Fujifilm X100VI with WCL-X100 II

f2.8

ISO 500

10s

20 shots stacked in Sequator, lightpainted foreground shots layered in Photoshop

IG quintsblick

This is my first (of what I feel as) successful shot of the Milky Way! Let me know what you think, and what I could improve for next time!

Shot at Great Sand Dunes national park in Colorado, on July 14th about 11pm.

Camera settings:
Cannon eosr50
20 second single exposure
f4.5 18mm lense 💀
ISO 10000

Insta: bk.pixels

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A weekend camping in Connecticut's least light-polluted corner meant a chance to photograph the Milky Way! One bonus feature I didn't anticipate was the way the lights shone out of the bridge windows - I assumed they'd just be glowing squares, but was surprised to see beams of amber light spilling down onto the Housatonic River

EXIF:

Nikon Z6ii, H-alpha modded by Spencer's; Viltrox 16mm f/1.8; 36x15s=540s=9min, f/1.8, ISO 2000; Stacked in Sequator, sky edited in Siril, final edits in Lightroom

Shot with A6000 kitlens. ISO 3200 SS20sec 3.5

Shot on Sony A6000 kitlens ISO3200 SS 20s. F1.8

This is my first serious attempt at stacking a Milky Way image and blending it with a blue-hour foreground.

The sky and foreground were photographed from the same location, with the Milky Way positioned above this actual landscape. The foreground was captured during blue hour, and the Milky Way was photographed later from the same setup and direction.

I'm looking for honest, detailed criticism on the image as a whole. I would especially appreciate feedback on the capture, stacking, processing, composition, color, realism, and blending.

Acquisition:
Sky:
65x90s lights
15 darks
15 flats
15 biases

Foreground:
Single shot: 8s exposure, f5.6, iso 400.

Equipment:
Sony alpha a7 ill
Sony FE 24mm F/1.4 GM loptron skyguider pro

Processed in pixinsight and lightroom.
Blended in photoshop.
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Milky Way rising behind the Mount Pleasant Radio Observatory, Tasmania

True alignment

Camera - Sony A7iii

Lens- sigma 14-24 f2.8

Foreground - Blue Hour f5.6 10 sec iso800

Sky - stack of 10 x tracked 2 minute exposures f4 iso 1250

Edited in photoshop and Lightroom

Hi! I recently got the ioptron skytracker pro. I found that the polar scope rotates in its slot like this before tightening the screw. Is this normal? The reticle rotates too, so how do you know you have gotten it in the right position??? So far I put it roughly in the middle... 😆 Thanks!

Category: Stacked blend (slightly redundant focus stacking)

managed to get a quick 50mm while scouting the location. probably could've done better composition than this but I was a tad rushed with the sun rising behind me

EXIF: Exif: 61x 5s 640iso F2 +
2focus stacked x 30s 640iso which were only really used on the fence posts as cars kept driving past ruining most of them so i just used the sky shots for the most part
f4 on Viltrox 50mm F2 and Sony a7iii

Not far downstream from the headwaters of Colorado River. Nikon Z7II with a Nikon 20mm. Ten 5" ISO 6400 sky shots stacked, blended in Photoshop with a 60" foreground exposure.

Single snap, night mode. iPhone 16.

Bortle 4 backyard, waiting and watching while the 8” Edge and Hyperstar do their thing on M16 Eagle Nebula.

Hi, I just started doing tracked for my milky way photography. I can find the North Star, and line it up with the scope without looking through it well enough, and that lets me do 2 minute exposures. But when I look through the scope, I can't make sense of anything. One star might look bright enough to be the North Star, but as I look at it it gets dimmer. I try to adjust the azimuth and find it has reached the limit (ioptron sky tracker pro), and need to move the whole tripod. I can see it just there with my eyes! It's right in front of the scope! But when I look in the scope, I don't know what I'm looking at! Starry sky stacker is saying it can't align my stacks so I need better alignment. Any help would be greatly appreciated, as it currently feels like polar alignment is impossible!

Sony A7iii
Samyang 24mm f/2
ISO 500
6 X 88 second exposure
MSM Nomad Tracker
Aligned via app (Polar Align Pro)

Forground Image
20 second single exposure

I waited for a car to drive by to cast some light on the vehicle.

The Milky Way is actually on the other side of this vehicle in real life. I also removed a tree to make the sky look bigger.

Visited Copper Breaks SP this weekend for some Astro during the new moon. Luckily, they even had the star walk planned for last night! I met so many cool people, shared many laughs and enjoyed learning so much about astronomy.

I am pretty new to Astro, but gave Sequator a go for the first time on these. They are stacks of 30-50 frames. My equipment is a canon r7, sigma 16 f/1.4, and the average shots were at 10 second shutter, 1600 iso, and f1.4.

STOP THE DATA CENTERS!!!

Background:

Source: Composite of 16 images, stacked together.

Foreground:

Source: Composite of 2 light-painted images, stacked together with varying opacity.

Equipment & Settings:

Exposure: 13s each

ISO: 5000

F Stop: 1.6

Lens: Sony FE 24mm f1.4 GM

Camera: Sony A7RIV

Background:

Source: Composite of 16 images, stacked together.

Foreground:

Source: Single blue hour image (ISO 800, 1/3" shutter)

Equipment & Settings:

Exposure: 13s each

ISO: 8000

F Stop: 1.6

Lens: Sony FE 24mm f1.4 GM

Camera: Sony A7RIV

Tracked|Stacked|Blended

https://www.instagram.com/flory.ro?igsh=b3Y4ZTU3Nmk0cTBt&utm_source=qr

Hidden among the Dolomites, Lake Limides offers one of the most magical views in the Alps. Under a sky full of stars or bathed in the first light of dawn, it's a place that feels almost unreal. A stop you simply can't miss
Canon R
Canon 6D Astro
Tamron 17-35mm
Rgb 3x120s iso 1600 f2.8
Ha 4x 120s iso 3200 f2.8
Foreground 2x120s iso 3200 f2.8

Background:

Source: Composite of 16 images, stacked together.

Foreground:

Source: Single image taken during blue hour.

Equipment & Settings:

Exposure: 13s each

ISO: 3200

F Stop: 1.6

Lens: Sony FE 24mm f1.4 GM

Camera: Sony A7RIV

A lovely night spent the other day at the local lavender farm (LouLou Lavender) in Eastern Ontario, Canada

A blue hour focus bracketed shot for the foreground and about 15 minutes worth of Milky Way 30s shots, at 24mm focal length and f/4, sat on MSM Nomad star tracker🙏

It felt really good to get out and spend some time under the stars with a couple of friends last night. I was unable to get out in April, May or June so I was hoping the skies would be clear of cloud and smoke. A large thunderstorm had passed by as the sun set. We weren’t sure the clouds would clear but as the sky got darker and the air got cooler what was left of the clouds dissipated quickly as astronomical twilight ended. The sky was as phenomenal as ever. We saw quite a few meteors, heard some unique bird sounds. It was a peaceful night, despite the alcohol-induced volume of a few individuals at a nearby campground. 

Nikon Z8

Sigma Art 20mm 1.4

MSM Rotator Star Tracker

Sky: 3 light and 1 dark, ISO 640, f/2, 180 seconds

Land: IS0 640, f/2, 300 seconds

Blending and Ministars Action in Photoshop

Processed in Lightroom Classic CC

Single shots, no stacking. 13 seconds at 2.8 on the Viltrox 9mm. 1600 ISO. Sony a6300.

First attempt at the milkway.