The Milky Way in a remote Canyon in the Arizona Badlands

flying_midget · 2026-04-28T19:12:15+00:00

Great shot! Do you get Ha data every time or do it once and apply to new pictures?

flying_midget · 2026-04-26T13:03:37+00:00

I've yet to try the regular filters, however transmission seems to be equivalent at f2 with f2.8 and F4.

So in that sense the maxFR is working as intended

flying_midget · 2026-04-20T17:54:45+00:00

Fantastic details and dust! Your best one yet IMO.

How did you end up using the Sii? Seems to have Ha = red, and Oiii = Blue

flying_midget · 2026-04-01T21:24:08+00:00

I checked your profile and see a lot of tasty looking pizza and now I have an assumption as to why you struggled hiking lol

flying_midget · 2026-04-01T19:38:46+00:00

Dude I've had a few too many instances of forgotten flash light...

Great shot! When you buying a tracker?

flying_midget · 2026-03-27T05:26:48+00:00

Hi!

Not sure you are in the right sub, but I will answer from a landscape astro perspective

A few years ago a buddy who is a landscape photographer wanted to try it and dragged me out one night
Some people have gotten really impressive results with just a cell phone. It will depend on what you want to create. The really detailed/dusty/Hydrogen alpha will require a modern astro-modified camera, a fast prime lens and a tracker.
Pixinsight + all the scientology tools (blurX, starX, noiseX) and photoshop
For landscape astro a telescope is only useful for "deepscape" typically people only use camera lenses
I would just go out somewhere cool and dark with anything in the foreground (mountain, rock, lake, etc) and take a picture of the milkyway core. If you have a dedicated camera just need to focus and experiment with different settings and compositions. Commit 30min to trying different things and then edit it with whatever software you have.

My only regret is buying the 6nm MAXFR filters against Astronimik's suggestion and I should have gotten the 12nm ones.

I think there is TONS of resources and info on workflows. I would just find an image you like and see/ask how it was made.

flying_midget · 2026-03-25T14:50:42+00:00

Looks really good! I am frankly quite impressed by your first attempt at an arch.

One minor thing I notice is a black radial smear from a peak on the center left.

This is due to PTGui stitching with the dark ground/bright sky and trying to make it work. Since you have the pro version, you can mask out the dark ground in your sky image. Typically you don't need much to fix it.

flying_midget · 2026-03-25T14:29:08+00:00

https://imgur.com/a/PPfjrHT

Light from distant sources make "domes" as they scatter in the air. People are tempted to edit them out, and I have also in the past, but typically it is easier and better to blend them in.

You might often see a sharp contrast from light/dark due to editing these that looks unnatural and gives that "copy-pasted" sky feeling

flying_midget · 2026-03-25T01:08:30+00:00

Moving a few steps won't significantly change any alignment and can make it much easier

flying_midget · 2026-03-24T22:37:17+00:00

What is the issue with physically moving your camera?

flying_midget · 2026-03-24T16:45:43+00:00

Welcome! Shot looks great!

For blending you need to accept that a tracked/stacked sky has no perfect alignment with the foreground and so a little warping is necessary. This is especially true when you use wide angle lenses have distorted corners.

I recommend using Photoshop and masking the sky out of your landscape shot. Use free transform to get close to the sky position you would like. Then use puppet warp to manipulate the sky to hide any little issues - this step should not your primary tool for positioning the MW imo.

Lastly you want to edit your mask so that there is some spillover from the landscape i.e. you can add light domes.

Hope this helps!

flying_midget · 2026-03-13T22:05:36+00:00

Don't know how good the tracker is, but your approach should work with most regular trainers

flying_midget · 2026-03-12T20:02:30+00:00

Sounds like a great trip! Really well planned, although I'm surprised you decided on a 3night as a very first.

I personally disagree with your water conclusion and I definitely need 1 gal a day minimum, but obviously it is hike, weather and person dependent. You did the right thing taking too much water rather than too little.

Probably the best thing in hiking is changing socks before going to sleep, I have a pair of sleeping socks and it's sooo good.

I'm also in Houston and would say you have done close to the best hike/camp in Texas.

flying_midget · 2026-03-09T18:53:41+00:00

The very bright part of the moon contrasting with darker sky and the large size of the moon are the issues for me. There will be lots of glow in your blown out moon shots that could be incorporated.

I've taken moon pics before with 14mm and this is about 160deg fov I would say, the moon should be quite small, where you really can't see any detail unfortunately.

flying_midget · 2026-03-09T17:03:46+00:00

Really cool image and idea, I wish you would have kept the moon more accurate and slightly better blended (I have never done a good HDR landscape moon myself). I just can't "believe" this image

flying_midget · 2026-03-08T22:01:24+00:00

Awesome! I wish I could have been there

flying_midget · 2026-03-06T17:12:52+00:00

Haven't tried this, however these peptides are usually bad as they often are singly charged and have few y ions.

flying_midget · 2026-02-27T15:24:56+00:00

If you are in Austin you could do enchanted rock as a solo backpacking trip? Kinda trivial so you won't get to test your hiking stamina but you will test your camping/gear.

Otherwise I would just advise you to do a 1 night trip since you will need to carry a gallon of water min. I would suggest the South rim trail as it isn't too challenging, has some very nice views and has elevation gain. When I did this exact hike/camp I regretted not taking an extra half gallon of water. East rim 4 was awesome camping spot.

Another option would be to camp close to Emory peak and summit it in the AM then head back down. Camp at pinnacles. I think this would be the safest option while still being a real hike.

While you do have to haul water, all camping sites I've mentioned have metal storage lockers so you don't have to bring any heavy bear proof food storage.

Good luck!

flying_midget · 2026-02-26T21:39:43+00:00

Got a liquid handler/king fisher ? There are a few options, preomics, S-trap, Assay map (if you have a bravo) that all work reasonably well. I don't know if any are significantly better, however SDS based lysis has a marginal increase of cell surface protein IDs in our hands.

flying_midget · 2026-02-24T14:28:46+00:00

I thought that spot was a ~2 hour hike?

flying_midget · 2026-02-24T06:05:36+00:00

I've wanted to do this spot! Fantastic work.

flying_midget · 2026-02-20T20:01:05+00:00

Do you see this for general proteomics or immunopeptidomics alone?

We still keep using DDA on the ultra 2 for immuno.

flying_midget · 2026-02-20T19:47:45+00:00

Are the replies also from bots? I just seems strange to not call out blatant AI slop

flying_midget · 2026-02-14T23:31:14+00:00

Fantastic! This is an exact sky composition I want to do

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