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<blockquote data-quote="BF Hammer" data-source="post: 745436" data-attributes="member: 48483"><p>Shot #2 was the portrait mode photo I took that night, I also composed in landscape to cut out the outhouse. But it looks more amateurish with just some tree-tops at bottom frame. I did not know to take several dozen photos at that time, so I only had 11 images in the portrait pose. Not even sure if I used all 11 in the stack, might have had to toss some with things like satellites showing. But I do have the Jpegs still saved, here are 2 outtakes. A sky exposure and a darker exposure for the foreground. A simple layer masking allowed me to fix that blown-out foreground because there was an actual light on a pole just out of frame.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]347059[/ATTACH][ATTACH]347060[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>#3 is the shot I wanted because I wanted to have the Milky Way at that location, considerably farther to my right. I estimated it would not line up for another 3-4 hours and I was not waiting that long. I was already past closing time for the park, so any sheriff deputy cruising by and noticing me likely would have asked me to vacate. At the least.</p><p></p><p>#5 is really a stacked photo. It was my second series of images because I moved me and my chair off of the boat dock. The clouds and twilight were right for me to begin serious work. Single frame outtake below.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]347061[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>But #6 was actually me goofing around as I was waiting for the clouds to move out and the twilight to darken. Turns out I liked the "selfie" shots and Sequator made the cloud motion blend into something dramatic. That bright area right side on horizon is light pollution from Portage, WI and some sunset twilight. Nearest community in that general direction. There were about 35 photos taken in that set. I think that is what I programmed into the camera intervalometer for all 3 sets that night (there is also a portrait mode set). An outtake below, but I think I had to throw out a good 10 photos from the beginning of the set that had clouds over most of the scene.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]347063[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>#7: I took more than 40 images for that particular set. However I only could use 20 images max to stack from the set. Lens and light-polution filter were fogging up badly as they were being taken, and I did not notice until near the end. 2 outtakes below.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]347064[/ATTACH][ATTACH]347065[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I have since purchased a USB-powered lens dew heater wrap, which helps that fogging on lens, but not if it happens on the filter.</p><p></p><p>So it should be plain to see that while I have learned much on this subject, I am still learning and gaining experience. I will take progressively better photos in the coming years. Unless I veer off into another photography subject and devote myself to that for a while. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BF Hammer, post: 745436, member: 48483"] Shot #2 was the portrait mode photo I took that night, I also composed in landscape to cut out the outhouse. But it looks more amateurish with just some tree-tops at bottom frame. I did not know to take several dozen photos at that time, so I only had 11 images in the portrait pose. Not even sure if I used all 11 in the stack, might have had to toss some with things like satellites showing. But I do have the Jpegs still saved, here are 2 outtakes. A sky exposure and a darker exposure for the foreground. A simple layer masking allowed me to fix that blown-out foreground because there was an actual light on a pole just out of frame. [ATTACH=CONFIG]347059._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]347060._xfImport[/ATTACH] #3 is the shot I wanted because I wanted to have the Milky Way at that location, considerably farther to my right. I estimated it would not line up for another 3-4 hours and I was not waiting that long. I was already past closing time for the park, so any sheriff deputy cruising by and noticing me likely would have asked me to vacate. At the least. #5 is really a stacked photo. It was my second series of images because I moved me and my chair off of the boat dock. The clouds and twilight were right for me to begin serious work. Single frame outtake below. [ATTACH=CONFIG]347061._xfImport[/ATTACH] But #6 was actually me goofing around as I was waiting for the clouds to move out and the twilight to darken. Turns out I liked the "selfie" shots and Sequator made the cloud motion blend into something dramatic. That bright area right side on horizon is light pollution from Portage, WI and some sunset twilight. Nearest community in that general direction. There were about 35 photos taken in that set. I think that is what I programmed into the camera intervalometer for all 3 sets that night (there is also a portrait mode set). An outtake below, but I think I had to throw out a good 10 photos from the beginning of the set that had clouds over most of the scene. [ATTACH=CONFIG]347063._xfImport[/ATTACH] #7: I took more than 40 images for that particular set. However I only could use 20 images max to stack from the set. Lens and light-polution filter were fogging up badly as they were being taken, and I did not notice until near the end. 2 outtakes below. [ATTACH=CONFIG]347064._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]347065._xfImport[/ATTACH] I have since purchased a USB-powered lens dew heater wrap, which helps that fogging on lens, but not if it happens on the filter. So it should be plain to see that while I have learned much on this subject, I am still learning and gaining experience. I will take progressively better photos in the coming years. Unless I veer off into another photography subject and devote myself to that for a while. :D [/QUOTE]
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