Hey thanks! That is awesome to hear that the moon woo could actually be interesting for a non-Milky Way Photographer! Thanks for telling me you enjoyed it and thanks for watching my channel! 😃 -Aaron
Hey king. I watched this video in Sep 2023 after 4 years of posting, the details you have shared are phenomenal. this is such a detailed video. I found various tips and it fills me with confidence. Thankyou King
Awesome to hear, Travel! Thanks for finding my video, watching it and letting me know you loved it! 😃 I really appreciate the positive feedback! I hope you will stick around and feel at home here with my channel and will keep coming back for more tips! -Aaron
Thanks, Frankiehands! Glad you felt it was concise, not a compliment I get often 😅 normally I am too loquacious. Appreciate you following the channel! -Aaron
This is an amazing guide! I am trying to do Milky Way photos more than I’ve ever done before this season and I didn’t wanna limit myself to new moon. So many lost opportunities! Especially if you’re somewhere special you can’t go back to easily on a day it isn’t a new moon!!! Going to use this guide to attempt Milky during waxing gibbous. I know it won’t be easy
Thank you, Orcaspest! I appreciate the kind words! I hope you will keep returning to my channel for more Milky Way Photography tutorials in the future! :D -Aaron
wow that was really helpful...I've been doing some form of astro photography now for about 6 months, and this is the first time I've realised how simple it is to check without referring to PhotoPills
Haha I was going to LEAD with that I saw you are from South Africa because of your flag! But then you added that you are one of the lucky ones! :D hahaha seriously it is SOOO EASY from the Southern Hemisphere! So you are the right person to ask, I have the graphic ready, I just don't know if I need to do it. Should I add a Southern Hemisphere option of the PDF so Photographers like you who live over on that side can have it match your view? -Aaron
@@PhotogAdventures I personally don't think so...I feel its pretty self explanatory - however, there are some who possibly would require it....I suppose the more info you put out, the better though. Keep up the great work :)
Thank you, Jeffrey! Really loved making it and took forever as I wanted it to come out clean and understandable. I hope I hit the legibility mark! The info is great too! I was SO STOKED to share this after I realized it! It is such a helpful tip. I hope to keep making more of these! Thanks for watching, Jeffrey! -Aaron
Haha awesome! Right!? I hadn't either until late last year and then it all came really together trying to make that cheat sheet graphic. Really glad you loved it as much as I did! Thanks! -Aaron
@@PhotogAdventures Just watching it again to get it in my head. Just signed up too! Thanks so much, really enjoying your videos, you deserve so many more views etc, sure that will come. Alex
Thanks for saying that! I am really glad that you are loving the tip as much as I was! I was so excited to create this video and was hoping it was just as cool for all you guys out there! :D -Aaron
Great info just got the cheatsheet! I just have a question, you said the moon phases move the opposite direction in the southern hemisphere and I get that, makes sense, but how about at the equator? How do they move over there? Just an interesting fact I would like to know
When there is a “fuller” moon, I keep the exposures on file for use for non-sky shoots. Then, for a near a full moon, expose for the sky and blend the two.
Interesting. Not sure I follow. So you are getting images of the foreground with dimmer moon and then combining that with a sky that is full moon? Or did you mean New Moon? Maybe you meant that you capture foregrounds with the fuller moon and then composite the New Moon skies over them? That would make sense. Bet it looks cool! Where is your instagram? have any to share? :D -Aaron
Heya Merlinbernese! Sorry for my delay in replying. The short answer is that there is no advice for taking a photo of the Milky Way during a Full Moon. You just won't see it. You will see the brightest stars that are in the band of the Milky Way and see where it SHOULD be but you won't get any clarity on the shape of the core and definitely will not see dust lanes. So the three days of FULL MOON all night are just nights that are not for Milky Way Photography. You can do Star Trails during those nights, but I would NOT do Milky Way Photography. Save your Milky Way Photography for the nights that have minutes to an hour+ of ZERO MOONLIGHT to capture the Milky Way. That accounts for roughly 27-28 nights a month. There really is no need to try and force a Milky Way Galactic Core capture during a Full Moon night. As for using a Polarizer, that will NOT help. No chance it does. Let me know if you have more questions! Keep replying here if you would like, I will keep an eye out for them. Thanks for watching my video! :D -Aaron
I have a question. I'll be in sahara in april when the third quarter is out but the milky way will look the best at the end of night. Is it still possible to take photos or will there be too much light? The moon will be next to milky way.😕
Our islamic months is really helping us to track moon phases So always in the 14th night is fool moon Today is day 11 so moon will be in waxing gebbous moon I think Do you think my calculating is right Iwant to shoot milky way tonight
You look sooo different. And thanks for that video. I am going to Colorado Springs in a week and I want to do some astro photography. Can you give me some suggestions?
