Chasing Orion: Astrophotography Adventure at the Lighthouse in Challenging Conditions
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- Опубликовано: 13 окт 2024
- In this Nightscape Photography adventure I set out to capture the star constellation of Orion at a beautiful lighthouse. Although it is crystal clear, the weather conditions turn out to be much more challenging than anticipated. I end up not being able to use my star tracker. See how I deal with these harsh conditions and come away with a result I am pretty proud of!
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Wow!! Great sharing your workflow! Ours is so similar! 💪 Lovecth composition!! Perfect timing with the foreground exposure with the lighthouse. Great mentioning that bearded Slovenian Astro Monster as well. 😂
Ha, funny it's so similar! I might be doing something right then 😁. And yeah... need bigger beard since Matej started vlogging also to keep up.
And YES! I'm proud of you!!! Such bad conditions everywhere! You really get a lot out of it.
Btw. I bought a new light pollution weapon: a 20nm front screw in h alpha filter!! 💪 Hehe. Gotta watch your tutorial at some point how to blend those. So many new possibilities! Never thought I'd ever get a front filter.
Haha, thanks man! #lifegoals 🙃. Good luck with the ha filter! Curious what you'll pull out.
The dedication you have to actually go trough taking that picture is incredible!
That had to be freezing like crazy!
Well done and great shot 👌🏻
Thanks Roy! Chill factor was about -10 degrees celcius that night 😅.
You had me laughing out loud (my poor wife!) When you showed lightpollutionmap showing Isselmeer (yellow Bortle 4) surrounded by red Bortle 5 saying "relatively dark"! 😂 And then while writing this I laughed again!!! Did you say light pollution monster or master? 😂 Either way, thank you so much for mentioning!! If we don't meet this year I bet Matej is going to hunt us down. Ok. So now up to the result. Haven't seen it yet... Advertisement first! 😉💪
Hahaha... the stuff you get used to as a Dutch astrophotographer 😉. We definately have to meet up sometime, I agree.
Haha, I think we all felt the cold and your tiredness in that one :D but totally worth it! The image is great all the way from the FG to the sky! And thank you a LOT for shoutout :)
Thanks so much Matej! Also for the tips on the DBE layer.
Great vid
You managed really well in challenging conditions Jeroen. To be honest, with all those street lights I think I'd walk away from that location . .so my admiration for your persistence my friend.
Thanks Richard! Challenging conditions and lightpollution is kind of becoming a theme of the channel isn't it? 😅. I long for a good bortle 2 in crystal clear conditions again for a change haha.
A very challenging night Jeroen great you managed to get out.Nice walkthrough in post the final image looks fabulous considering the conditions 👏👏
Thanks Carl! Glad you enjoyed it!
Nice video again Jeroen! I really like the addition of the pre- and post production explanations!
Thanks Rene! I might put the pre and post parts in more often then!
Wow, kudos to you for persisting with that shoot - I could feel that cutting wind right thru the lens 🥶
Haha, thanks Greg! It was indeed not all too comfortable this one. But hey, we got the shot 😄👌
Well done!!
Thanks Andy!
Great video and great final image. I can appreciate the struggle! I loved how you kept mentioning that you AREN'T complaining! Don't want to seem ungrateful that you have clear skies. Even when it is miserably cold and windy haha. I also appreciate the insight into your post production process. Great content! Keep it up my man.
Thanks so much Mike! Great to hear from a fellow astrovlogger. Do you have anything in the making at the moment?
Awesome result ! Really enjoy your vlogs, giving me some inspiration
Thank you so much! And great to hear it is inspiring for some! 😀
Excellent work!! I want to say THANKS for this inspiration. During the winter I stagnate waiting for Milky Way season!!! But this was a very great idea and a beautiful shot. Now I want to go to the Netherlands!!!! If you ever want to come shoot in Death Valley California just look me up! Great stuff StarScaper!
Thanks so much! And I know exactly what you mean. But there is so much more great stuff to photograph in the 'off season'. +it's dark early and way longer. Love the winter! Except for the extreme uncomfy conditions like here that is 😅
First video I watched from you and I liked it. Great work in the field and post-processing too. Subscribed now. 😀
Thanks Daniel! And welcome to the channel.
The light polution on the horizon was quite a lot so it would be quite hard to get much detail out of the nebula even with the star tracker I supposed . With that being said, your photo turned out beautifully. Love it.
Welcome to The Netherlands ;-). And thanks!
The dedication really shows in the end result. Great photo! 👌🏻
Thanks Mark! I try 😅
Epic shot!
I understamd those crazy cold windy nights at light houses!
I think I prefer the shot in landscape orientation. You should make a shot like that too!
Thanks! And yeah, saw some lighthouse material from you also. Didn't know the conditions were so bad there also haha.
And oh, I opted for a landscape shot in tie first place. But even at 14mm ir was too tight to squeeze it all in, so I ended up doing a 1x1.
Yes, Jan is the light pollution master :D Don`t be afraid of winds, on iceland i tried to shoot a lighthouse and i have to lean my whole weight to the tripod. But anyway the result looks nice and clean
Thanks Kevin! Getting used to strong winds by now 😅
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Excellent work. Waiting for tracked Milky way advance post processing video. Also, how to capture high detailed tracked multi raw Panaromas Milky way arch with 50 or 85mm lens. Thank you in advance. Clear Skies!
Thanks! Already done the how to process milky way video, check my backlog. We'll see if the 85mm mosaic ever happens ;-).