I can't afford trackers and all the fancy gear, so these single frame edits are a valuable rescore thank you for putting in the time and effort in this type of video Richard.
Richard. Thank you so much. My PS skills have been non existent but being able to follow your tutorial has changed my outlook on PS. It is a game changer.
Thanks so much Brian. As I often say. . we don't need to know everything about Photoshop to do this stuff . .it's just a matter of going over pretty much the same steps each time.
Your enthusiasm is infectious and a delight to follow. I had the great pleasure to visit your wonderful country last year and the highlight was a visit to the GinGin observatory near Perth.
Hi Richard, Love this workflow. It might look simple, but it's one of the best (yet) single frame editing workflow I've ever seen. I like the precision and effective of every movement you do there. Since it's also single frame is amazing! Can't wait to see more 🙌🏼🌌
Hi Richard...excellent video, I learned so much in 35 minutes very easy to follow and understand...keep up the great work..Only discovered your channel recently, you've inspired me so much...thank you.
I'm so glad you talked about the White balance. I just got an Astro modified Z7ii and tried a custom balance with a grey card and incandescent lights, since I would image with a regular camera on incandescent. Shot last night on my light polluted deck and got temps of 2000 and Tint of -38. It looked way off. I will try your 3000 Kelvin and Tint adjustments next time out in Death valley next week as well as my custom white balance. Great tips!!! And Russell Crowman's tools are also excellent. I use them for my Deep Sky Astro!
Thanks for watching. White balance on these cameras is so fiddly and it will change depending on what we're shooting. But I do like to have that consistent starting point.
Wonderful video. You present great details in how you use both programs together, with layers and adjustments, which really helps to understand the proper use of the software. The photo is brilliant and now I challenge myself to replicate this type of shot for learning purposes. Thank you so much for walking through this. It is incredibly helpful! Cheers from the US, mate! Subscribed!
Thanks Richard for taking us through that editing process. I love how Star Xterminator works - a definite purchase when I get a new computer. Fantastic result from a single image.
This was a fantastic. Thank you for sharing your expertise and experience. I have looked at other MW shots and wondered how they achieved the luminosity - you have opened a whole new chapter for me. I have just completed my first edit based on your technique and really happy with the result.
Wow! I never had used Topaz for noise reduction before but I’m definitely going to give it a go now! Those results are a huge difference! That’s awesome
Thank you for sharing the use of the StarXterminator I love using it ! It's rather new for me but It's fantastic I love your videos this one is so well taught and explained. You're the best, Richard!!!!!
So Good!! I'm going to have a great time re editing some old shots and my new ones... Thanks so much for all you do for this community Richard.. Very much appreciated
I'm SOOO happy you mentioned the WB on your Modified Z6ii. Last weekend was my first time out with my modified Z6ii and I lowered the WB to around 3000K. 👍
Fantastic Richard!!! I love your passion for astro photography! You also love to share your knowledge too!!! That's amazing! I'm still new at this, but I have learned so much from you! My attempts at shooting the milkyway always have failed in a noisy mess!! Im hoping for a big success this year! The single shot is what I tried in the past!!! But this time I'm going for a 10 to 15 stack! With light painting thanks to you!!! This video was awesome, but I want to go for the gold my friend!!! I will let you know it goes!!!!!!!!👍👍👍🇺🇲
Hi Richard. It is good to see you again. My wife and I were on a religious mission for one year, so I had to postpone my photography for that period. However, we are back. For the next year I hope to improve my photography skills. I find what you do is remarkable. I sincerely appreciate your enthusiasm and your willingness to teach us your technique. Richard, the biggest challenge I have is finding foreground subjects for my Milky Way shots. We don't seem to have a lot of abandoned buildings here in Utah, USA like you do where you live. So, my challenge is to use natural landscape items. However, these can be tricky to do light painting. Fortunately, Southern Utah has a lot of natural landscape items to photograph. Again, thank you so much for what you do.
