Night Photography

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i import my pictures through bridge into photoshop then stack them into a smart layer which then selects the brightest pixels from each image. if you want to try it, google 'stacking star trails' as theres loads of tutorials

 

[Horus]

some great shots there, bit advanced for me yet iv only just learnt how to switch the camera on :P

 

[Bugsuperstar]

 

[Methylparaben]

i import my pictures through bridge into photoshop then stack them into a smart layer which then selects the brightest pixels from each image. if you want to try it, google 'stacking star trails' as theres loads of tutorials

ok thanks, i'll have a go tonight

 

[J4M35_UK]

Lovely stuff everyone, that last one is heavenly Bunk3r!

 

[Methylparaben]

got the startrails program, thanks, it's pretty good with some pic's i had taken before but i'll have a go again in a bit

 

[flip]

really mysterious!

 

[TranKmasT]

I concur. Beautiful shot. Reminds me of Chris Foss the sci fi artist.

 

[Lucid]

and a few from me with a little help from friends....

 

[Everyonefreezes]

Haha just my thread as well =]

 

[Brick_Man]

damn, forgot about this thread.
Cold nights = clear = freezing my ass off waiting for canON to noise reduction for 11minutes

 

[Bunk3r]

Cold nights = clear = freezing my ass off waiting for canON to noise reduction for 11minutes

Turn the Long exposure (dark frame subtraction) noise reduction off. Then at your convenience, in between taking pictures or walking back to the car etc, put the lens cap on minimise the aperture keep the end dark and take your dark frame(s).When you get home subtract the darkframe in photoshop, simplez. I wish the camera would show you the image captured whilst its doing the dark frame NR at least then you would know if it was worth waiting for (does anyone have a camera that does that?), but yeah I just do it manually these days, saves waiting inbetween shots.

(if my reply makes no sense look how "dark frame subtraction" (which is what is used for the long exposure noise reduction) is done and it should be apparent how you can do it manually as long as you know how to add the dark frame as a layer in photoshop/gimp then subtract it).

 

[satsukisan]

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love this 1 great stuff

 

[Bunk3r]

I had another trip out in the cold last night, I need to get out into the sticks so theres not as much light pollution (and it was cloudy) so i can do some star trails. This was 139 seconds (which is small for this thread lol), note the train trail in the bottom left:

 

[J4M35_UK]

Nice work Bunk3r, here's a few from the last few nights:

And finally a 1,890 second stack: