beautiful. and the background/foreground info will definitely come useful if i do get inspired to try my hand at this....
On Sun, 16 Sep 2018 03:13:47 +0200 Jostein <[email protected]> wrote: > Inspired by Larrys work, I wanted to explore the options with the > 645Z. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/alunfoto/44656069202/in/dateposted-public/ > > With no large-aperture wide-angle for that system, the ISO must be > stretched pretty far to make the dust lanes in the galaxy appear. > > From looking at Larrys shots, I believed the quality of the > foreground would be the decisive factor for whether a result would be > print worthy. With that in mind, I took an extra long exposure at a > lower ISO and smaller aperture to see if they could be combined > effectively in post. That turned out to be more finicky than I had > hoped, even with no fluttering vegetation to move between or during > exposures. Or maybe I'm just too tired to be efficient now (it's 3 > am). > > Anyway, I think the technique may have some merit for the right kind > of foreground. > > Sky exposed for 15 seconds at f/4.5 and ISO 12800. > Foreground exposed for 8 minutes at f/8 and ISO 800. > Tonal PP done in LR. Pasted the two together in photoshop. > > Jostein > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
