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A guy at the Denver star party told me my Orion shots were too blue
He pulled up my photo on his phone and said, 'You're clipping the blue channel hard, try a 2-second exposure next time.' I was stacking 5-second shots with my old DSLR, so I cut the time down and the nebula's reds came out way better. Anyone else get a simple tip that fixed a big problem with their astro photos?
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stellat4619h ago
Why are we always so quick to take random advice at star parties? Maybe your blue shots were YOUR artistic choice, and that guy just didn't get your style. Shorter exposures might fix clipping but they also introduce more noise, so you could be trading one problem for another. Sometimes sticking with your own process and learning from your own mistakes is better than just doing what some stranger says. Not every piece of simple advice is actually good for YOUR gear or what YOU want your photo to look like.
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carter.mila19h ago
People do this with recipes too, always changing the good stuff.
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ray_sullivan18h ago
Oh man, the recipe thing is so true. My aunt gave me her "secret" chili recipe and swore you couldn't change a thing. First thing I did was double the garlic and add a beer. It's like that photo advice, someone tells you the "right" way but it just kills what you were going for. Next they'll say you have to use a specific brand of beans or your whole pot is ruined.
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