How to Photograph the Milky Way – Astrophotography Tutorials, Tools, Gear + Inspiration
Tutorials and Techniques for Astrophotography
Coming to the 2016 Lonely Speck Meetup? Join Lonely Speck creator Ian Norman for a 2.5-hour session of astrophotography post-processing, group photo sharing, and Q&A.
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In this video tutorial, I walk through my method of capturing and processing a photograph of the Milky Way from the window of an airplane.
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In this video tutorial, Tyler Sichelski walks through a novel method for removing coma aberration from astrophotography using Adobe Photoshop.
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Focusing at night can be difficult. In this tutorial I review some of my favorite tips and techniques for focusing a camera lens in the pitch dark and I introduce a tool to make the process even easier.
In this video tutorial I walk through a technique for reducing noise and improving image quality by combining multiple astrophotography exposures. I also demonstrate what to do when auto-alignment tools, like Photoshop’s Auto-Align Layers function, fail to properly align your images.
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In this tutorial, I step through the basic RAW Lightroom post processing method that I use on most of my astrophotography.
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“The first time I made a photograph of a moonlit landscape, I literally said “wow” out loud. I couldn’t believe how much detail the moonlight brought out of the photograph.” In this tutorial, Tyler Sichelski walks through his process for shooting and processing surreal long exposure landscapes under the light of the Moon.
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