I live in Tucson, Arizona; and right now the Galactic Core is visiting your neighborhood down under. So I'm going to be scouting out locations, and doing some practice runs. I can't wait for the next time to give this a try. Oh, come spring time I plan on getting my buddy shown in the picture rattlesnake avoidance trained. It doesn't hurt to have him keeping me safe during the summer months at night! I enjoy your program... Best Regards!
Hi Richard I love your content and the clear way that you convey the method of capturing your images. For a novice nightscape photographer like myself it's really helpful to know the range of camera settings that work. Thanks mate👍👏
Wow!! That image is beautiful, and has a 3D quality that really makes the tree pop out of the screen! I'd recommend Richard's channel to anyone interested in improving their photography; not just for nightscaping, but for photography generally. All the principles are explained in a practical, "project" style, making it very relatable and understandable. I love these videos, and they have inspired me to get out and about under the stars, and my light-painting is improving all the time!! Thanks again, Richard. Another great video.
Another great tutorial Richard, love them. Had to pick up on your comment regarding rocks while you were moving around, we had a instance recently where we were on a mud flat taking mangroves and the milky way, very dark, had a accident where a chap wandered into a tripod sending the camera and attachments into the mud,we now hang a glow stick or small laser light below the tripod hanging down to stop any light into the camera. Works so far.
I spend countless nights in the aussie outback. Your channel has inspired me to take a DLSR where ever I go, and appreciate what I have around me once the sun goes down. Although running into a pair of dingos at 1am on my own wasn’t much fun 😆 Great presentation, and a humble honest approach. Thanks so much for your uploads.
Thanks for the explanations and reasonings for different camera settings Richard. Love the comment, "everyone loves a dead tree" made me laugh...nice one. Love your videos.
Hi sir from India,very beautiful video and its very instructive and guiding i too love nightscape photography and im really amazed and overwhwlmed by this beautiful picture of yours.Sir its beautiful and mesmerising Im a just an novice in the field of photography I would love to learn a lot and lots more from you,if you can please teach me sir.Please keep up the good work going always and thank you so very much for teaching sir.Cheers Buddha bless you and your sweet family always🙂❤❤❤
Fantastic expedition, once again! I had suggested a few videos ago that you show a histogram, so I am absolutely tickled that you did so! Thank you so much for showing the review screen of the Z6. Super helpful and enlightening!
I appreciate the amount of effort you put into this image, where most wouldn't you took your passion for nightscapes and put it all in which is evident in this brilliant image. Your shadows, light and dark just dance on the branches. I have wondered what would happen with so many sky images stacked and you have shown once again that anything is possible. You are very talented and l thoroughly enjoy your videos.
ah richard you never fail to amazine us all well done as usual i cant wait to catch up with ya in the new year lets hope this dreadful drought breaks soon take care wonder what i am getting for fathers day its our only day of the year on sunday yep im the boss for that day only take care mate cheers an beers bobby j.
Keep up the videos absolutely love them, living in London light pollution is as bad as it gets so I live my Astro photography life through your videos. If your not already you should definitely be doing workshops of this!
Thanks for å wery nice picture, and a good intrustion on who to do it. Yes! i feel the passion to get out and try! The sky is best now this days i Norway so i have to use the time. The nice cord on the sky is best at the sky in a short time after 11pm. Thanks for nice inspirastion!
You are the master! This is a beautiful subject that you’ve captured perfectly. I’m hoping for clear sky later this week since we have a new moon on Friday. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge and experience.
Really appreciate you watching Garry. I've done a few post production videos but it takes so long to record them and the videos become very long so I tend to space them out a bit.
I always look forward to your videos. They are extremely informative. I would love to see more of your actually techniques using the software: Sequator, LightRoom, PhotoShop, etc. I'm hoping that may be in our future. Thanks.
Hi Richard, new follower and just subscribed. I've been observing the night sky for years however Ive never seen a channel that showcases such stunning imagery as you have, not to mention your obvious passion which comes across so well. Currently going through your videos now. Just wanted to say hello from N. Ireland, keep up the great work - clear skies, Martin.
