Camera: Sony A7 iv
Lens: F1.8 14mm GM
Tracker: MSM Nomad
Tripod: 3 Legged Thing Leo 2.0
ISO: 6400
Shutter: 30"
85 images stacked using Siril.
Edits in Lightroom and Photoshop
First time stacking and blending, feedback welcome!
These were taken with an iPhone 14 pro in night mode, atop Mauna Kea in Hawaii. I did not have a tripod with me so I improvised and used a street sign with a large rock on top. With the phone wedged between both I was able to keep it steady to capture 30s exposure.
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The foreground photograph is courtesy of: u/Quirky-Custard1024
Acquisition Details:
Location: Bortle 5
Gear: Xiaomi 15 Ultra. EQ tracker
Frames: 100 x 30s lights, IS01600
Stacked in Astro Pixel Processor, processed in Seti Astro Suite Pro, Photoshop.
BACKGROUND
📷 Camera: Canon EOS 6D mod.
🔎 Lens: Samyang 14mm f/8
🔭 Mount: Star Adventurer 2i
🌌 Acquisition: ISO1600
⏰ Integration: 150x60s (2.5h)
💻 Processing: Siril, GIMP, Snapseed
📍 Location: 36°47'34.79"N, 12°3'13.03"E
📅 Date: Aug. 11, 2026
On my vacation 2 weeks ago i went to the darkest place in my region in Poland to do Astrophotography. "Park Izerski ciemnego nieba" is known for dark skies and it's placed far from cities, i was able to see the Milky Way arch with my own eyes and never saw stars so clear yet. Very happy of the trip and the photo i took there!
20 lights frames stacked in Sequator.
Sony A7IV + Viltrox 16mm 1.8
Shot with R8 mod and hydrogen a plus visual and Sigma 24mm art tracked with NOMAD. Milky Way at 4 minutes f/4 iso400 blue hour blend. Which do you like better? Blue hour blend or with people walking through with flashlights?
Just a few spring views from north of Carefree Arizona. The slight glow around the vegetation along the left edge of the first was from the headlights of a car that came around a bend at an inconvenient moment. The third is a bit too bright but I still like the overall effect. I had been taking photos elsewhere and mistimed heading over to that location. The glow in the center is the rising moon. Yes, I could process it more aggressively, but I am not into art shots.
Sony A7V with Tamron 16-30 2.8. stacked images. Sky expose for 20 seconds at 3200 ISO
Apesar de ter conseguido captar a totalidade em 2024, não conseguimos fazer uma composição deste género, porque o Sol estava muito alto e o céu, nublado.
Para este eclipse, em Espanha, já tínhamos planeado usar duas câmaras: uma para o zoom máximo e outra para uma sequência com a paisagem. Esta foto mostra a posição real do Sol ao longo do eclipse, acompanhando a progressão até à totalidade e o regresso da luz.
Escolhemos Alto de Gamoniteiro por ser de fácil acesso e por termos confirmado antecipadamente que a vista estaria desimpedida, sem nenhuma montanha a tapar o Sol durante o eclipse. Chegámos a equacionar mudar de sítio por causa de umas nuvens que foram aparecendo, mas o risco não compensava.
No fim, as nuvens dissiparam-se e ainda se formou uma inversão espetacular, que tornou a paisagem ainda mais bonita. Foi, sem dúvida, a escolha certa!
instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vhastrophotography?igsh=YzNpcm1wdXd5NmRo&utm_source=qr
Here is the second image from the night I spend on the south coast of La Palma: The Milky Way arc rises over the Atlantic Ocean. Hearing nothing but the sound of waves while enjoying the starry sky was a breathtaking experience.
HaRGB | Mosaic | Tracked | Stacked | Composite
Exif:
Sony A7III with Sigma 28-45 f1.8 at 28mm
SkyWatcher Star Adevnturer 2i
Kenko Prosofton Starglow Filter
Sky
ISO 1250 | f1.8 | 4x45s per Panel
3x2 Panel Panorama
Foreground:
ISO 1000 | f4 | 10s per Panel (Blue Hour)
3x1 Panel Panorama
Halpha (45mm):
ISO 2500 | f1.8| 8x90s
Hello,
Here is a picture I took with my Fujifilm XH-1 with a 15-45mm zoom lens set to 23mm at f/3.5 and with ISO 1600.
The image is a stack of multiple ~ 20s images resulting in a ~ 20minute total integration time (I can’t remember the exact details).
The quality of the sky is not great and compared to the some of the Milky Way images I see, it’s no where near the same level. I am guessing a star tracker (which I have but don’t really use) and better processing at the way to go. Do you have any tips or advice on how I can improve the quality of my images, specifically of the sky?
Thanks in advance!
I’ve been trying to take this photo for two weeks now but the sky is not cooperating. Even though it was supposed to be clear last night and even checking apps and with my eyes before I drove a bit to a country road. As soon as I got there clouds came in over the Milky Way core. So I turned north and after getting them set up, shot composed, boom clouds come in everywhere. In the end though I really like this image. Only thing I’d change is the Milky Way sky instead of the Big Dipper. I’ll try again. I took a tutorial video while out there but didn’t realize you can’t post photo and video. Nikon Z6ii, 20mm shot at 2.8, iso 2500 for 30 seconds, edited in Lightroom
August 16, 2026 Hungary
Photographed with a Samsung S23 mobile phone
Hello.
I went out last night, wanted to photograph some Perseids, but it didn't work out well. Since I had some photos, I was like, let's do some star trails at least. But it feels weird somehow. I tried it with starstax and in PS, with some Lightroom edit, but it feels weird and hard to look at.
My guess, that I captured too much stars, so it gets too much at some point? I also had a lot of plane trails, which I removed with the LR heal tool, but that could have been an issue too.
Any tips looking at it, what could have went wrong?
Canon 77D, sigma 18-35 1.8.
Iso 1600, 1.8, 20sec
Taken this with my Z Fold 7.
Panorama of 4 images, completed in Bitmostitch Pro.
Each image taken 15x 20 second exposure with 3200 iso, stacked in Sequator.
Edited in Lightroom mobile.
I appreciate feedback 🙂
Shot the northern dust lanes of the Milky Way and managed to get some of the Perseids meteors in the shots and the andromeda galaxy. Taken while aiming out towards the North Sea at Barrow common in Brancaster, Norfolk.
Sky
Images: 243
ISO: 2500
Exposure: 15 seconds
Stacked in sequator
Foreground
Single image
ISO: 400
Exposure: 30 seconds
Both edited in Lightroom and then stitched back together in photoshop.