Milky Way Aldeburgh
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The light pollution is an issue there. I've had best results (the few times I've had a go) in really dark places. Trouble is on the rare occasion we get clear skies here in South Wales it tends to be windy and it's an hours drive to the nearest half decent dark sky area.
I'm certainly no expert though. Theres some on here who can advise you a lot better.
I'm certainly no expert though. Theres some on here who can advise you a lot better.
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Looks like a combination of some light pollution and not completely dark skies.
When did you take it and at what time?
Certainly got a nice foreground subject though.
When did you take it and at what time?
Certainly got a nice foreground subject though.
Last Saturday at about 00:30 just after moonset.
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About the right time of night but could be the lack of darkness still at that latitude.
I had more contrast just on the back of the camera last week but that was down in Cornwall.
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I really like that, I’m no expert at all but the processing in the 2nd one has made a huge difference. Excellent shot.
Many thanks - it's certainly helped bring out the Milky Way and stars. I will definitely be having another attempt at a different location. I hadn't realised how much effort needs to go into astro landscape photography with the planning and then hoping the weather plays ball on the chosen night
As I said this is my first attempt so plenty of YouTube watching - I found PhotoPills to be helpful. I also received advice from another photographer who suggested treating it like sunset shots in that those images with foreground interest hold the interest much more than just a picture of a sky
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Sounds pretty good. Maybe shooting 6-12 images for stacking might give you a bit more room for editing and keeping a cleaner image with more detail.
I use Sequator on the PC. There is a Mac equivalent I think.
Looks good, this time of year its hard to shoot there because the milkyways moved over the town
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It's a beautiful foreground piece. The time of year, light pollution and the moon probably didn't help you here. Keep this foreground in mind for more astro images, circling it to find a good nightscape sky.