hahaha yeah this beard is NUTS! I am not going to keep it...but at this point it is a work in progress I don't want to hit the reset switch on just yet. So going to enjoy this until sometime in the summer. :D As for your question, Colorado Springs is a great place with nearby dark areas. The best suggestion I can give you is to study my FREE LIVE WEBINAR SERIES if you haven't already and pick up the tips for planning using Google Maps and LightPollutionMap.info or Darksitefinder.com to know where your light pollution is low. Being that you will be out there next week, you will be dealing with the same Milky Way I have at this latitude and it will be an AFTER 3AM LOW LOW LOW on the Horizon Milky Way. Panos are okay but aren't as good as April - June Panorama images, so I would plan on just getting a composition built around the Galactic Core. If you check out the Royce Bair video you will see the Thumbnail of a March Milky Way. That is what you can expect to have in your shot so pick a spot that compliments that shape in a way that you would love it! In short, my favorite for this situation is to capture it over a foreground subject that will be tall. Break the plane and go from the bottom of your image to the top that can butt up against the Milky Way Core. That looks way better in my personal opinion for this timing of Milky Way than a flat foreground. So anything that breaks the plane would be great! :D Maybe a great idea for this week's Milky Way Wednesday! Thanks for the idea! :D -Aaron
@@PhotogAdventures Cool! I have checked out those sites before and am fimilar with it. I live in Dallas :( So no dark skies for hours. I loved living in ND where I could have dark skies easily. Lol. But I will check out the video. And thank for the help. I love learning from your videos about shooting and editing. Thanks a lot.
I found your brilliant demonstration when I was looking for other moon phase information. One thing I have not found is if the moon needs to be ? degrees below the horizon to not affect my Milky Way details. Does the moon light have a terminator?
Carol Santulis thank you so much for describing the presentation as brilliant! 😁 To answer your question, we have twilight periods of light in the sky based on how many degrees the sun is below the horizon. But we don’t have the same for the moon because it isn’t bright enough. One thing you should pay attention too is whether the moon is NEAR the Milky Way core. For instance, if the Milky Way is rising in your East in the early part of the season during spring, the moon CAN affect the sky on that horizon the 15 mins or so before it rises. Because that part of the horizon will brighten up depending on how illuminated the moon is. Not as bad in waning crescent but very bright for full moon of course. So you CAN notice the horizon change right at the moon but not most of the sky. Make sense? Thanks for your kind words and for watching the video, carol! 😃 -Aaron
And your chart makes something else obvious. The percentage of the normal period of darkness which is NOT available is roughly the percentage of the moon's surface which is illuminated. Or conversely, available = dark.
HAHAHA yes...I am running away soon and don't want anyone to recognize me! Honestly, I will definitely look like the CRAZY one when out at night alone. So should anyone show up and then see me over there in the dark...they will regret coming! At least until I talk to them and stop seeming scary. :D -Aaron
I'm not even a photographer, but this helped me understand the phases of the moon so much better. Thanks for the quality content!
Hey thanks! That is awesome to hear that the moon woo could actually be interesting for a non-Milky Way Photographer! Thanks for telling me you enjoyed it and thanks for watching my channel! 😃 -Aaron
Hey king. I watched this video in Sep 2023 after 4 years of posting, the details you have shared are phenomenal. this is such a detailed video. I found various tips and it fills me with confidence. Thankyou King
Awesome to hear, Travel! Thanks for finding my video, watching it and letting me know you loved it! 😃 I really appreciate the positive feedback! I hope you will stick around and feel at home here with my channel and will keep coming back for more tips! -Aaron
This is absolutely genius, and it gives me motivation to try milky way photography even with the moon out.
This is much appreciated!!! Thank you!!!
Brilliant tutorial! This will stick with me forever. Thanks so much.
