Milky way critique and tips

JohnPh · 23rd of July 2012 (Mon)

Last night I tried some milky way shots, here's what I did

Iso 1600
17mm
f/2.8
MLU
2 sec timer fired with wireless remotes
All in camera NR turned off
15x30 sec exp
5x30 sec dark frames (cap on)
5x1/4000th offset? frames (cap on)

I used live view 10x to focus on the brightest star I could find then framed up and fired away. Focus looks to be a problem as does a bit of light pollution. Any tips anyone can pass on regarding any of this and tips on PP to tease out the goodness that is obviously there. I used levels and curves to get out as much as I could. I noticed that there is a lot of blurring in the corners in them as well. I followed the tutorial here using DSS

Anyways, here's the pics

Milky way 2 by T_J_P, on Flickr

Milky way 1 by T_J_P, on Flickr

thakursam · 23rd of July 2012 (Mon)

Nice shots, looks like you have nice dark sky at hand.

I see you used Darks and bias but what about Flats ?

Flat frames helps to remove vignetting from the frame. Make sure you disable peripheral illumination correction in camera,

Cheers
Sameer

lifeinpixels · 4th of August 2012 (Sat)

The top image would be better with the milky way not so close to the edge, or at least with a better crop imo.

23rd of July 2012 (Mon)	#1
JohnPh Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Cornwall Posts: 653 IMAGE EDITING OK	Milky way critique and tips Last night I tried some milky way shots, here's what I did Iso 1600 17mm f/2.8 MLU 2 sec timer fired with wireless remotes All in camera NR turned off 15x30 sec exp 5x30 sec dark frames (cap on) 5x1/4000th offset? frames (cap on) I used live view 10x to focus on the brightest star I could find then framed up and fired away. Focus looks to be a problem as does a bit of light pollution. Any tips anyone can pass on regarding any of this and tips on PP to tease out the goodness that is obviously there. I used levels and curves to get out as much as I could. I noticed that there is a lot of blurring in the corners in them as well. I followed the tutorial here using DSS Anyways, here's the pics Milky way 2 by T_J_P, on Flickr Milky way 1 by T_J_P, on Flickr __________________ Stuff ••Flickr John serial underexposer

23rd of July 2012 (Mon)	#2
thakursam Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Jersey City, NJ Posts: 53 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Milky way critique and tips Nice shots, looks like you have nice dark sky at hand. I see you used Darks and bias but what about Flats ? Flat frames helps to remove vignetting from the frame. Make sure you disable peripheral illumination correction in camera, Cheers Sameer __________________ Sameer Thakur www.sameerthakur.net & www.indussky.com Body : Canon EOS 7D, Canon EOS 1D Mark II N, Canon EOS 400D Lenses : Canon EF 70-200 F/4 L, Tamron 17-50 F/2.8, Canon EF-S 18-55 kit, Canon EF 75-300 USM III, Nikon 28-105, Kenko 1.5x, Kenko 2x

4th of August 2012 (Sat)	#3
lifeinpixels Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Southern California Posts: 77 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Milky way critique and tips The top image would be better with the milky way not so close to the edge, or at least with a better crop imo. __________________ "They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Mine are only worth one." Canon 1Ds [mk1] - EF 50mm ƒ1.4 USM - EF 17-40 ƒ4L USM (just sold ) Flickr \| 500px \| Feedback

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