This is my plan for attempting to shoot the June 10, 2021 partial solar eclipse from Chicago. In this 10 minute video, I go over my eclipse plan in PhotoPills and talk a little about equipment selection and how that affects field of view and subject size. Wish me luck!
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We’re on a quest to capture more pixels. This is our guided tutorial behind how to shoot and process extremely high resolution large format landscape astrophotography.
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This video tutorial combines two of my favorite techniques for maximizing image quality of astrophotos: stacking and stitching.
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Photographing the Milky Way from an Airplane
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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Removing Coma Aberration in Adobe Photoshop: Astrophotography Tutorial
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: A Tutorial
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.
Milky Way Exposure Stacking with Manual Alignment in Adobe Photoshop
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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