I’ve been spending some time reading about techniques for post processing digital images. There are certainly a lot of information about digital filters and their effect on the picture. But there is not that much information on the net about which filter to apply to an astrophoto that will make it look more “pleasing”.
I guess [...]
A friend of mine loaned me his Canon XTi for the weekend so that I could try out a DSLR camera before I make my purchase. I plan to head out to some dark skies on Saturday but I couldn’t wait to test out the camera. So I set it out on my balcony and [...]
There is a branch in astrophotography call wide field fixed tripod astrophotography. It is probably the simplest form of astrophotography there is. The target of wide field fixed tripod astrophotography are, well, big objects like constellations and the Milky Way. All you need to start fixed tripod astrophotography is a tripod and a camera that’ll [...]