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Tag: star trails

Posted on March 2, 2022March 2, 2022

Astrophotography with the Viltrox AF 24mm f/1.8: Chicago Star Trails

Chicago Star Trails with the Viltrox AF 24mm f/1.8

I recently got the new Viltrox AF 24mm f/1.8 lens and tried it out on some star trails shots in Chicago. Join me on a night of shooting stars from a light polluted city.

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Posted on July 20, 2015April 22, 2020

Star Trails and Moonlit Landscapes Tutorial

“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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Posted on November 11, 2014November 12, 2018

The Night Sky on Film: A Salute to the Photographic Process

For me, photography is a way to slow things down, to hold on to moments that I recognize as being otherwise impossible to possess.

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