u/Photographerpro

Would the star adventurer gti be a good star tracker for a beginner? Also, what are things I should know before getting one?

I was looking the star adventurer gti. I want something that won’t be a hassle to set up every-time I want to go out to take images. I also want something that will work without any complicated modding or add ons. I read that it can automatically point itself at your target so you don’t have to spend all that time searching. I’m willing to spend $650 at the most.

My gear id be using is an a7rv with mostly a Samyang 135 1.8, tamron 28-77 2.8 g2, and a tamron 150-500 for really deep targets. I have a $70 k&f tripod that’s relatively solid.

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u/Photographerpro — 1 day ago

Orion constellation. Not very happy with this shot (critique wanted).

Equipment: Sony a7rii with 28-75 kit lens and basic tripod.

Taken on January 21st, 2022 at 28mm. I took 190 13 second exposures and stacked in sequator, stretched in gimp with levels, and finally, I did normal edits in Lightroom. I unfortunately do not have the original tif file to edit again or the raw files, but would like some feedback for future reference as I plan to do some more astrophotography in the future.

I was hoping I’d get more detail in the nebulae’s and Barnards loop. Perhaps I did a poor job stretching or I didn’t take enough shots?

u/Photographerpro — 3 days ago

Dumb question, but should I bother doing a stretch on the Milky Way, or edit normally?

Im about to go to Colorado and plan on shooting the milky way and mountain ranges. Of course, I plan to stack the images and take a separate shot for the foreground. My question is, should I bother cutting the Milky Way out and stretching it before adding it back into the final image, or is that not necessary. I mainly see people on YouTube edit within Lightroom or camera raw, without using levels to stretch.

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u/Photographerpro — 6 days ago

Dumb question.

Im about to go to Colorado and plan on shooting the milky way and mountain ranges. Of course, I plan to stack the images and take a separate shot for the foreground. My question is, should I bother cutting the Milky Way out and stretching it before adding it back into the final image, or is that not necessary. I mainly see people on YouTube edit within Lightroom or camera raw, without using levels to stretch.

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u/Photographerpro — 6 days ago

Part two of what funny head-canons you have?

Mine is that the thirteen crowns have a group chat. Paimon and bachiko constantly argue, Sullivan and lady Levi spam pictures of their grandsons, lord belial is tech illiterate, not knowing how to use his phone and constantly asks questions like “how do I use this damn remote.” Amu Chan is a wildcard and posts random photos of herself, showing off different outfits, or taking unsolicited selfies with Alice who is clearly trying to get away from her, and pictures of with the caption of “looky what Amu Chan found~❤️”as Iruma is in her lap with his face smushed right into her chest, doped out on luxury sweets and covered in kisses (Sullivan loses his mind). Bachiko responds that she doesn’t want the head of lust corrupting HER student. There are “…” as Sullivan is still typing.

Not everyone is active. Henri has the group chat on silent, amaymon gets pissed off trying to type messages as he constantly breaks his screen pressing too hard, narnia wasn’t even added because no one likes him, mephisto just sends thumbs up periodically, Baal is too busy scheming and having to go on dates with princess shura and having a smoke after.

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u/Photographerpro — 14 days ago