. I think that this is something I have done in the stacking process as the original images are not like that. Not sure if it is image stacking settings or maybe because a sudden rain storm meant I could take all of the additional calibration frames I needed (I ended up using some previous frames taken but at different settings). Hopefully I get a chance to try this again one day!
I was just thinking would it be possible to take a picture of the galaxy but in 3d so you can look at it from other sides? Love this channel btw great videos and always informational cheers 🍻 🇨🇦 🍁 👽🪐⭐🌌🛸
Thanks for the video Trevor! I'm a beginner with a nice mount - SkyWatcher EQM-35 Pro, a Celestron scope made for viewing and not imaging, no filters, a stock DSLR and kit lenses and have no clue or patience when it comes to processing. Please do this again, as I can use all the help I can get.
250mm will show Jupiter's four largest moons, but no detail. You won't see Saturn's rings at anything less than 1000mm - and even then you're talking pixels.
The Nightscape Image at 9:24, ( cliche, "stairway to heaven ") is of my dreams. Is it possible to find this as an image to have, digitally? Whoever you are Magnificent!
Great pictures but I never hear you give glory to the one who made those stars which is Jesus Christ that you enjoy bro! Perhaps on your inspirational walk with your dog you can tune into the bible in your ear buds! Just a thought!
Thank you so much for featuring my Orion image, and everything you've done to silently mentor all those of us who got into the hobby because of you! :)
Dude, that is so much better than my orion take... Sheesh, nice work!
Yeah that’s a good shot I am working on Orion currently skies here in the UK been shocking for a while. So true though because of Trevor our bank balances have taken a hit 🤣
@@JL_Batman Practice makes perfect! I only started in March of this year :)
@@simonpepper5053 here the weather’s been bad. Tornadoes, strong wind, clouds, everything you don’t want. I just want to see the sky again
What camera and scope do you use just out of curiosity?
Thanks Trevor for your tips. That was my first Orion photo and yes it is untracked(207 ×1s) with Nikon D3500 with 18 55 kit lens.
Thank you for sharing it, Arghadip! Like I said in the video, looks a lot like one of my first Orion Nebula images (but better). Keep up the great work, man.
Can a 18-55mm lens work for orion nebula? Or should i buy a 75-300mm
@@Veesu both are good fits, depending on how you want to frame your image, how accurate you can track, etc. If you are going untracked try for wider fields with the 18-55. If you have a tracker, you can try going close with the 18-55 or wide with the telephoto. I have used a 70-300 on this scenario. If you have an accurate tracker, or better yet autoguiding, you can go full close up with the telephoto. A word of warning though, zoom lenses can be quite finicky at their largest focal lengths, especially at the edges since they are not designed for astrophotography. You will probably get better results using the short to mid focal lengths of those lenses, or you may end up having to crop your image to get rid of the worst part of those optical defects from your final image.
As for framing, be aware that the Orion nebula is quite a large target. If you have an APS-C sensor on your camera (like I do) I would suggest going somewhere between 100 to 200 mm for Orion. 300mm would be overkill unless you have a full-frame sensor, or you want to specifically focus on just a certain feature within the larger nebula. Or if you can afford the long exposures, you can go wider and try to capture a single frame with Orion, Running Man, Horse Head, and Flame nebulae in a single frame.
@@jgostling Thank you for this amazing response
Once i get a camera i am planning to do untracked, so anything unwanted in the edges is going to be cropped out anyways.
Beautiful capture Arghadip Da..!! Khub valo laglo..!!
Thanks once again, Trevor, for reviewing my image (the panorama with the church). The thing is, I'm not very confident when it comes to astrophotography. I have my moments here and there. For this image I was sure it was my best so far, but everywhere I posted it (a lot of FB groups, insta, local photo webpages, reddit), the response was quite underwhelming and I instantly started doubting myself. But to hear such a great things from you, it really really mens a LOT!
That was an amazing image
@@jasonlazore497 thank you, Jason!
@@matej.mlakar you're welcome
That picture is so amazing, it belongs in a Calendar or cover page of a magazine. You should upload it to astrobin, probably becomes like picture of the day!
