Use Starry Landscape Stacker to align all the milky way images. It does all the aligning for you. I will use 30 images and a few dark frames and the program does a perfect job. Blend that with a blue hour foreground shot and you have an image that be printed large and detailed.
Good video. I just stumbled on this after my first trip to a dark sky preserve in Ontario…unfortunately I went during hunter moon week in fall and gave me good trees but washed out Milky Way. Even thought it was pitch black, my Milky Way shots were faint. Good to know what I did in my first outing matched some of the tips in this video.
Big thanks to Sam for sharing her techniques and demonstrating astro post processing!! Really enjoyable and informative. I'd love to know move about the post processing i.e. the 'why' and what's happening rather than just memorizing the steps.
This was such a helpful video for me, since I have been curious about astrophotography for a while now. Sam was very clear with her explanations and process, which I appreciated. I hope the two of you collab again in the future, not only because I'm sure there is more to cover with astro, but also because I felt that you bounced off of each other really well. Your chemistry was such that you were informative and funny. Thanks, Lizzie and Sam!
I love astrophotography! (Please do NOT interpret that as me thinking I am good at it, only that I enjoy doing it.) In fact, I have planned trips to places like Moab Utah & the Alabama Hills near Lone Pine CA just to get dark skies. It sure does take a LOT of practice, most of which tends to be trial & error.
Well done ladies, I’ve been looking at this subject and your presentation inspired me even more to give it a go. I just need to find a suitable location in the NW of England.
I went to shoot the milky way in California a couple years ago and it was surreal tbh. Really humbling. Never saw the milky way before and definitely didn’t know you could see it with your naked eye granted there was no light pollution. Really wanna do more when I get some time haha
Quite nice of you, lizzie, openning in your channel such opportunity to other areas of photography 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 And, Sam, it was amazing to have this pleasant time following your tips through a direct, clear and simple way. Loved that !!! See ya, blue skies 🤙🏻🍀📸
Love this video! I would love to see how you would integrate foregrounds with the sky shots. Also, do you think I could get decent shots from a Olympus e-5 body?
Nice video. Can't wait to try myself, just need to wait a month or two for the nights to get dark again. Just out of curiosity, is there a reason why Auto Align Layers wouldn't work in photoshop for these kind of photos as you did the aligning manually? Does photoshop get confused by the foreground being static and only stars moving if you try to use auto alignment?
There is nothing wrong with dodging and burning. I’m old and I started in film and did a lot of dodging and burning back in the day. Sure it was harder and today’s tools make it easier but it’s the same, just ask Ansel Adams he did lots of it in his work and no one would question him.
Nice to see an astrophotography video not made by a bro. It seems like you basically enjoyed the experience but have you repeated it? And how about the follow-up you teased that would show the rest of the processing. I personally would not have made the processing choices Sam made, but I am still curious to hear what she did to complete the images.
what if you don't have this 'star tracker' feature? I tried astral photography and had a lot of little lines like that. Does photoshop fix this somehow? btw, you both are so cool - cheers
Great video - loved seeing you take a chance with something new, Sam was definitely a greatest guide for a first attempt on both the capturing and post-processing side!
I've always found astro fascinating, but whenever I try through trial and error, my photos come out incredibly mediocre. Definitely gonna save this video to reference next time!!
Fantastic presence. That's all. Funny enough but very fast, no one can follow your pace. No information some one can use at this pace. Post editing with Photoshop is just a presentation of your skills. Not a lesson for beginners. Thank u for your try but pleae try harder if u really want to help beginners.
As someone who does astrophotography often please do not encourage the use of the red headlamp!!!!! It is a shot ruiner especially if other people are around and nearly impossible to correct in post. Yes I understand you want to preserve the night vision but if you are looking at your cameras screen/EVF then the “damage” is already done. NO RED LAMPS!!!
Hate to be this blunt but the processing is just terrible, please don't make tutorials for things you can't do, there's already too much poorly post produced astro out there.
Pleasantly surprised by how much easier this was than I anticipated.
now do deep space nebula astrophotography!
Use Starry Landscape Stacker to align all the milky way images. It does all the aligning for you. I will use 30 images and a few dark frames and the program does a perfect job. Blend that with a blue hour foreground shot and you have an image that be printed large and detailed.
Apologies for the colour issue towards the end of the video!
It happens!
Good video. I just stumbled on this after my first trip to a dark sky preserve in Ontario…unfortunately I went during hunter moon week in fall and gave me good trees but washed out Milky Way. Even thought it was pitch black, my Milky Way shots were faint. Good to know what I did in my first outing matched some of the tips in this video.
Very nicely done Lizzie! Thank you! :)
I've been shooting the night skies for a few years now and this is a great introduction video for people who are interested for sure!
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Big thanks to Sam for sharing her techniques and demonstrating astro post processing!! Really enjoyable and informative. I'd love to know move about the post processing i.e. the 'why' and what's happening rather than just memorizing the steps.
SAMMMMM AHHH I LOVE SAMMM SO MUCH THIS MAKES ME SO HAPPY YALL ARE WORKING TOGETHER ❤️❤️❤️
SAM IS THE BESSTTTT
Astro is my favorite! Learned a lot of techniques for editing them with this one thanks Lizzie and Sam!
