Some next level shit right here. Love the creativity of the overall idea and the knowledge of these programs to make it all work perfectly. Well done dude.
Your videos are fantastic. So well produced and entertaining. Loved following your trip on instagram! Thank you for showing us all how to shoot the milkyway, its been such a favorite thing for me to shoot now!
RAM suction cup mount for the camera: www.amazon.com/RAM-B-166-202AU-Ram-Mount-Universal-4-Inch-20/dp/B003ASPH48/ Lens skirt for glare: www.amazon.com/Lenskirt-Larger-Anti-Reflection-Portable-Flexible/dp/B018WNFLH8 you could take 30s exposures no problem (during times of no turbulence). I've used the ram mount to an airplane window for timelapse and it holds a midsize DSLR no problem. I guess I need to try booking more red-eye flights!
wow really great and informative video .. can I do milky way alignment without Adobe after effect.. I mean is it possible to use starstax or deepsky stacker or even PS to align milky way?
Hey, im trying to take a picture of the Milky Way, on the locator, it’s near my home, how do i take a pic of it from my window, and do i have to open the window? Also, im using an iphone with manual camera apps.
Welcome to Hungary! While you are here I recommend that you check out the "PARK OF STARS IN ZSELIC" that is one of the least light polluted places in europe(It shoulld be better than an airplane).
Could you mask out the blurred earth to keep the sharp city light details as well? While you lose the feeling of flying on the airplane, it takes out some of the hectic busy nature that the "long exposure" gives
Hi, i really liked the video. im having 17mm 1.8 oly which is great. yet ive been thinking about wider 12-32mm panasonic one, for wider shot. but since it doesnt have manual focus option, how should i focus at night? thanks!
Came here from dpreview, really nice! I'm using some stacking as well, not at your high level though and only with stationary cameras ;) I do notice in 19:44 for example some stuttering in the streaks of the clouds. I guess this is due to the "blackout" time of the camera, between the end of one exposure and the start of the next? It is very impressive though how small of a problem that is, as the exposure times are rather short and hence the relative effect of blackout time should be rather large - the A7s must have a really short blackout time!
Whenever I leave my camera outside at night to time-lapse the lens always ends up with condensation on it. Do you know what I could do to prevent this?
Ian, thanks for the great tutorial! I was wondering, do you know if there's any software besides After Effects that can do things like this? (e.g. blackmagic fusion? I'm new to these programs and don't have just the photographer CC subscription)
Hey Ian ! Do you think it's possible to stabilize the camera with a tripod or bag of rice ? And is it autorized ? I take a flight for the first time in one month and I have to try this technic ! ^^
Mean is the average of the values for a given pixel of each image, while median is picking the pixel value that comes up the most within a bunch of images. So if you have a bunch of images and one had something obstructing parts of the image, that obstruction would influence the result of the mean, but not the result of the median as it would be filtered out.
***** Very smart to use mean instead of median, in your case. I don't think I would've thought of it. Or I would've come up with something more complicated, like using median to reduce noise and then layer the lights with brighten only since bright parts of images are usually less noisy looking.
Thanks for a great tutorial mate ! But if you allow me I'd like to point something : as soon as you export your sequence into JPEGs you drastically reduce the quality and information of your files, so you should at least export to a PNG sequence, or if your computer can handle it, as a TIFF sequence. It wouldn't be that big of a deal if you chose to export to JPEG at the end of the process, but since you use Photoshop and Lightroom again afterwards, you know...
Hi Ian, amazing photos and videos, absolutely brilliant! Thanks a bunch for sharing the knowledge. I had a question for you. In another video about stacking to reduce the noise, you recommend the use of Median stacking mode, while here you suggest the mean stacking mode. Can you shed light on when to prefer which?
What lens did you use? You said you opened up to 1.8, so that rules out the Rokinon 14mm F2.8. Were you using the 24mm 1.4 or do you have a new favorite lens? :P
Off to photograph the Milky Way and northern lights tonight from a plane, thanks for this video hopefully I'll get some good results
Some next level shit right here. Love the creativity of the overall idea and the knowledge of these programs to make it all work perfectly. Well done dude.
wow wow wow wow wow wow wow ........ best astrophotographer in tha world .....woooooow
Duuuuude that was sooo cool now im waiting for A7s iii ... And plz make more videos. Peace from Iran
Your videos are fantastic. So well produced and entertaining. Loved following your trip on instagram! Thank you for showing us all how to shoot the milkyway, its been such a favorite thing for me to shoot now!
RAM suction cup mount for the camera: www.amazon.com/RAM-B-166-202AU-Ram-Mount-Universal-4-Inch-20/dp/B003ASPH48/
Lens skirt for glare: www.amazon.com/Lenskirt-Larger-Anti-Reflection-Portable-Flexible/dp/B018WNFLH8
you could take 30s exposures no problem (during times of no turbulence). I've used the ram mount to an airplane window for timelapse and it holds a midsize DSLR no problem.
I guess I need to try booking more red-eye flights!
really creative use of after effects for this!!
wow really great and informative video .. can I do milky way alignment without Adobe after effect.. I mean is it possible to use starstax or deepsky stacker or even PS to align milky way?
Brilliant use of after effects to align all the shots!!
Crazy! Such a cool technique. Thanks for sharing.
learned something today! thank you!
Just amazing
Great video, thank you!
By the way, welcome to Hungary! What a surprise! :-)
I hope you have some nice days here!
OMG ! You are an absolute master ! Hope i will get there too! Thanks a lot for the video and I already subscribed!
Really awesome!