I will be out this next weekend to dark sky location. Watching your channel has given me some techniques and ideas that I hope I will be Abel to put to good use. I’m hoping for clear skies. Thank you for your work.
good work . im in New Zealand we have big dark sky's love what you are doing , iv learnt a lot from you . im just starting to do some light painting.its grate fun . thank you for showing us all how to do it .. im still having trouble in post in photoshop layers do my head in , but getting there thanx to you Richard
Fantastic again Richard. Just posted my first reasonable successful attempt at nightscape images on Instagram. Made a few errors but I'm still quite pleased with the result. Should have got a bit lower and perhaps tried a vertical pano. Mentioned you in the post so you should be able to see it.
Hiya.........I shoot at night regularly and know of some of the unique struggles that being in the dark brings and some of the frustrations from having to consider many different elements and juggling with handfuls of gear brings. A few things I've found that can and do make life just that little bit easier is swapping over to a geared head for my tripod. The constant low angles, frequent use of gloves, etc etc can make making small changes in compositions difficult and having very very precise accuracy and the ability to make minor adjustments on one axis only at will is invaluable. I also upgraded to a very powerful 'thrower' torch, these are torches designed to focus the beam for distance which has enabled me to get shots of things that were with a normal torch unreachable due to terrain issues (think over water, climbing over fences or rough, soggy, ground or private property etc) and generally opened up new ideas and scale of subject matter that I couldn't illuminate before. A good starter torch like a Catapult V6 from Thrunite or anything that has a lumen output higher than 1000 lumens will change the types of subjects you can now reach, they're pretty pricy for a torch but well worth it. These torches also have different power outputs which also enable you to juggle your exposure not by your physical distance to the object but by the light output you choose. For instance, I usually now don't need to edit out light streaks from the torch in post because I'm far enough back that the torch isn't in the scene and this can also lead to reducing the need for so many shots to blend later and in some cases I'm very happy to make one exposure for the foreground and subject together. So now with being able to be further away from subjects the next thing is having a long distance trigger. I know the ones you're using are generally around the 100m or so range but have found using Pixel King Pro flash trigger units give me 300m range, just fantastic. Only drawback being they don't support Bulb mode.
But you seem to have plenty of beautiful scenery in Australia... much less chances for me (in Northern Italy...) to get any as crowded and polluted as we are over here... plus, getting up at 2 or 3.00 am in the deep of the night is hard to conceive for me... especially when it is as chilly as you said (1 deg C!!!)...;0) This means true dedication and hard cmmitment
That's an awesome image, almost mesmerizing, I could stare at that for hours. The tree is amazing with all its twisted and gnarled branches, that tree has a lot of character, and I love the sky with the setting milky way, but I really love how the angle of the MW in the sky almost mirrors the slope of the ground perfectly, it really draws your eye in toward the tree. This is one beautiful image 👍 Thank you Richard for taking us along with you for the shoot, and for sharing with us all how you capture these images 😀👍
Wow Richard, probably one of the best images I've seen of yours since binge watching all of your videos! Great job mate. Very informative video too for those wanting to get an understanding of what is necessary. Keep up the great content. 👍
Great video indeed! I have also noticed a couple of aliens got upset with you shooting their planet and apparently they only have a dislike button on their computers!
Another fantastic nightscape image.. though I have seen similar one done by you before, it is still worth the 13 min watching it. A small request, can you show one with human figure as the foreground subject as I have hard time getting the human subject to come out sharp. Thanks, Richard.
Thanks very much for watching Raymond. Yes it's difficult to get portraits to be sharp and clear. Check this video: ruclips.net/video/IsAB8rhHjrA/видео.html and also this one: ruclips.net/video/cS3UE3XBWMw/видео.html
Hey Richard, Absolutely amazing image, love the Milky Way and love the highlights on the tree. I’ve already earmarked a tree near me for this. Keep up the good work.
Wow ! What a splendid image Richard you’re a master of this art mate you really are. Thanks again for taking the time to explain all your settings and more importantly the reasons why you did so, I find that really helpful and I’m learning heaps. Cheers Carl over in WA.
Many thanks. I have been applying your techniques and I am getting better at nightscapes. I think the foreground shots at ISO 800 at f8 for light painting is what I was missing. I had been doing foreground shots at f2.8 and I just didn't have the depth of field that I needed.
I'm excited about trying this technique, and your videos are fantastic. My question is: why did you take multiple shots of the sky with the same camera settings and then stack and merge them? Usually, when I take multiple images for stacking and merging, it's with different exposure settings. Thanks again for the detailed instructions.
