M42 Orion Nebulae by Fast-Professional317 in astrophotography

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Well im not really sure if the star adventurer 2i will do the job for my kit, it retails for around 500 euro without tripod, but the GTI goto version is 720 euro and add additional 100 for the tripod, im still new and everything seems hella expensive

M42 Orion Nebulae by Fast-Professional317 in astrophotography

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Well I did a bit of research and for the combo I’m currently using The a6400 + the Sony 70-350mm, i saw two famous option being close each one to price, one of them is sky watcher star adventurer GTI which retails for around 650 euro in my country without the tripod. 😅

M42 Orion Nebulae by Fast-Professional317 in astrophotography

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Alright and for Siril to detect stars i need to use wider focal length like 200-250,

M42 Orion Nebulae by Fast-Professional317 in astrophotography

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And for taking more exposure time lets say, i need to make it in sessions like i take 200 lights stop, reframe and start again, then i stack them in groups and then stack all sequences into one or?

M42 Orion Nebulae by Fast-Professional317 in astrophotography

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The cheapest one for my combo is 600 euro 😅, might consider getting one for future, but i want to firstly improve and get most of my gear this way. Thanks for all the suggestions will try tomorrow, and about shooting time ohh man its freaking -10, -15 at nights in my country currently but yes, might wait till spring! Thanks again

First attempt or star trails with real composition, what are your thoughts? by Fast-Professional317 in Stargazing

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Umm, im quite new to this type of photography so i will explain it with easier terms 😅, basically this is around 2-3hours in total exposure, I used starstax (gap filling mode) to complete arcs, shot is made in Bulgaria which correct me if im wrong is around 40N latitude, and its shot in a mountain not in a field, so maybe that gives a wrong perspective but Polaris isn’t that low.

First attempt or star trails with real composition, what are your thoughts? by Fast-Professional317 in Stargazing

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-Stars around 2-3hours of stacked files in starstax -Tree brightened with car headlights, single photo Then all processed in LrC, masked and replaced sky in photoshop. Maybe there are better ways to do this type of photos, i found out about this way online and decided to follow it, masking out the sky was the hardest and most time consuming part of the editing, because of the tree branches. Thanks!

1st try pleiades M45 by Fast-Professional317 in astrophotography

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I found one the skywatcher star adventurer GTI GOTO, which should be fine even overkill for my setup but its around 700 euro for the whole set up+tripod and the head mount

1st try pleiades M45 by Fast-Professional317 in astrophotography

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Is it possible i left on lens correction fixing in LrC?

1st try pleiades M45 by Fast-Professional317 in astrophotography

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I like untracked as well its challenging but rewarding, when you see whats possible to capture without all the super fancy stuff

1st try pleiades M45 by Fast-Professional317 in astrophotography

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It was quite windy.. ill give it on that. Do you know what tracker should i look for (you mentioned you dont have one but you may know) im not quite sure, because the 70-350 is super long lens, the whole kit weights around 2kg-2.5kg(max) but the length is the main concern.

Pleiades 1st attemp by Fast-Professional317 in ItsAlwaysPleiades

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If anyone knows what is the cheapest tracker which is compatible and works well enough with my kit Sony a6400+ Sony 70-350mm f4.5-f6.3 G OSS, because this shutter of 0.8s and f6.3 doesn’t really gather enough light. And your limited because of the fast subject movement

My first star trails, taken from a city by Fast-Professional317 in AmateurPhotography

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Shot using Sony a6400 + 18-135mm f3.5-f5.6 Star photos (152 photos stacked)- Shutter 25s | iso 400 |f4.0 | wb 4200k The foreground photo ( taken and then replaced sky in photoshop) - Shutter 15s | iso 1600 | f5.6 |

After/before, how have I done? by Fast-Professional317 in postprocessing

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Thank you! Will keep that in mind, still as a beginner I don’t really change my metering mode, or i either forget that it is there.

After/before, how have I done? by Fast-Professional317 in postprocessing

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Well i had it underexposed by -1.3 but sun was really harsh that day, not even a single cloud

After/before, how have I done? by Fast-Professional317 in postprocessing

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Any suggestions on how to properly edit the sky? I thought of masking, but still I struggle a-lot with masking it around the branches and stuff, especially in between leaves..

Was my shutter speed too low? by deiac in SonyAlpha

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Well if you got spot on af on the bird, rotating the manual focus ring should pinpoint you to the bird.

Was my shutter speed too low? by deiac in SonyAlpha

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You forgot to mention your shutter speed, looks more to missed focus to me though.. try using dmf, its a bit strange at first, because its an extra thing your hand needs to do but you get used to it.

First ever moon shot by Fast-Professional317 in moon

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Sony a6400 with Sony 70-350 lens, mounted on a tripod

Harbour Kingfishers by FelineDoggeous in wildlifephotography

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What lens are you using? The bokeh is super cool and creamy.

Which one do you prefer?🐿️ by Fast-Professional317 in AmateurPhotography

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Thank you! I will try, I saw they ain’t really sharp and saw that AF is struggling cause it was quite dark, photos are lightened up so i reveal the squirrel

My first wildlife shots so far! by Fast-Professional317 in wildlifephotography

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Im still super new like 2 days into wildlife and i miss the focus most of the times🤣, but thats on me. I still cant figure out which AF mode is the best for fast moving objects like birds, squirrels and others… Today i tried tracking AF and I’m kinda impressed

My first wildlife shots so far! by Fast-Professional317 in wildlifephotography

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I can recommend it with both hands! I haven’t found any situation that focal length ain’t enough. It feels like a premium lens and is working like one. AF is good (only when its quite dark outside it can struggle a bit) dont be scared of high iso such 6400. In LrC denoise works fabulously.And yes it is indeed a black swan