Utah Astrophotography
Crystal Lake Milky Way
Decided to go back and re-edit the Crystal Lake shots I did before, wasn't happy with the weird warping effect the Milky Way had before. I shot the sky shots separate from the foreground shots for this, the sky is a composite of 4 shots, each ISO 800, 1 minute exposure, with my Nikon D600 and Rokinon 24mm f1.4, taken with the iOptron Skytracker. After I took the sky shots I turned off the Skytracker and took the foreground shots. The foreground is a composite of 4 shots, each 4 minutes at ISO 1600.
I should have taken a few more shots so the exposure of the lake matches the exposure of the sky, all well. I stitched the foreground shots and sky shots individually, then merged them together in Photoshop. Kind of a pain blending shots of different exposures cleanly.
Crystal Lake Milky Way
Decided to go back and re-edit the Crystal Lake shots I did before, wasn't happy with the weird warping effect the Milky Way had before. I shot the sky shots separate from the foreground shots for this, the sky is a composite of 4 shots, each ISO 800, 1 minute exposure, with my Nikon D600 and Rokinon 24mm f1.4, taken with the iOptron Skytracker. After I took the sky shots I turned off the Skytracker and took the foreground shots. The foreground is a composite of 4 shots, each 4 minutes at ISO 1600.
I should have taken a few more shots so the exposure of the lake matches the exposure of the sky, all well. I stitched the foreground shots and sky shots individually, then merged them together in Photoshop. Kind of a pain blending shots of different exposures cleanly.