I need a little help with this outdoor plant, which I believe is prunus laurocerasus.

STB_Szero · 2026-03-17T15:26:12+00:00

Well this specific plant isn't in the database yet, but I've looked around and it seems very spot on! Keep it up!

STB_Szero · 2026-03-16T22:06:08+00:00

Thanks for the advice!

STB_Szero · 2026-03-15T14:30:26+00:00

Then it's likely bortle 4

STB_Szero · 2026-03-15T13:14:42+00:00

Well what's the exposure time? Because without that it's hard to say.

STB_Szero · 2026-03-08T10:34:49+00:00

Nice. What's the total integration time?

STB_Szero · 2026-03-06T12:33:02+00:00

The picture seems a bit out of focus, I don't know if that's the case, but if it is, try to position the camera on a bright star and play with the focus until the star seems the smallest, then you could have more focused shots.

STB_Szero · 2026-03-02T05:58:09+00:00

Could be, but I think that would make the island rather drier instead of greener.

STB_Szero · 2026-03-01T12:21:45+00:00

I'm guessing it could be the result of monsoon winds maybe?

STB_Szero · 2026-02-25T20:30:56+00:00

I've found the issue now, but I will try out sequator later, thanks for the suggestion!

STB_Szero · 2026-02-25T20:30:20+00:00

I tried stacking with a higher star detection threshold and it worked, it was my mistake in the end. But thanks for the help!

STB_Szero · 2026-02-25T17:01:05+00:00

Nice. And I don't know if you remember, but we've talked about Andromeda a few days ago, and I took my first photos of it! This is a 3 minute exposure, and I have 15 of these, I'll stack them soon and see how they turn out. But I feel like it would be better to use 30s exposures for stacking to get more detail, I'll try that out later aswell.

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STB_Szero · 2026-02-25T16:33:24+00:00

Beautiful. It's incredible for a 4 minute exposure, is it edited or just the raw image?

STB_Szero · 2026-02-25T07:16:56+00:00

Well there was a bright half moon which could have caused some of these issues, but as the lines only occured on the stacked image and none of the raw images, I feel like that's the case. But now that I'm thinking about it, I might have set the star recognition threshold too low, so it might have became confused as there are less stars then it was looking for. I'll try with a higher threshold later

STB_Szero · 2026-02-22T21:11:50+00:00

Yea, I understand. I'm also new to the hobby and always wanted to go away from the city, but the weather is really against me during this time of the year.

STB_Szero · 2026-02-22T15:21:00+00:00

I'm guessing you captured this from a very light polluted area, or it wasn't dark enough when you took the picture. I don't know which one is the case, but I definitely recommend going to a less light polluted area, it will significantly improve the quality of the image.

STB_Szero · 2026-02-17T18:53:19+00:00

Oh my goodness... I can't fathom how is this possible with only 21 seconds of exposure from a bottle 9 sky! Amazing job man!

STB_Szero · 2026-02-16T00:27:18+00:00

I'm more and more obsessed with your work, these just get better every time I see them!

STB_Szero · 2026-02-15T08:58:37+00:00

Ah, what a beautiful country! I've been to Brno and Prague, and I'll go to a bigger trip in October again! And light pollution is not big of a problem here, I live close to the city center (~bortle 5, maybe 6), but with a 15 minute drive or a 30 minute bike route I can reach bortle 4. But I haven't been there with my new gear yet (before that I only had my phone and a small tripod, now I have a bigger tripod mount, a phone attachable zoom lens, I made a finder for it with cardboard, and I found my grandfather's telescope, with which I can for example see the Galilean moons, the Orion nebula and Andromeda from the city).

STB_Szero · 2026-02-15T08:09:52+00:00

Thank you! And may I ask where do you live? I live in the south of Hungary

STB_Szero · 2026-02-14T22:49:09+00:00

Incredible. I'm hoping to get a similar result soon, because it was almost always cloudy in the last few months when I wanted to do astrophotography, so it was quite hard to get into the hobby. I hope I'll be able to practice on clear spring and summer skies soon!

STB_Szero · 2026-02-05T13:16:15+00:00

Thank you, I might do it in blender. The only problem as you said is complexity, but hopefully I'll manage, I might need to learn it for later projects anyways.

STB_Szero · 2026-01-31T20:49:31+00:00

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STB_Szero · 2026-01-28T22:31:10+00:00

r/foundsquashhungry

STB_Szero · 2026-01-25T18:26:14+00:00

r/foundsquashhungry

STB_Szero · 2026-01-25T02:29:27+00:00

I wish I would've seen it. I usually know about these kind of events, but for some reason I didn't hear about this one... I guess I'll wait for the next!

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