Thanks so much for watching. The reason I stacked multiple layers of the same sky was to reduce the noise in the image. At these high iso's there is a lot of noise so when you stack a lot of the same images on top of each other the Sequator software has the ability to reduce the noise whilst at the same time align the stars in the image .. as well as that it can also freeze the foreground so it all lines up with the light painted layers. This is different to Bracketing for exposure or HDR. Hope that helps.
That is one AWESOME image !!!! I am trying to get huge boulders as my foreground, so would you change the way you use the torch ? And in case your in any doubt - your enthusiasm is indeed infectious.
@@nightscapeimages.richard Is that orange gel cover on your torch just a cellophane or is it a pro photographers bit of kit ? ( sorry if thats a dumb question )
@@tobyjugg6202 Not a dumb question at all. In fact I address this in my next video (Which hasn't been released yet) It's a proper photographic gel .. very tough and the right colour. In Australia the part number is 205. It known as a 1/2 cto gel.
Your vids are informative and inspiring! I look forward to watching them. In this vid, you mentioned you set your WB to 4,000K for the foreground shots. Did you use this same setting for the sky shots? Thanks again for your wonderful posts.
Oh! So beautiful! I’m trying to spend as much nights as I can, out there, attempting to catch amazing images like yours. They’re so beautiful 😍! I get a little frustrated as things don’t go as planned but, let’s keep on shooting skies 🌌 and, hopefully, I’ll reach the stars ✨ as breathtakingly as you do! .... the Nikon Z6 might help me, don’t you think ?! 😂 I’m impatient to get my hands on it 😍😍😍😍 (As for thé Z6, do you only use Z lenses on it or you’re using the FTZ adapter? And if so, does it do a good job focusing without lagging?) As always ... luv ya and all your great images and videos 👏😘👋😍
Thanks so much Carole. I use the FTZ adaptor pretty much all the time on my Z6. I only have one native lens .... the 24-70 f4. It takes a long time to master nightscape photography, in fact the journey is endless. Embrace where you're at and enjoy the ride.
Nightscape Images Thank you for the answer! Certain people were saying that the adapter ftz was not working properly. Since you’re using it all the time and it’s working properly- looking at all the greatness you achieve- I think it might just be a wrongful way of using it. Luv ya ! 👋👋👋
Hi Richard, great video thank you very much for sharing your knowledge and passion. A question which sky watcher star adventurer model do you use? greetings from Chile!
Fantastic image. Very nice explanation of setting up the shot and describing the settings. What do you suggest for stacking photos with Mac? Are you going to do a work flow of processing this photo? Keep up the great work.
Thanks so much for watching Bret. The best stacking software for mac is Starry Landscape Stacker. No I'll probably not do another video on this image. I do the post processing from time to time but those videos are very long so I keep them spaced out a bit.
Thanks Richard, great video as always. I wonder why usually you prefer the stacking technique for shooting the milk way instead of using a star tracker. Are the results better stacking the images whit Sequator than tracking the stars? It would be nice a video comparing the results between the two techniques.
Thanks a lot Gilson. It's quite simple really .. it's so much easier to blend in foregrounds when stacking as opposed to tracking. I think that tracking has the potential to produce better milky way images but it's murder blending in complicated foreground objects. Appreciate you watching.
Another brilliant and inspiring video Richard, I am planning on going out to shoot the Milky Way tonight. Quick question I noticed you are shooting jpg rather than RAW what’s your rationale ? Is that intentional, I have seen it in some of your other videos. Thanks Steve
Wow Richard, that's a cracking result, the detail and sharpness is fantastic....Nicely done bud.... Richard i'm thinking of getting the NIKON AF-S NIKKOR 20mm f/1.8G ED Lens for my D810, whats your thoughts on it as i know you think very highly of this lens.. Would love to know your thoughts... Thank you once again for your tremendous nightscape work.
Thanks for watching. Usually I don't see any wild animals at night .. mainly because in Australia I do most of my milky way shooting in the cooler months.
Very nice! You ought to be a Nikon Ambassador.
Thanks Bryan, I don't think they are very interested.
@@nightscapeimages.richard Their loss!!
I live in Tucson, Arizona; and right now the Galactic Core is visiting your neighborhood down under. So I'm going to be scouting out locations, and doing some practice runs. I can't wait for the next time to give this a try. Oh, come spring time I plan on getting my buddy shown in the picture rattlesnake avoidance trained. It doesn't hurt to have him keeping me safe during the summer months at night! I enjoy your program... Best Regards!
