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Posted on November 2, 2015November 12, 2018

Milky Way Exposure Stacking with Manual Alignment in Adobe Photoshop

Milky Way Exposure Stacking with Manual Alignment

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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Posted on April 8, 2015November 12, 2018

Lonely Speck featured on National Geographic’s Short Film Showcase

I’m proud to announce that National Geographic has featured our recent short film On Photographing the Milky Way in their Short Film Showcase!

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Posted on October 23, 2014November 12, 2018

On Photographing the Milky Way

Here’s a little inspiration and my answer to why we stay out late in the cold and the dark.

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Posted on October 31, 2013April 28, 2016

Video: How to Photograph the Milky Way in Light Pollution

This video will show you how I make photographs of the Milky Way in really heavy light pollution around cities like Los Angeles California.
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