William's optics gt 81, zwo 1600mm, 8 slot filter wheel with (LRGB SII,OIII,HA), Sesto senso focuser, Explorer scientific exos 2 goto mount, WO guide scope with zwo 120mm mini, N.I.N.A on the ol laptop 2-15 min exposures, Obviously i am not a beginner , but this was an excellent presentation to get people into night time photography, everyone has to start somewhere. The only thing i would add to this is Batinov masks and dew bands. But for a beginner this is perfect amount of info they need to start, because we both know this field goes deep and you find yourself not going out much.... mostly because you spent all of the money on your astrophotography addiction. ohhh i almost forgot one key point, if anyone has an interest in this kind of astrophotography or DSO, start practicing stacking and processing now. Most people share their raw data on places like astrobin and telescopius Take those photos and practicing stacking in DSS and finish editing in which ever program you prefer. If you are ready to make the JUMP to DSO go ahead and pick up the free trial of Pixinsight, it is far more powerful as it is specifically designed for astronomy.... it is also the hardest program to learn and Photoshop experience doesn't help that much as all of the tools and processes are different. Monochrome doesn't use ISO, so you will have to relearn a lot. i do not, repeat do not recommend beginners try monochrome narrowband imaging, get one shot color experience first.

I live on beach and have put in a lot of time trying to shoot the Milky Way. It's been a struggle without success but this tutorial will definitely help. Thank you so much!!

I had tried astro photography in the past before watching this video and never really had any success. Went out on a backcountry trip after watching this with my Nikon D500 and a simple 18-55 and took one of my all-time favourite shots using this information. Thanks!

@@CraigJOutdoors Excellent!

Really appreciate you for the detailed explanation and demonstration. I got some cool pictures of the milky way with my sony a7iii and sigma 24-70 pretty much following these tips.

Absolutely! I was just about to post the exact same comment 👍

Thanks

Star tracker removes the 500 rule and you can just do what ever exposure you want. Stop down the f stop from 1.4 to 2.8 for more sharpness and less astigmatism and coma especially if you’re tracking and can afford longer exposures. Use a 3 way instead of a ball head on the tripod because easier to compose and polar align if tracking (v and a plates are the best). Use photoshop to blend foreground and tracked sky.

True, and I use a star tracker as well, is just that not everyone here has one and many still try shoot the stars .. @@c.i.a.3384

Too kind!

He is right ​@@simon_dentremont

Thank you so much!

@@simon_dentremont You're very welcome! I would like to point out that your tutorials are as high quality as your photos!

Thanks!

Good point!

That's great!

You are so welcome!

Welcome! Go get ‘em!

Glad it was helpful!

To be fair when I was in Yellowstone where there was 0 light pollution I was able to see the colors a lot more

The thing is, we should be able to see it like this, there's too much light pollution for us to be able to see it with the naked eye

It doesn't look exactly like that, but there are definitely places to see it that will take your breath away.

​@galxctus1172 I've worked in very remote regions on Alaska ( pretty much can't get further from human light sources anywhere in US) and it still doesn't look like photos. That said the more muted color and intensity of real life brings I felt much more in person. I've seen bright dancing northern light of many colors that would need to be shot in video (or subsecond exposure) to avoid the whole canvas becoming a massive overexposed blob of light

Tell your wife there are! Have seen it once in Australia. Milky Way dipping into a mirror still ocean and reflecting on the water. Pure magic and all seen with the naked eye only.

That’s a perfect lens for it.

Thanks H!

The former, 300/mm

Glad you enjoyed it

So nice of you

Excellent!

Thanks so much Robert!

Thank you! 😄

Glad it was helpful! thanks so much!

excellent! thanks Susan!

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for the feedback Kevin!

Awesome, thank you!

Excellent!

Glad it was helpful! I don’t think I use any luminosity slider in gradients, but there are tons of great masking adjustment tools in there now.

I’ll look into that!

if you have. star tracker to shoot longer exposure, you can do less editing, but yes, all astrophotos need lots of processing.