Really appreciate your comments Michael, thanks so much for watching.
Fantastic. Can't wait till next one.
Thanks heaps Brian
Hi Richard
I love your content and the clear way that you convey the method of capturing your images. For a novice nightscape photographer like myself it's really helpful to know the range of camera settings that work. Thanks mate👍👏
Thanks a lot Ian, really appreciate your kind words.
Absolutely stunning image, thanks for sharing such great information on how you achieved such a wonderful shot😀
Thanks again for watching.
Rip Snorter as usual mate .. love it.
Thanks heaps Tim
Again an amazing Picture with an amazing explanation
Really appreciated my friend
Nice movie as always. :) Thank you :)
Thank you very much Michal
Wow!! That image is beautiful, and has a 3D quality that really makes the tree pop out of the screen! I'd recommend Richard's channel to anyone interested in improving their photography; not just for nightscaping, but for photography generally. All the principles are explained in a practical, "project" style, making it very relatable and understandable. I love these videos, and they have inspired me to get out and about under the stars, and my light-painting is improving all the time!! Thanks again, Richard. Another great video.
Really appreciate your very encouraging comments Simon. Thank you
Another great tutorial Richard, love them. Had to pick up on your comment regarding rocks while you were moving around, we had a instance recently where we were on a mud flat taking mangroves and the milky way, very dark, had a accident where a chap wandered into a tripod sending the camera and attachments into the mud,we now hang a glow stick or small laser light below the tripod hanging down to stop any light into the camera. Works so far.
Thanks for watching Gary. Wow i hope the camera was ok after all that.
I spend countless nights in the aussie outback. Your channel has inspired me to take a DLSR where ever I go, and appreciate what I have around me once the sun goes down.
Although running into a pair of dingos at 1am on my own wasn’t much fun 😆
Great presentation, and a humble honest approach. Thanks so much for your uploads.
Thanks so much. Really appreciate your very encouraging comments
I love it Richard! Blessings to you and your instruction...I'm excited! Aloha!
Thanks so much my friend, really appreciated
Wit is a real nice picture indeed. Love the highlights on the branches
Thanks so much Narelle really appreciated
Awesome as usual.
Thanks a lot for watching.
Love the way you have that branch pointing at Jupiter
Thanks Brett, wasn't planned that way but I agree with you.
Not going to argue with you - that is one mighty fantastic image. Thanks for bringing us long, look forward to the next trip.
Thanks heaps mate, really appreciated.
Always enjoy seeing how you do things.
Thanks very much for that.
Excellent video Richard, like everyone you've done.
Really pleased you like it Rodolfo, thank you.
Wow, Richard. That inspires me tremendously! Awesome image. Thanks.
Thanks so much Richard really appreciate your support
Great work,thanks Richard
Thanks very much for the comment
Glorious image, Richard 👍🌟
I'm glad you like it ...!!!
Wow..just awesome Richard. You're a master of your craft. 2 thumbs up from Canada.
Thank you so much for watching and leaving a comment.
Thank you again Richard for another great explanation of your process.
Thanks so much Suzanne, really appreciated.
Another great video,,our pleasure to watch ,
Thank you
Many thanks indeed Phillip, glad you liked it.
Big fan of your work ! And thanks for sharing you tips and process with everybody.
Really appreciate that Karl thanks
Stunning image Richard. Great art 👌👌👌
Really appreciated my friend.
Good job! Always enjoy your work.
Really appreciate that Min
Thank you !!!
Glad you like it Kella
Such an amazing piece of fine art. The highlights in the branches are impeccable. Thanks so much for sharing.
Really appreciate that my friend
Thanks for the explanations and reasonings for different camera settings Richard. Love the comment, "everyone loves a dead tree" made me laugh...nice one. Love your videos.
Thanks a lot Chips .. well I reckon lots of people love the old dead trees ...!!!
Hi sir from India,very beautiful video and its very instructive and guiding i too love nightscape photography and im really amazed and overwhwlmed by this beautiful picture of yours.Sir its beautiful and mesmerising Im a just an novice in the field of photography I would love to learn a lot and lots more from you,if you can please teach me sir.Please keep up the good work going always and thank you so very much for teaching sir.Cheers Buddha bless you and your sweet family always🙂❤❤❤
Thanks so much for watching and for the very kind words.