@@Neanderthal75 Thank you for your kind words!
Hey man! Great to see all these lovely images from people, and your fair pointers offered! We all benefit from this kind of thing I think, so thanks for taking the time to do it :-)
Clear skies!
Thank you for featuring and critiquing my photo of the Pac-Man Nebula. I used an iOptron 6” Ritchey-Chrétien, so that’s where the diffraction spikes came from. The photo is quite soft from noise removal as I only shot 2 hours on this target with a crop sensor DSLR and the focal ratio is f/9. This was the first photo I produced with this telescope and I’m very pleased with it’a performance. Thanks again Trevor and Ashley!
Fiona
Thank you so much for showing my image of the horse head. Really feel honored. I had intentionally removed the grain to that extent it was more of the arty look that I wanted. Also why I enhanced the orange out more as well almost as a ridgeline of fire at the back of those rolling clouds. Used Topaz AI.
Wow, great image Fiona!!! (I believe Fiona, a very talented teenager, will soon start her astrophysics degree program at SMU, in Halifax.)
This is mainly an art critique. Composition, color saturation, star detail, etc. All these things are interesting to look at subjectively as piece of art. What I am most interested in is picture accuracy as if you could look at it from a porthole from a space craft in space.
Trevor these pics are beautiful great detail and the colors are great
Thanks Trevor! Absolutely right about the core. I’ve never managed to get it just right. Hopefully next year!
Thank you for sharing your image, Robert! It was a stunner. Clear skies
Thanks for all the videos I just got into astrophotography in October and have learned a lot from your channel..keep up the good work sir.
Great video, super useful. Hope you do this again. Its really helpful to see how these images can be improved or changed, and also mistakes in processing that just have to be done over like clipping blacks.
You have improved my images immensely thank you.
Those Orion and Horse head nebula images are crazy! Congrats to you guys on this!
Also like that you chose some images that are not that perfect and somehow on a level where I also relate to. Thanks for that!
Thank you Trevor another great video with lots of community involvement… please do it again every so often!!!
Please do some more. I love the way you explain. It gives me so much explanation on the subject. ❤️❤️
Great video and nice tips for improvement. - I always love to see many different styles..
Thanks Trevor, as a StarTools user, it was interesting to see the enormous menus in your pix insight and photoshop menus as you touched up some already fantastic images.
Thanks for your videos this year. Happy Holidays to you and your family.
Trevor, you lost me about halfway through but that's O.K. 'cause I'm not an AP guy anyway. What I DO appreciate is the effort and care you put into these videos. I watch all your vids that you put out and find them very enjoyable, even if I don't always get what you're discussing. Keep up the great work and hey! The companion book to your vids. Think about it. You're a rockstar in the making, Trevor. Keep up the great work!
Great tips, Thanks Trevor. I want to learn the star reduction by channel technique. Does anyone know where I can find a tutorial on it? One day I would hope to edit as quickly as Trevor. I got lost in the separation, copy and paste...procedure.
Awesome work. Where is this beautiful music from??
Fits 100% to your amazing pictures.
Keep up your nice work
Awesome and very helpful video! Thanks for your input, and for sharing in such and encouraging way!
9:56 Trevor I think you missed something. The rule of thirds was used in this photo, but I feel it would be better if he lined up the camera dead center with the direction of the steps as well. What do you think?
Hi Trevor. Another top effort You should do this again but with some average beginners images. I know when I started out I didn't realise how good my data actually was. Until someone from ice in space (southern hemisphere equalivent to cloudy nights) .reprocessed one of images .
Thank you for the tip on star reduction in the blue channel only! I wish you would have gone a little slower so I could follow the steps without playing it over and over while trying to hit the pause button at exactly the right time but I think I’ve got the jist of it. I’m only working with a doublet so the blue channel doesn’t focus on the same plane, resulting in a bloated blue channel. I’ve tried different methods like defringing or even desaturation but I’ve never liked the results. You still see desaturated halos. The best method I’ve come up with actually uses a minimally stretched star layer combined with a fully stretched Andromeda layer so that star reduction methods have less to reduce but I might give this a go!
