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After reading Ben's thread and the associated link I reworked a star trails image from last year that was suffering from horrible banding in the images output from Starstax. Many thanks!! not applying the lens correction to the files before stacking removed the banding effect from my final images.
This is a star trails panorama, stitched from 2 cameras sunning trails with overlapping fields of view. Even without applying the lens correction, PTGui still stitched them together without too much problem, although I couldn't get it exactly the same as my original.
I also took the chance to reprocess the overall image and bring out more of the star colour which I had ignored in my original version. These were shot at ISO 400 and there was a lot more colour than I originally realised.
The original image is here. I think I prefer version 2. I'd like to run more of these, just need to develop the patience to run for multiple hours!!
Constructive C&C welcome.
Cheers
Alan
besh barmag star trails by Alan, on Flickr
This is a star trails panorama, stitched from 2 cameras sunning trails with overlapping fields of view. Even without applying the lens correction, PTGui still stitched them together without too much problem, although I couldn't get it exactly the same as my original.
I also took the chance to reprocess the overall image and bring out more of the star colour which I had ignored in my original version. These were shot at ISO 400 and there was a lot more colour than I originally realised.
The original image is here. I think I prefer version 2. I'd like to run more of these, just need to develop the patience to run for multiple hours!!
Constructive C&C welcome.
Cheers
Alan
besh barmag star trails by Alan, on Flickr