Wow, totally awesome image! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks so much Michael
Fantastic expedition, once again! I had suggested a few videos ago that you show a histogram, so I am absolutely tickled that you did so! Thank you so much for showing the review screen of the Z6. Super helpful and enlightening!
Thanks Chris, you are very welcome.
I appreciate the amount of effort you put into this image, where most wouldn't you took your passion for nightscapes and put it all in which is evident in this brilliant image. Your shadows, light and dark just dance on the branches. I have wondered what would happen with so many sky images stacked and you have shown once again that anything is possible. You are very talented and l thoroughly enjoy your videos.
Thanks so much for your very kind and encouraging comments Leigh ... it means a lot.
Great job Richard you made a dead tree come back to life😁
Thanks a lot Brian ... lots of dead trees around .. I better get cracking ..!!!
ah richard you never fail to amazine us all well done as usual i cant wait to catch up with ya in the new year lets hope this dreadful drought breaks soon take care wonder what i am getting for fathers day its our only day of the year on sunday yep im the boss for that day only take care mate cheers an beers bobby j.
Haha .. you better make sure you are the boss this Sunday Bobby ...!!!
Keep up the videos absolutely love them, living in London light pollution is as bad as it gets so I live my Astro photography life through your videos. If your not already you should definitely be doing workshops of this!
Hey Martyn, thanks so much. I'm already doing nightscape workshops.
Superb Richard and just the best teacher on YT.
Means a lot Michael. Really appreciate you watching.
Great video, awesome shot
Thanks very much Jeff
Awesome picture!
Thanks heaps mate.
Fantastic image and another great explanation . Love your work Richard👍
Really appreciate you watching Peter. Many thanks indeed.
I can’t seem to find a supplier of CTO gel. Do you have any suggestions Richard? Thankyou
In Australia the part no is 205. I buy it from CCs Light and Sound in Port Melbourne
Thanks for å wery nice picture, and a good intrustion on who to do it. Yes! i feel the passion to get out and try! The sky is best now this days i Norway so i have to use the time. The nice cord on the sky is best at the sky in a short time after 11pm. Thanks for nice inspirastion!
Really pleased you like it Tom, thank you for watching.
You are the master! This is a beautiful subject that you’ve captured perfectly. I’m hoping for clear sky later this week since we have a new moon on Friday. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge and experience.
You're welcome Dave, really appreciate you watching.
Great one Richard
I'm glad you liked it Shane, thanks heaps mate.
Great picture.. As usual thanks for sharing.
Really appreciate you watching Jo
Stunning image Richard
Thanks heaps Jules, really appreciate it.
Always happy to see you come up in my feed. It's been so long since I've been out for night images that I'm getting twitchy - maybe tonight!
Good on you Theresa, I'm really pleased you like the videos.
Amazing shots! Thanks a lot for sharing your knoledge, im learning so much from your channel!
Really appreciate that Joe, thank you.
Thoroughly, enjoyable & informative, I definitely agree with you, the resulting image is, stunning :-)
Thanks so much for watching
Nice one Richard.
Thanks a lot Paul, really appreciated
Richard, love the highlights on the tree branches from your light painting! Another great episode.
Really appreciate your comments Walter
Magnificent work!!! 🔦📸🌌😎👍
Really appreciate that Lutero
Superb Richard , i would love to see how you put it all together in post production , many thanks.
Really appreciate you watching Garry. I've done a few post production videos but it takes so long to record them and the videos become very long so I tend to space them out a bit.
@@nightscapeimages.richard no problem Richard , i will look back at some of the others , thanks for your reply , keep up the great work
I always look forward to your videos. They are extremely informative. I would love to see more of your actually techniques using the software: Sequator, LightRoom, PhotoShop, etc. I'm hoping that may be in our future. Thanks.
Thanks very much for watching Steve, I've done a few videos already showing that workflow .. see this one. ruclips.net/video/dllp7BBvmPg/видео.html
Hi Richard, new follower and just subscribed. I've been observing the night sky for years however Ive never seen a channel that showcases such stunning imagery as you have, not to mention your obvious passion which comes across so well. Currently going through your videos now. Just wanted to say hello from N. Ireland, keep up the great work - clear skies, Martin.
Thanks so much for your very kind words Martin. I'm really pleased you're getting something out of the videos.
I will be out this next weekend to dark sky location. Watching your channel has given me some techniques and ideas that I hope I will be Abel to put to good use. I’m hoping for clear skies. Thank you for your work.