This was such a helpful video for me, since I have been curious about astrophotography for a while now. Sam was very clear with her explanations and process, which I appreciated.
I hope the two of you collab again in the future, not only because I'm sure there is more to cover with astro, but also because I felt that you bounced off of each other really well. Your chemistry was such that you were informative and funny.
Thanks, Lizzie and Sam!
Kudos for a clear and complete tutorial. I never shoot astro and probably never will but it was very good watch. 🙏💪
imma try this and put on my threads thx Lizzie, this is what I've always wanted to do just didn't know where to start from
Time to do Deep Sky Astro now.
I love astrophotography! (Please do NOT interpret that as me thinking I am good at it, only that I enjoy doing it.) In fact, I have planned trips to places like Moab Utah & the Alabama Hills near Lone Pine CA just to get dark skies.
It sure does take a LOT of practice, most of which tends to be trial & error.
I tell myself every year that I'm going to get into doing astrophotography, but then night time rolls around and I go to sleep.
Sam needs to start a channel, love the video, I'm going to try this for the first time this weekend.
Well done ladies, I’ve been looking at this subject and your presentation inspired me even more to give it a go. I just need to find a suitable location in the NW of England.
Would love to see more astro with Sam!
Yes to more of this series! Love seeing how people do their Astro differently.
Awesome! This was super helpful! Thank you 🙏
24:44 edits were forgotten 😂
Happens to the best. Do I get a price for noticing?
Loved this video :)
So much Astro photography videos are pretty pretentious/focused on so much equipment and this was just easy and fun…
Great content. Thanks!
I went to shoot the milky way in California a couple years ago and it was surreal tbh. Really humbling. Never saw the milky way before and definitely didn’t know you could see it with your naked eye granted there was no light pollution. Really wanna do more when I get some time haha
Super cool video. Love how much fun you two had.
Woohoo we need more women astrophotographers 🙌🏼
Quite nice of you, lizzie, openning in your channel such opportunity to other areas of photography 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
And, Sam, it was amazing to have this pleasant time following your tips through a direct, clear and simple way. Loved that !!!
See ya, blue skies 🤙🏻🍀📸
Great job and thank you for being SO detailed, especially in the post! You give me the courage to give it a try!
Love this video! I would love to see how you would integrate foregrounds with the sky shots. Also, do you think I could get decent shots from a Olympus e-5 body?
Nice video. Can't wait to try myself, just need to wait a month or two for the nights to get dark again. Just out of curiosity, is there a reason why Auto Align Layers wouldn't work in photoshop for these kind of photos as you did the aligning manually? Does photoshop get confused by the foreground being static and only stars moving if you try to use auto alignment?
The video started with ketchup chips, I must like already
Forgot in a video to apply the colour grade.... Video in Slog...😂😂😂❤❤❤
the second Sam said you guys were facing Southwest I knew exactly what you were all going to be shooting lol
There is nothing wrong with dodging and burning. I’m old and I started in film and did a lot of dodging and burning back in the day. Sure it was harder and today’s tools make it easier but it’s the same, just ask Ansel Adams he did lots of it in his work and no one would question him.
Nice to see an astrophotography video not made by a bro. It seems like you basically enjoyed the experience but have you repeated it? And how about the follow-up you teased that would show the rest of the processing. I personally would not have made the processing choices Sam made, but I am still curious to hear what she did to complete the images.
what if you don't have this 'star tracker' feature? I tried astral photography and had a lot of little lines like that. Does photoshop fix this somehow? btw, you both are so cool - cheers
You need to shoot 5 to 10 second max than stack the photos. Photoshop won't do shit if you have star trails.
Thank you for this video!!!
Loved the video
Could you use auto align layers in photoshop?
Great video - loved seeing you take a chance with something new, Sam was definitely a greatest guide for a first attempt on both the capturing and post-processing side!
This feels like a masterclass of astrophotography
More please!
This was such a good video! Super helpful 😁 Please do more astro together 😍!
And wait until you get into deep space astro
Howdy Howdy
sooo, forgot to actually put up the before and after comparison?
Loved this video, but the music is a slight distraction. Still, thanks for this one! :)
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25:20-25:47 is not colorgraded
I've always found astro fascinating, but whenever I try through trial and error, my photos come out incredibly mediocre. Definitely gonna save this video to reference next time!!
First comment first 🥇
I realize that I’m dangerously close to mansplaining here but, deep sky stacker?
It’s free. Loved the gradient process tho, much simpler than most.
yall both look faded af
Fantastic presence. That's all. Funny enough but very fast, no one can follow your pace. No information some one can use at this pace. Post editing with Photoshop is just a presentation of your skills. Not a lesson for beginners. Thank u for your try but pleae try harder if u really want to help beginners.
As someone who does astrophotography often please do not encourage the use of the red headlamp!!!!! It is a shot ruiner especially if other people are around and nearly impossible to correct in post. Yes I understand you want to preserve the night vision but if you are looking at your cameras screen/EVF then the “damage” is already done. NO RED LAMPS!!!
Hate to be this blunt but the processing is just terrible, please don't make tutorials for things you can't do, there's already too much poorly post produced astro out there.
Agreed. The first part was fine but the post processing was not good. She made the editing part so much harder than it needed to be !!!
But did you take a photo of Uranus though?
kelvin prob better 4200