Thanks for this info. Very concise and great tips
Thanks, Frankiehands! Glad you felt it was concise, not a compliment I get often 😅 normally I am too loquacious. Appreciate you following the channel! -Aaron
This is an amazing guide! I am trying to do Milky Way photos more than I’ve ever done before this season and I didn’t wanna limit myself to new moon. So many lost opportunities! Especially if you’re somewhere special you can’t go back to easily on a day it isn’t a new moon!!!
Going to use this guide to attempt Milky during waxing gibbous. I know it won’t be easy
Many thanks for this!
Thank you!! This was a wonderful tutorial.
Thank you, Orcaspest! I appreciate the kind words! I hope you will keep returning to my channel for more Milky Way Photography tutorials in the future! :D -Aaron
Short and sharp straight to the point--well done..Subscribed
Great stuff......explained clearly and thoroughly. Great tips sheet!
wow that was really helpful...I've been doing some form of astro photography now for about 6 months, and this is the first time I've realised how simple it is to check without referring to PhotoPills
Oh...and I'm one of the lucky ones here in south africa btw :)
Haha I was going to LEAD with that I saw you are from South Africa because of your flag! But then you added that you are one of the lucky ones! :D hahaha seriously it is SOOO EASY from the Southern Hemisphere! So you are the right person to ask, I have the graphic ready, I just don't know if I need to do it. Should I add a Southern Hemisphere option of the PDF so Photographers like you who live over on that side can have it match your view? -Aaron
@@PhotogAdventures I personally don't think so...I feel its pretty self explanatory - however, there are some who possibly would require it....I suppose the more info you put out, the better though.
Keep up the great work :)
Thank you! Great teacher!! Just new to this. Was excited for my trip to Cherry Springs Pa for night photography but now even more with this info.
Thank you for those kind words, Leini! 😃 How did your trip go? Did you get a great Milky Way? -Aaron
Cool that's a much easier way to look at it.
Cool chart Aaron! Very helpful.
awesome! thanks for explaining this
Awesome cheat sheet, nice of you to put it all together for your viewers!
Thank you, Jeffrey! Really loved making it and took forever as I wanted it to come out clean and understandable. I hope I hit the legibility mark! The info is great too! I was SO STOKED to share this after I realized it! It is such a helpful tip. I hope to keep making more of these! Thanks for watching, Jeffrey! -Aaron
Just blew my mind dude! Thanks for explaining that for me, did not realise half of that. 👍🏻
Haha awesome! Right!? I hadn't either until late last year and then it all came really together trying to make that cheat sheet graphic. Really glad you loved it as much as I did! Thanks! -Aaron
@@PhotogAdventures Just watching it again to get it in my head. Just signed up too! Thanks so much, really enjoying your videos, you deserve so many more views etc, sure that will come. Alex
Love your work, thanks, made it so easy for us down under...;-)
great thx
very helpful thanks for sharing
Thanks for saying that! I am really glad that you are loving the tip as much as I was! I was so excited to create this video and was hoping it was just as cool for all you guys out there! :D -Aaron
Great info just got the cheatsheet! I just have a question, you said the moon phases move the opposite direction in the southern hemisphere and I get that, makes sense, but how about at the equator? How do they move over there? Just an interesting fact I would like to know
When there is a “fuller” moon, I keep the exposures on file for use for non-sky shoots. Then, for a near a full moon, expose for the sky and blend the two.
Interesting. Not sure I follow. So you are getting images of the foreground with dimmer moon and then combining that with a sky that is full moon? Or did you mean New Moon? Maybe you meant that you capture foregrounds with the fuller moon and then composite the New Moon skies over them? That would make sense. Bet it looks cool! Where is your instagram? have any to share? :D -Aaron
astro made so much easier!! Legend👌🏻 who knew about star trail at full moon!
Hi great stuff. Could you provide any advice for taking milky way during full moon ? .... I hear something about using polarizer ??