Thanks! Great tip on doubling up on the stars layer. This was the first video of yours I’ve watched from Australia. I’m here in the Central West of NSW near Coonabarabran for a couple of weeks of stargazing and shooting. Been great so far! Perfect nights under the glorious southern sky. Time for a Tim Tam!
Thanks Richard for my weekly inspiration. Another thing that has helped my single shots is low level lighting. I have 2 small lights that can some extra detail in a single shot. I've still got a lot to learn about where to place them and what on percentage to set them.
@nightscapeimages.richard I sent you a contribution on PP a couple of days ago Richard... Your passion for astrophotography is wonderful and I really appreciate your work!
This is an extremely helpful video, Richard! I will definitely checking out the trial version of StarXTerminator. I tend to do mostly either single shot or some with stacked foreground, so I'm sure it will be a great help. Thanks!
Hi Richard. Very educational and helpful video, perfect for those of us who are taking their first steps in astrophotography with only a camera, suitable lens and tripod. I very much appreciate your sharing of knowledge and experience! Thanks again!
Richard. Thank you so much: this is brilliant & the incorporation of LR & PS is a game-changer!! Making notes & working/testing on some single images I took last year & results are so much better. Can not thank you enough! Cheers
As a fellow astrophotographer in USA, I do greatly appreciate this tutorial. I was using the filters in Photoshop and it was such a pain. You opened a new chapter in my astrophotography adventures. Thank you, mate!
You have a huge advantage over me in that you can already clearly see the Milky Way in the frame straight out of the camera. You must have nice dark skies. Where I live in UK you really cant even see the Milky Way with the naked eye. It is SUCH hard work trying to get ANY image of the Milky Way. Hope you appreciate that - what a gift it would be to have proper dark night skies.
Yes I certainly do appreciate that Gordon .. every time I go out I thank my lucky stars .!!! The Southern Hemisphere night sky is simply amazing, and the milky way core gets very high into the sky as it travels it's course .. which helps make it brighter as well.
Yes I've come to realize if it isn't at least a bortle 3, I won't expect to push the edit, and will mostly just focus in constellation shots. I'm a bit picky though haha
I gotta say, I can't wait till I get my lens I ordered. I am also planning to take some shots of our local small town 4th of July fireworks with that 16 mm lens. There is a pier on the river where I plan on standing but I've gotta get there early and claim my spot. These videos are full of pearls, I watch some of them several times.
Thanks Richard, absolutely love your tutorials mate, they have helped me out so much with my single images. I haven't gone down the path of tracking yet, im very impressed with what I can achieve with single shots now. 👍
Great tutorial. Although I don't do too many single exposures (we really need the signal from bortle 4 ;-)) I learned a trick or 2 here. Also shows that you don't necessarily need tracking/stacking if the scene and sky quality is there. Thanks Richard!
Oh man! I just learned so much from this. never heard of H-Alpha modifications but immediately looked it up and now I want to do it. I'll be getting that star remover plug-in for sure. I even didn't know, to my shame, you could subtract the linear gradient mask. I just always used the brush if I needed odd shapes. Thank you so much for this video. It's saved and I'll be coming back to it many times I am sure.
Hi Richard. I love this approach! The detail you've extracted from a single image is stunning and you've remained faithful to the original capture. Thank you so much for sharing.
Amazing edit Richard, if not told I'd have guessed stacked at the very least. Tools these days are just crazy good at what they do. They are expensive, but still not crazy fast prime lens expensive. Absolutely worth investing in.
Great edit Richard. I have plenty of images on my hard drive I that I can practice these techniques. In my area west of Chicago it was too cloudy during the new moon period, I am hoping for some clear nigjts in April.
Great Richard. Regarding the noise I like the new lightroom denoise. Also, usually I duplicate the layer on PS and leave different levels of denoise at the terrain and sky.