Thank you for watching George, really appreciated.
good work . im in New Zealand we have big dark sky's love what you are doing , iv learnt a lot from you . im just starting to do some light painting.its grate fun . thank you for showing us all how to do it .. im still having trouble in post in photoshop layers do my head in , but getting there thanx to you Richard
Thanks a lot for watching Iain. I'm doing some editing videos now so maybe they will help. Appreciate your comments.
Fantastic again Richard. Just posted my first reasonable successful attempt at nightscape images on Instagram. Made a few errors but I'm still quite pleased with the result. Should have got a bit lower and perhaps tried a vertical pano. Mentioned you in the post so you should be able to see it.
Thanks a lot for watching Ford .. I'll check out your image.
Hiya.........I shoot at night regularly and know of some of the unique struggles that being in the dark brings and some of the frustrations from having to consider many different elements and juggling with handfuls of gear brings. A few things I've found that can and do make life just that little bit easier is swapping over to a geared head for my tripod. The constant low angles, frequent use of gloves, etc etc can make making small changes in compositions difficult and having very very precise accuracy and the ability to make minor adjustments on one axis only at will is invaluable. I also upgraded to a very powerful 'thrower' torch, these are torches designed to focus the beam for distance which has enabled me to get shots of things that were with a normal torch unreachable due to terrain issues (think over water, climbing over fences or rough, soggy, ground or private property etc) and generally opened up new ideas and scale of subject matter that I couldn't illuminate before. A good starter torch like a Catapult V6 from Thrunite or anything that has a lumen output higher than 1000 lumens will change the types of subjects you can now reach, they're pretty pricy for a torch but well worth it. These torches also have different power outputs which also enable you to juggle your exposure not by your physical distance to the object but by the light output you choose. For instance, I usually now don't need to edit out light streaks from the torch in post because I'm far enough back that the torch isn't in the scene and this can also lead to reducing the need for so many shots to blend later and in some cases I'm very happy to make one exposure for the foreground and subject together. So now with being able to be further away from subjects the next thing is having a long distance trigger. I know the ones you're using are generally around the 100m or so range but have found using Pixel King Pro flash trigger units give me 300m range, just fantastic. Only drawback being they don't support Bulb mode.
That's fantastic Dakman ... Wow I don't know about shooting from 300 mtr range .. sounds exciting.
Awesome work mate, looking forward to your next adventure
Many thanks indeed Brad
Thanks , you helped me learn this technique. I'm inspired to use it .
Thanks so much Matthew. I hope you go well.
@@nightscapeimages.richard Can I send you an image?
No worries at all
A true masterpiece, mate! I am truly speechless... I wish I could do something like that myself... truly inspiring!
Really appreciate tge comment my friend
But you seem to have plenty of beautiful scenery in Australia... much less chances for me (in Northern Italy...) to get any as crowded and polluted as we are over here... plus, getting up at 2 or 3.00 am in the deep of the night is hard to conceive for me... especially when it is as chilly as you said (1 deg C!!!)...;0) This means true dedication and hard cmmitment
That's an awesome image, almost mesmerizing, I could stare at that for hours.
The tree is amazing with all its twisted and gnarled branches, that tree has a lot of character, and I love the sky with the setting milky way, but I really love how the angle of the MW in the sky almost mirrors the slope of the ground perfectly, it really draws your eye in toward the tree. This is one beautiful image 👍
Thank you Richard for taking us along with you for the shoot, and for sharing with us all how you capture these images 😀👍
Really appreciate you watching and for leaving that great comment.
Wow Richard, probably one of the best images I've seen of yours since binge watching all of your videos! Great job mate. Very informative video too for those wanting to get an understanding of what is necessary. Keep up the great content. 👍
Really appreciate your comments Mick .. thank you.
Great video indeed! I have also noticed a couple of aliens got upset with you shooting their planet and apparently they only have a dislike button on their computers!
Haha .. thanks for watching. Yes there are always a few dissatisfied aliens out there.
Привет из Украины :) Учусь по вашим видео урокам! И получаю огромное удовольствие! Спасибо за Ваш труд!
Thanks so much for watching really appreciated.
Wow, that image is absolutely stunning it’s one of your best ever 😃
Very kind of you to say Linda, thanks a lot.
fantastic friend
Thanks very much Jose
Sure I will be watching this over and over. What will be on the agenda for the summer?
I'll be having a bit of a rest during the summer .. and also planning my adventures for 2020.