Hey, im trying to take a picture of the Milky Way, on the locator, it’s near my home, how do i take a pic of it from my window, and do i have to open the window? Also, im using an iphone with manual camera apps.
how on earth did you coordinate which flight to choose/where to sit? also, you seemed to have chosen a night with very clear skies.
Welcome to Hungary! While you are here I recommend that you check out the "PARK OF STARS IN ZSELIC" that is one of the least light polluted places in europe(It shoulld be better than an airplane).
Ian you're so cool! ha-ha love your videos man! you've inspired me in so many ways!
best place to sit on the airplane? in front, on, or behind wing?
if you have a good suction mount, that should help, right?
That was way cool!
Bro. You rock.
Cool video! Keep up the great work. Lovely greetings from Vienna.
Could you mask out the blurred earth to keep the sharp city light details as well? While you lose the feeling of flying on the airplane, it takes out some of the hectic busy nature that the "long exposure" gives
Hi Ian, probably wrong place to ask, is there a chance you could review the Sigma 24mm F1.4 DG for Milky Way photography?:0)
Amazing, keep up the great work!
Hi, i really liked the video. im having 17mm 1.8 oly which is great. yet ive been thinking about wider 12-32mm panasonic one, for wider shot. but since it doesnt have manual focus option, how should i focus at night? thanks!
talking about pitchblack night!
Great tutorial!
Any other way/program without using after effects/youtube? cause I don't own after effects
Something to try when I have the chance
Maybe try to use DaVinci Fusion 8 or DaVinci Resolve 12.5. It has free version and tracking and stabilizing tools included ;)
Great tutorial! Do you think 50mm on and apsc sensor would be too long for this? What focal lengths would you recommend?
Came here from dpreview, really nice!
I'm using some stacking as well, not at your high level though and only with stationary cameras ;)
I do notice in 19:44 for example some stuttering in the streaks of the clouds. I guess this is due to the "blackout" time of the camera, between the end of one exposure and the start of the next? It is very impressive though how small of a problem that is, as the exposure times are rather short and hence the relative effect of blackout time should be rather large - the A7s must have a really short blackout time!
Amazing
Whenever I leave my camera outside at night to time-lapse the lens always ends up with condensation on it. Do you know what I could do to prevent this?
+Ian Norman (Lonely Speck) thank you so much for the advice
+Ian Norman (Lonely Speck) thank you so much for the advice
amazing !!!!!!
Ian, thanks for the great tutorial! I was wondering, do you know if there's any software besides After Effects that can do things like this? (e.g. blackmagic fusion? I'm new to these programs and don't have just the photographer CC subscription)
Hey Ian ! Do you think it's possible to stabilize the camera with a tripod or bag of rice ? And is it autorized ? I take a flight for the first time in one month and I have to try this technic ! ^^
You are my idol!
very cool!
how are you opening sony ARW files in Lightroom? I own a Sony a6300 and it will not let me open the ARW raw files in lightroom thanks
Did you pay for lightroom? lol
Just update it.
+Bryan Rodriguez I updated but won't let me open arw files still
Odd, usually they don't take that long to release the update for compatibility. My friend is using his a6300 on LR cc just fine.
Odd, usually they don't take that long to release the update for compatibility. My friend is using his a6300 on LR cc just fine.
Whats the difference between a mean and median filter? (You used a median filter in your other video)
Mean is the average of the values for a given pixel of each image, while median is picking the pixel value that comes up the most within a bunch of images. So if you have a bunch of images and one had something obstructing parts of the image, that obstruction would influence the result of the mean, but not the result of the median as it would be filtered out.
***** Very smart to use mean instead of median, in your case. I don't think I would've thought of it. Or I would've come up with something more complicated, like using median to reduce noise and then layer the lights with brighten only since bright parts of images are usually less noisy looking.
ingenious
Thanks for a great tutorial mate ! But if you allow me I'd like to point something : as soon as you export your sequence into JPEGs you drastically reduce the quality and information of your files, so you should at least export to a PNG sequence, or if your computer can handle it, as a TIFF sequence. It wouldn't be that big of a deal if you chose to export to JPEG at the end of the process, but since you use Photoshop and Lightroom again afterwards, you know...
Hi Ian, amazing photos and videos, absolutely brilliant! Thanks a bunch for sharing the knowledge. I had a question for you. In another video about stacking to reduce the noise, you recommend the use of Median stacking mode, while here you suggest the mean stacking mode. Can you shed light on when to prefer which?
Excellent - Thank you !!!
Nice!
I just have one question? Were these photos takens hand held? or some form of a suction cupped support to the air planes window?
that's nuts.
What lens did you use? You said you opened up to 1.8, so that rules out the Rokinon 14mm F2.8. Were you using the 24mm 1.4 or do you have a new favorite lens? :P
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awesome!! can you try taking picture from galaxy s7 edge? it has an awesome camera!! please
+Bhavanishankar Arulmozhi oh man you're so wrong, it has a camera which stands along side DSLR and can shoot long exposure shots like this
+Ian Norman (Lonely Speck) thank-you
your Instagram and 500px or flicker please??
+Ian Norman (Lonely Speck) thank you
You do realize that you basically just turned this 2 hour flight into a 6 hour post-processing job.
3:30 Can someone help me how to do this? I don't really understand it and need it dumbing down 😔😂😂 Thanks
a Metikon f0.95 works well for this.
Cool technique! Although, as a non-destructive Photoshop purist this video makes me cringe…
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Wow man! Are you still in Hungary? Don't you want a meet and greet? :)
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