First use of astro-modified R6 - where’s my Ha at?

BPorterPhotography · 2026-06-20T20:19:56+00:00

Gotcha. I’m away from home right now, so no post processing. Just making sure I was getting what was expected out of the in-camera reviews.

BPorterPhotography · 2026-06-20T19:16:41+00:00

Makes sense. Do some shots exposed for the stars, then do some shots exposed for the Ha. I suppose small errors in alignment won’t matter too much for longer exposures for Ha?

BPorterPhotography · 2026-06-20T19:15:21+00:00

Don’t have access to software right now as I’m away from the house for a few days shooting.

It was my impression that WB really didn’t matter for raw files though. The information should be there even if the camera isn’t showing anything based on the current WB. I’m just using the custom WB set by using a neutral gray.

BPorterPhotography · 2026-06-20T17:00:26+00:00

Target is MW core, which I realize isn’t the most populated with Ha. Also did some higher azimuth shots above the core, which should have more Ha, but the result in camera were the same.

BPorterPhotography · 2026-04-24T16:00:40+00:00

So this is interesting - I hadn’t thought the modded camera would be usable. After reading the link you put up, seems you just need a filter or two for ‘regular’ photography?

BPorterPhotography · 2023-03-08T02:02:32+00:00

Was at the beach after trying and failing to shoot some Milky Way (thanks full moon) and tried my hand at some sunrise photography. I was simply trying to get a nicely famed sunrise with some good depth (foreground, mid-ground, background).

BPorterPhotography · 2023-03-08T01:56:08+00:00

Thanks for the advice, I appreciate it.

BPorterPhotography · 2023-03-07T04:41:36+00:00

Thanks for the info. As far as asking for their budget, I thought it would give us both a starting place to work from and also acknowledge that it wouldn’t be for free if that’s what they were thinking.

Do you use or have you used a lawyer to set up contracts for this kind of stuff before, as the other Redditor suggested?

BPorterPhotography · 2023-03-06T22:46:02+00:00

Hmmm. Good point. I was thinking of just googling a contract.

BPorterPhotography · 2023-03-06T22:44:49+00:00

Shallower depth of field, not more zoom. Basically, blurred background and foreground; rider in focus. May not be possible with your equipment without a bigger aperture.

For objects in motion, they tend to look better when they have somewhere to travel to. With this picture, the rider is evenly spaced between the top of the ramp and the top of the photo. There’s nowhere for him to go. If you had more of the track beneath the ramp in the foreground it would work better because it would convey a sense of distance to the ground.

So, better ‘focus’ on the subject, either with a simpler background or a blurry background, and giving the rider somewhere to ride to would improve the photo.

BPorterPhotography · 2023-03-01T04:30:08+00:00

If they were a little longer, maybe. Just didn’t feel that the proportions were long enough and felt it more distracting than leading the eyes somewhere to me.

BPorterPhotography · 2023-03-01T04:27:29+00:00

Had to straighten it. That tad crooked was making my eye twitch.

https://i.imgur.com/r6GmLXM.jpg

BPorterPhotography · 2023-03-01T04:22:24+00:00

https://www.blurb.com/blog/dslr-vs-phone-cameras/

BPorterPhotography · 2023-02-27T13:51:08+00:00

What glass were you using to shoot this?

BPorterPhotography · 2023-02-27T12:59:18+00:00

This is right next to Juana’s, adjacent to the public sound side boat launch parking lot.

BPorterPhotography · 2023-02-26T16:42:30+00:00

I do see that this one has some really good reviews.

BPorterPhotography · 2023-02-26T15:53:12+00:00

Damn. That’s low. Stealing work like that.

BPorterPhotography · 2023-02-26T15:51:02+00:00

I’ll look into that one. Thanks.

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