Most wonderful picture, Greating from the Nederlands
Thanks very much my friend
awesome sir.. love from indonesia
Really appreciate you watching Tycen
Your passion infected me =) Thanks. My gear is too weak for stuff like this. But once I get new one I definitely will use your advises
Thanks so much for watching
Another fantastic nightscape image.. though I have seen similar one done by you before, it is still worth the 13 min watching it. A small request, can you show one with human figure as the foreground subject as I have hard time getting the human subject to come out sharp. Thanks, Richard.
Thanks very much for watching Raymond. Yes it's difficult to get portraits to be sharp and clear. Check this video: ruclips.net/video/IsAB8rhHjrA/видео.html and also this one: ruclips.net/video/cS3UE3XBWMw/видео.html
So far, this pic is my fav from u !! Well done!!
Really appreciate that Janos, thank you.
Another fantastic video! Huge thanks for the tireless effort you put into these.
Thanks Jeff .. yes it's a lot of work but I love what I do.
Hey Richard,
Absolutely amazing image, love the Milky Way and love the highlights on the tree. I’ve already earmarked a tree near me for this. Keep up the good work.
Good on you Mark, really appreciate you watching.
Never get tired of your superb video's Richard your image is awesome mate - keep up the good work
Thanks so much as always Chris
Stunning image Richard. Watching your vids has made want to get out and try Astro photography
I'm really pleased to hear that John, appreciate the comment and thanks for watching.
Seu vídeo é muito bom e ajuda muito a vc iluminar o primeiro plano, parabéns, sensacional.
Thanks very much for watching Adilson, really appreciate it.
Nightscape Images I live in Brazil, in Santos-SP, I'm practicing Astrophotography this week I'm going to Pantanal - Lua Nova
@@ADILSONMARQUES1943 Fantastic
Nice one Richard, a beautiful composition. I love the way the milky way is horizontal, I have never seen it like that up here.
Thanks a lot David. Yes it looks like that as it sets for the season.
That is a pearler shot Richard!!! One of your best. Fantastic effort. Hopefully I can get a similar result one day soon! Keep up the great work! 😀👍
Thanks heaps Nash .. really appreciated.
Wow ! What a splendid image Richard you’re a master of this art mate you really are. Thanks again for taking the time to explain all your settings and more importantly the reasons why you did so, I find that really helpful and I’m learning heaps.
Cheers
Carl over in WA.
Thanks so much Carl.
Many thanks. I have been applying your techniques and I am getting better at nightscapes. I think the foreground shots at ISO 800 at f8 for light painting is what I was missing. I had been doing foreground shots at f2.8 and I just didn't have the depth of field that I needed.
Thanks so much John. Yes the smaller aperture and lower iso makes all the difference.
Thanks for the lesson. Trying out your approach. My attempts aren’t much good but yours are fantastic.
Thanks very much Bernard, appreciate you watching.
Another great video! Love the photo. Let me know when it’s available a
for purchase.
Thanks so much Lonnie. All my image's are usually for sale
Astounding work as always, go a congratulations from me and thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Really appreciate that Jorge, thank you.
I'm excited about trying this technique, and your videos are fantastic. My question is: why did you take multiple shots of the sky with the same camera settings and then stack and merge them? Usually, when I take multiple images for stacking and merging, it's with different exposure settings. Thanks again for the detailed instructions.
Thanks so much for watching. The reason I stacked multiple layers of the same sky was to reduce the noise in the image. At these high iso's there is a lot of noise so when you stack a lot of the same images on top of each other the Sequator software has the ability to reduce the noise whilst at the same time align the stars in the image .. as well as that it can also freeze the foreground so it all lines up with the light painted layers. This is different to Bracketing for exposure or HDR. Hope that helps.
@@nightscapeimages.richard Thank you very much for getting back to me. I understand better now. and also learned about the capabilities of Sequator.
That is one AWESOME image !!!! I am trying to get huge boulders as my foreground, so would you change the way you use the torch ? And in case your in any doubt - your enthusiasm is indeed infectious.
Thanks a lot Toby ... No I'd pretty much light it the same as this. Appreciate the comments.
@@nightscapeimages.richard Is that orange gel cover on your torch just a cellophane or is it a pro photographers bit of kit ? ( sorry if thats a dumb question )
@@tobyjugg6202 Not a dumb question at all. In fact I address this in my next video (Which hasn't been released yet) It's a proper photographic gel .. very tough and the right colour. In Australia the part number is 205. It known as a 1/2 cto gel.