Heya Merlinbernese! Sorry for my delay in replying. The short answer is that there is no advice for taking a photo of the Milky Way during a Full Moon. You just won't see it. You will see the brightest stars that are in the band of the Milky Way and see where it SHOULD be but you won't get any clarity on the shape of the core and definitely will not see dust lanes. So the three days of FULL MOON all night are just nights that are not for Milky Way Photography. You can do Star Trails during those nights, but I would NOT do Milky Way Photography. Save your Milky Way Photography for the nights that have minutes to an hour+ of ZERO MOONLIGHT to capture the Milky Way. That accounts for roughly 27-28 nights a month. There really is no need to try and force a Milky Way Galactic Core capture during a Full Moon night. As for using a Polarizer, that will NOT help. No chance it does. Let me know if you have more questions! Keep replying here if you would like, I will keep an eye out for them. Thanks for watching my video! :D -Aaron
Thanks a lot very helpful.
I have a question. I'll be in sahara in april when the third quarter is out but the milky way will look the best at the end of night. Is it still possible to take photos or will there be too much light? The moon will be next to milky way.😕
Our islamic months is really helping us to track moon phases
So always in the 14th night is fool moon
Today is day 11 so moon will be in waxing gebbous moon I think
Do you think my calculating is right
Iwant to shoot milky way tonight
You look sooo different. And thanks for that video. I am going to Colorado Springs in a week and I want to do some astro photography. Can you give me some suggestions?
hahaha yeah this beard is NUTS! I am not going to keep it...but at this point it is a work in progress I don't want to hit the reset switch on just yet. So going to enjoy this until sometime in the summer. :D As for your question, Colorado Springs is a great place with nearby dark areas. The best suggestion I can give you is to study my FREE LIVE WEBINAR SERIES if you haven't already and pick up the tips for planning using Google Maps and LightPollutionMap.info or Darksitefinder.com to know where your light pollution is low. Being that you will be out there next week, you will be dealing with the same Milky Way I have at this latitude and it will be an AFTER 3AM LOW LOW LOW on the Horizon Milky Way. Panos are okay but aren't as good as April - June Panorama images, so I would plan on just getting a composition built around the Galactic Core. If you check out the Royce Bair video you will see the Thumbnail of a March Milky Way. That is what you can expect to have in your shot so pick a spot that compliments that shape in a way that you would love it! In short, my favorite for this situation is to capture it over a foreground subject that will be tall. Break the plane and go from the bottom of your image to the top that can butt up against the Milky Way Core. That looks way better in my personal opinion for this timing of Milky Way than a flat foreground. So anything that breaks the plane would be great! :D Maybe a great idea for this week's Milky Way Wednesday! Thanks for the idea! :D -Aaron
@@PhotogAdventures Cool! I have checked out those sites before and am fimilar with it. I live in Dallas :( So no dark skies for hours. I loved living in ND where I could have dark skies easily. Lol. But I will check out the video. And thank for the help. I love learning from your videos about shooting and editing. Thanks a lot.
I found your brilliant demonstration when I was looking for other moon phase information. One thing I have not found is if the moon needs to be ? degrees below the horizon to not affect my Milky Way details. Does the moon light have a terminator?
Carol Santulis thank you so much for describing the presentation as brilliant! 😁 To answer your question, we have twilight periods of light in the sky based on how many degrees the sun is below the horizon. But we don’t have the same for the moon because it isn’t bright enough. One thing you should pay attention too is whether the moon is NEAR the Milky Way core. For instance, if the Milky Way is rising in your East in the early part of the season during spring, the moon CAN affect the sky on that horizon the 15 mins or so before it rises. Because that part of the horizon will brighten up depending on how illuminated the moon is. Not as bad in waning crescent but very bright for full moon of course. So you CAN notice the horizon change right at the moon but not most of the sky. Make sense? Thanks for your kind words and for watching the video, carol! 😃 -Aaron
@@PhotogAdventures Yes that makes sense. As crazy sensitive as camera sensors are, I did not know if "moon twilight " would affect them.
And your chart makes something else obvious. The percentage of the normal period of darkness which is NOT available is roughly the percentage of the moon's surface which is illuminated. Or conversely, available = dark.
OK, I didn't wait long enough till you got there. Cool.
Hey Aaron, are you growing that beard so large so you can hide behind it when you are out alone getting those milky way pictures?😀
HAHAHA yes...I am running away soon and don't want anyone to recognize me! Honestly, I will definitely look like the CRAZY one when out at night alone. So should anyone show up and then see me over there in the dark...they will regret coming! At least until I talk to them and stop seeming scary. :D -Aaron