Search results

Andromeda Galaxy, I shot this in July. The normal procedure for an astrophotography subject like this is to use software to automatically align and stack a few dozen images which are then flattened into a TIFF. I use RawTherapee and GIMP for the post-processing mostly, but I do have Luminar4...

@Whiskeyman : The original author mentions he is selling his photos, and therefore is a professional. Every missed photo is dollars lost in the pocket, so I cannot dismiss his desire to help himself by buying new gear if it truly works out. But in my amateur opinion, I question if the lag you...

@Clickr it would be good to know what software you are using to post-process with. There are color profiles for your D7000 available from Adobe that can be used in other software also, like RawTherapee. I also like to use the sample tool and click on a white object in a photo to get my...

I threw out 2 images and restacked with DSS. This is now mainly processed with Luminar4 and some touch-up in GIMP. This may be a work in progress for the entire weekend too. Edit: I took that TIFF output from DSS and again came at it fresh using RawTherapee and touched-up in GIMP. Might be...

Andromeda Galaxy has been the popular subject, but how about Triangulum Galaxy (Pinwheel Galaxy)? It is the 2nd closest galaxy to us. And it is not that far away from Andromeda, you just can't see it with unassisted eyes. I did this at the end of taking a series of Mars and Uranus. Battery was...

I know I am a minority in the photo world using GIMP, but there is available a plugin set for astrophotography work. The last tool on the menu is "star rounding" and it will minimze the size of the stars in your final output. I can demonstrate with the same photo of NEOWISE I did. Only real...

My D7000 uses the older standard Mini-B. I guess I assumed the D750 was a Micro-B like most every phone or other portable device with USB. When a micro-B cable would not fit, I ordered a USB type C cable from Amazon. It arrived today, connector too big. What is that connector? I want to tether...

From last year at a lake well past the park's closing hour. I was waiting for the clouds and the waning twilight to go away, so I just experimented with a selfie. I actually like this composition with the clouds better.

I did some experimenting this past Saturday night when the Moon and Mars were converged together. I had my 1970's Nikkor 500mm f/8 reflex lens mounted to my D7000 and Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6.3 C mounted to my D750. I used my SkyWatcher AZ-GTi goto mount and tripod as the base. Both of the cameras...

I only worked after sunset in August. It's a composite that lost it's EXIF data in the process. D750, Sigma 20mm f/1.4 Art, ISO 200, f/1.8, 15 seconds.

I have gone back and revisited some old moon photos now that I have installed Registax. Had 2 sets where I took enough shots to remove the noise.

@TwistedThrottle: I got out to my backyard in the pre-dawn to attempt Venus, Mars, and Uranus this morning. Turns out my yard is a terrible location in summer with tree canopy issues. But I used this as an opportunity to revisit DigiCamControl. Connected to my D7000 via USB cable I could display...

I have taken photos of the moon with various lenses over 12 years. I've used a 70-300mm, which was my longest zoom lens for nearly a decade. I bought a Nikkor 500mm reflex lens from the 1970s and used that for a while. I found both of those lenses a bit soft for this work. I use a Sigma...

Autofocus selected the background. :(

TT: You are right in that it is all learning curve. You may be surprised how quickly those lessons will take. I have been finding that Sequator is not as good with the deep-space stacking and may leave the image looking just a bit fuzzy. I actually revisited 2 images I originally stacked with...

Weather was perfect this past 11th of August, which was the peak night for the Perseid meteor shower. I also decided to target Jupiter and Saturn the same night. On a tripod pointed north: D750 + Sigma 20mm f/1.4 with the intervalometer set to take a 15 second exposure every 20 seconds. I was...

Tquataert, I have had a D7000 and my own example of that Tamron 18-270mm lens for many years. I have used the D7000 many times for astro-photography on tripod. But I never tried the Tamron lens for that. I had a Nikon 70-300, Nikon 500mm reflex, and later a Sigma 150-600mm C lens. What I can...

What can I say? I never actually stopped using my D80, even after buying a D7000. I owned 2 D80 bodies, bought the 2nd used with kit of accessories because the original I bought in 2007 had been cosmetically beaten-up on hiking trails. A D80 was always my backup camera body. As recently as 2017...

I think it is this one featuring NEOWISE. Used my backup D7000 + Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 Art lens.

Let's resurrect this old but worthy thread. I had my old D80 IR converted this year and prior to that I was using my much older Coolpix 995 (converted). Some of this year's work. And I even was insane enough to try to shoot comet NEOWISE with the Tamron 90mm fitted. That was a fail...