So, odd question. I know it would require a person to remain very still, but have you ever tried lighting up a person as your foreground object?
I do lots of nightscape portraits. I did a video about it a while back.
Your vids are informative and inspiring! I look forward to watching them. In this vid, you mentioned you set your WB to 4,000K for the foreground shots. Did you use this same setting for the sky shots? Thanks again for your wonderful posts.
Thanks a lot Lav, yes I did set the white balance to about 4000k
Oh! So beautiful! I’m trying to spend as much nights as I can, out there, attempting to catch amazing images like yours. They’re so beautiful 😍!
I get a little frustrated as things don’t go as planned but, let’s keep on shooting skies 🌌 and, hopefully, I’ll reach the stars ✨ as breathtakingly as you do!
.... the Nikon Z6 might help me, don’t you think ?! 😂 I’m impatient to get my hands on it 😍😍😍😍
(As for thé Z6, do you only use Z lenses on it or you’re using the FTZ adapter? And if so, does it do a good job focusing without lagging?)
As always ... luv ya and all your great images and videos 👏😘👋😍
Thanks so much Carole. I use the FTZ adaptor pretty much all the time on my Z6. I only have one native lens .... the 24-70 f4. It takes a long time to master nightscape photography, in fact the journey is endless. Embrace where you're at and enjoy the ride.
Nightscape Images Thank you for the answer!
Certain people were saying that the adapter ftz was not working properly.
Since you’re using it all the time and it’s working properly- looking at all the greatness you achieve- I think it might just be a wrongful way of using it.
Luv ya ! 👋👋👋
@@carolelabrecque2799 It doesn't autofocus with some non Nikon lenses. But no trouble on the 20mm f1.8.
Hi Richard, great video thank you very much for sharing your knowledge and passion. A question which sky watcher star adventurer model do you use? greetings from Chile!
Hi Marco. I actually own a Sky watcher Star Adventurer .. but I didn't use it for this image. Thanks for watching.
Thank you very very much Richard, regards
Fantastic image. Very nice explanation of setting up the shot and describing the settings. What do you suggest for stacking photos with Mac? Are you going to do a work flow of processing this photo? Keep up the great work.
Thanks so much for watching Bret. The best stacking software for mac is Starry Landscape Stacker. No I'll probably not do another video on this image. I do the post processing from time to time but those videos are very long so I keep them spaced out a bit.
Thanks Richard, great video as always. I wonder why usually you prefer the stacking technique for shooting the milk way instead of using a star tracker. Are the results better stacking the images whit Sequator than tracking the stars? It would be nice a video comparing the results between the two techniques.
Thanks a lot Gilson. It's quite simple really .. it's so much easier to blend in foregrounds when stacking as opposed to tracking. I think that tracking has the potential to produce better milky way images but it's murder blending in complicated foreground objects. Appreciate you watching.
Another brilliant and inspiring video Richard, I am planning on going out to shoot the Milky Way tonight. Quick question I noticed you are shooting jpg rather than RAW what’s your rationale ? Is that intentional, I have seen it in some of your other videos. Thanks Steve
Thanks so much Steven. No I'm shooting raw but whenever you preview an image on the rear lcd screen it shows up as a jpeg.
Love your work, I hope to use some of your techniques soon, just ordered a "new to me" DSLR
Fantastic I hope it goes well.
Wow Richard, that's a cracking result, the detail and sharpness is fantastic....Nicely done bud.... Richard i'm thinking of getting the NIKON AF-S NIKKOR 20mm f/1.8G ED Lens for my D810, whats your thoughts on it as i know you think very highly of this lens.. Would love to know your thoughts... Thank you once again for your tremendous nightscape work.
Thanks heaps Royston. As you know I love that lens as you can stop it down to get the sharpness. It's also a very light weight option.
@@nightscapeimages.richard Lovely thank you for your advice Richard, really appreciate that. I think a new purchase is in order...
Off to Vegas in October, hoping to spend an evening in Death Valley for my first shot at Astro photography
Fantastic Jake, hope it goes well.
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Verry nice shots, i was wondering do you ever com across snakes or ather animals during the night shots, as always thumps upp :-)
Thanks for watching. Usually I don't see any wild animals at night .. mainly because in Australia I do most of my milky way shooting in the cooler months.