Anna (www.eprisephoto.com)
Astrophoto Comparison - 1 year
What can you learn in your first year of astrophotography .... well, a picture (in this case 6) is worth a 1000 words .... Here is a comparison of my very first astrophotos, fully processed to my abilities when I took them on the left one year ago to the ones I took over the past month and fully processed.
Make sure you view a Larger Version so you can see just how awful my first ones were :-) (though at the time I was happy that I was getting anything)
Yes, I have upgraded equipment, which definitely helps, but technique and processing skills have greatly increased as well.
I have cropped and adjusted the scale so they are comparable in size for comparison purposes, otherwise, no additional editing was done on the photos from my processing a year ago (ugh!)
This comparison just goes to show what a learning curve this hobby has and how much progress you can make in just one year if you keep at it!
Astrophoto Comparison - 1 year
What can you learn in your first year of astrophotography .... well, a picture (in this case 6) is worth a 1000 words .... Here is a comparison of my very first astrophotos, fully processed to my abilities when I took them on the left one year ago to the ones I took over the past month and fully processed.
Make sure you view a Larger Version so you can see just how awful my first ones were :-) (though at the time I was happy that I was getting anything)
Yes, I have upgraded equipment, which definitely helps, but technique and processing skills have greatly increased as well.
I have cropped and adjusted the scale so they are comparable in size for comparison purposes, otherwise, no additional editing was done on the photos from my processing a year ago (ugh!)
This comparison just goes to show what a learning curve this hobby has and how much progress you can make in just one year if you keep at it!