Once again an Awesome video. Great feedback. When you have more time, try to get to some more of the images submitted.
Does what you see out there true to the colours or does it have filters that distort the true colour that's out there in space?
Great video on editing techniques Trevor.
Didn’t mean to hit dislike button my screen is cracked ! Liked the video!!!!!
Awesome vid as always Trev. Any word on if you are getting the new Optolong L-Ultimate filter to test? Very excited for this. 3nm dual band filter!
Love your videos. You are the man
Please do this again!!
But my issue is if I took shots like this I would feel wrong to edit them because that's not space in its real form and I'd feel like I'm cheating a little bit if you see my point? Because it's like changing something that's not actually looking like that
Great value for all! Thank you.
10:08 Isn't that green Airglow, not Skyglow?
I've got a series of images that I'd like someone to do. Probably wouldn't turn out well. But it's with a helicopter and the milky way. Problem was the windsock light at the airport blew it out some.
Will you be doing next round of this?
This is awesome, I hope you do more of these, I'd like to submit an image
Awesome feature, much to learn here.
Is there a website where a guy can look at real raw photos if night sky stuff ? I hope looking at the sun thru a blue filter never becomes a thing .... im sure its just a matter of time. :(
Shame I missed this! I have an Andromeda image (my third attempt) and the core is really blown out. I think that this is something I have done in the stacking process as the original images are not like that.
Not sure if it is image stacking settings or maybe because a sudden rain storm meant I could take all of the additional calibration frames I needed (I ended up using some previous frames taken but at different settings).
Hopefully I get a chance to try this again one day!
would've been nice for you to use the side by side in cfr instead of just applying your quick adjustment, js
I was just thinking would it be possible to take a picture of the galaxy but in 3d so you can look at it from other sides? Love this channel btw great videos and always informational cheers 🍻 🇨🇦 🍁 👽🪐⭐🌌🛸
Excellent video, Trevor!
Thanks for the video Trevor! I'm a beginner with a nice mount - SkyWatcher EQM-35 Pro, a Celestron scope made for viewing and not imaging, no filters, a stock DSLR and kit lenses and have no clue or patience when it comes to processing. Please do this again, as I can use all the help I can get.
Trevor's previous videos show how to use a DSLR also look up nebula photos here on yt he also explains a lot with DSLR use for AP
U said clear sies here in the netherlands its cloudy whole month 😪
Same problem where I live in northern Montana. I can't get a clear night to save my life this time of the year.
Is there a decent program for chromebooks?
I learned that I'm generally to hard on myself! =)
Topaz Labs DeNoise, may interest some as a lightroom plugin
Cool video! You can use Pixelmath to combine the stars and starless image as well if want to wean yourself off PS. :-)
With how much zoom on DSLR lens we can see Saturn n jupiter? Minimum zoom required?
250mm will show Jupiter's four largest moons, but no detail. You won't see Saturn's rings at anything less than 1000mm - and even then you're talking pixels.
like more then one. thanks !
Can you give me a small Tipp to improve my edits with lightroom mobile i dont have a PC so edits with my Phone are my only Chance to edit my pictures
I was wondering the same as I have several pics of the Milky Way and a somewhat capture of the Orion nebula that could use some work on my phone.
You are best
Nice tips👍
The Nightscape Image at 9:24, ( cliche, "stairway to heaven ") is of my dreams. Is it possible to find this as an image to have, digitally? Whoever you are Magnificent!
I might sound crazy this images are beautiful but I prefer the natural color
I know what you mean, personally I prefer less saturated images
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Did I catch some music by 25cent in the background?
Lmao
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Jest Polak wiedziałem. Polska naród astronomów
La ilaha illAllah
Make some videos for beginners👍
Is your wife making content?
Great pictures but I never hear you give glory to the one who made those stars which is Jesus Christ that you enjoy bro! Perhaps on your inspirational walk with your dog you can tune into the bible in your ear buds! Just a thought!
God sent us Max Verstappen
those stars were there WAY before JC. just a thought.