Just got back from NZ and had my first try at astrophotography
Definitely have a lot to learn but am already planning to head to some dark skies in Sydney when I get a chance...
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Anastasios Gialopoulos
The king
Hiking in this beautiful region is like a present.Also standing at high elevation and looking to the king of Austria.The first snow the changing coloursand all the combination with the weather cond
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Last: Oct 03, 2026
Colin Andersson-Hamill
OUT OF MY WAY...I'M STARVING
A Eurasian owl showing off his muscles as he prepares to take flight to grab a bite to eat.
Eric Thiessen
Oasis
One of my favorite waterfalls I've photographed in recent years. deep in the backcountry of Vancouver Island lies this pristine oasis.
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Colin Andersson-Hamill
YOUNG MALE MALAYAN TIGER
These are a highly endangered species, and the rescue center has this young male tiger, which they hope will breed with their already existing female Malayan tiger.
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Have you tried luminosity in Photoshop ? It helps bring up the stars better.
Any examples you can show me Campbell? happy for you to edit any of my photos
Thanks Campbell, not a fan of overdoing the post processing
https://fstoppers.com/groups/102129/astrophotography/116252/astro-photo…
Take a look at two I posted a few weeks ago from York, Western Australia. I used luminosity to select the lights only from the stars.I learned the technique of YouTube.
Nice series! As Campbell mentioned, it wouldn't hurt to bring the stars out a bit more in post. I like the foreground in image in 2 is cool although it feels like you could rotate the image 10-15 degrees clockwise so the guardrail comes out of the corner. Love how the moonlight is lighting up the foreground in the last image.
Thanks Richard, I think it was a car headlights and not the moon lighting up the rock formation in the last image
Hey Gary! Nice photos for your first try! What I do, to bring out the milkyway is to use the "expose to the left" method. You can find it on youtube. The 2nd thing i do is a adjusment curve: I select the darkest spot in the milkyway, drag it down and select the lightest spot in the milkyway and drag it up. You then end up with a S-curve. I then use a mask to brush in the needed amount of contrast.
Here's my example:
https://fstoppers.com/photo/88978
Back in Oz now and shot the milky way last night
latest shot
I started doing astrophotography too.. It is really great! Im taking a night sky workshop at the beginning of june in maine.. can't wait! here is a few of mine from last year