Badwater Basin
Boy, did this photo take some effort! It's the final result from my advanced astro photography training course in Death Valley, USA.
After flying from Australia, I arrived the morning after Death Valley had a years worth of rain in one night. The place was flooded out and the road officially closed but I managed to get through. The only place accessible was Bad Water Basin.
Captured with my Benro Polaris, this 2 row 20 shot tracked panorama was combined in photoshop using techniques I learnt during the course. Given I rarely used photoshop in the past it was a very steep learning curve.
Overall I probably spent 40 hrs on processing but only because I had to read my notes, watch a few videos, research photoshop help, try it on my image and after I finally completed each little step, write my own notes on what I did for future use. Now that I have the knowledge, hopefully it will only take 20hrs next time.
However, I have to say, I'm ecstatic with the result. The final image is 8.16GB and could easily look awesome on a Billboard. Not sure I'll go that far though š. Maybe just a local competition. Thanks to Dan Zafra Photography for the tuition and great week.
š· Sony Alpha 7Rm5
š Sony FE20mm F1.8G
ā±ļø Sky 10 images at 90 sec
ā±ļø Ground 10 images at 20 sec
š Fstop - 2.2/1.8
ļø ISO 800/6400
Denoised in DXO, Blended and processed in Photoshop, final adjustments in Lightroom Classic
Badwater Basin
Boy, did this photo take some effort! It's the final result from my advanced astro photography training course in Death Valley, USA.
After flying from Australia, I arrived the morning after Death Valley had a years worth of rain in one night. The place was flooded out and the road officially closed but I managed to get through. The only place accessible was Bad Water Basin.
Captured with my Benro Polaris, this 2 row 20 shot tracked panorama was combined in photoshop using techniques I learnt during the course. Given I rarely used photoshop in the past it was a very steep learning curve.
Overall I probably spent 40 hrs on processing but only because I had to read my notes, watch a few videos, research photoshop help, try it on my image and after I finally completed each little step, write my own notes on what I did for future use. Now that I have the knowledge, hopefully it will only take 20hrs next time.
However, I have to say, I'm ecstatic with the result. The final image is 8.16GB and could easily look awesome on a Billboard. Not sure I'll go that far though š. Maybe just a local competition. Thanks to Dan Zafra Photography for the tuition and great week.
š· Sony Alpha 7Rm5
š Sony FE20mm F1.8G
ā±ļø Sky 10 images at 90 sec
ā±ļø Ground 10 images at 20 sec
š Fstop - 2.2/1.8
ļø ISO 800/6400
Denoised in DXO, Blended and processed in Photoshop, final adjustments in Lightroom Classic