Thanks for showing this! Really well done, I'd would like to increase the brightness on the linear stars layer, it almost looks like they're disappeared,more stars will break up the noise pattern and give you a sharper cleaner look over all, try it out to see if it match your taste.Also you might find star glow plugin useful.See you soon!
This is an outstanding video...and I'm bookmarking it. Lately, I've done more of the single image photos versus a stack. I also like using Adobe's DeNoise feature. I have Topaz Denoise too, and have never really tried the Severe option. But soon, I will. Well done, as always, Richard!
@@nightscapeimages.richard Ive been using the RC Astro plug-in for quite some time, basically doing your approach and editing separately the Starless mask then bringing in the Stars mask. I usually use Screen mode, but will now start trying the Color Dodge blend mode and duplicating that layer. But I could never figure out how to selectively bring back the brighter stars from the Stars mask, until I watched your video, starting at the 19:25 minute mark. And I jotted it all down for future reference. Finally...I've learned a new technique! :-)
Fabulous tutorial Richard. We are moving to Mansfield in a few weeks, and I can't wait to explore the area for astro!! I have previously been to Craigs Hut and shot a sunset (which is my most popular image!) and an astro there. The astro shot was a bit of a fizzer as I didn't know so much then as I do now!! I'm sure there are old silos and buildings etc which are just waiting for me!!
Thanks Carmel. I hope your shift goes well. That area is very scenic indeed .. and quite dark skies as well. The milky way rises beautifully over Craigs Hut in the east .. and early in the year it's not so cold up there.
Very helpful! Thank you so much! Your image is very clean after using the starxterminator, my image has some coma which can't be removed. But l learned that I need to control the coma.
Wonderful video. Thank you. Topaz tends to over sharpen stars but your technique eliminates that issue. RC Astro makes a noise reduction plug in trained on stars which avoids that issue but may not add much the way you manage noise.
Richard, great presentation as usual and another valuable benchmark for comparison between the other options of stacking and tracking. Pretty amazing detail in the core, but then again you see a much higher elevation than us to the north. What bortle was this shot in
Really helpful video thanks Richard. The stars trick with different screen modes is one I'll try. I have been trying to use star spikes 4 but it's tricky to use. For denoise I use ai denoise usually but will have to try Topaz with severe noise setting as I have usually used low light setting and found it is often too aggressive with details.
Thanks so much Brendan. It's amazing how many great tools we have at our disposal these days isn't it. I do prefer the Severe over the Low Light setting.
Hi again Richard…addicted to your tutorials…really fantastic and very detailed. Like I mentioned before, I’m curious to see the following tutorials: stacked and tracked approaches. And finally would like to see difference between the 3 final images regarding dynamic range of the milky way. A 100% detail would be nice, from for example the Rho Ophiuchi region of the 3 finished final images. If possible next to each other, I’m very curious if the stacked are much different from the tracked results.
Thanks again for watching Edward. I do have many videos featuring both the stacked and tracked approaches as well as editing. No doubt the best images will be tracked, and if we want even better we will track and stack.
Yes indeed...but curious if the difference is enormous ? Not sure if carefully done the difference will be that great between stacked and tracked. I mean for a general picture with the milky way in a landscape. Would normal people (mean non-photographers 😉) see the difference ? For deep space photography it's another story of course. Don't do that part...let it be done by more driven people or by the Hubble or Web telescope. But can't say that I was already tempted a few times but think I my wife will kill me... And yes the starless filters does wonders.
I think you're right . .the average person won't see any difference at all. They look at images as a whole .. they don't pixel peep.@@edwarddebruyn8717
Richard, another great video that shares with us your knowledge and skills. Thank you! One question in following you are doing in this video at about the 10:20 point....on the right side you had a button you called "mask tool" and used to select the sky. I can't find that button on my copy of Ps (subscription). I can do a Select>Sky and add a layer mask from the bottom button in the layers panel but it does not give me all the adjustments you show.
Thanks for watching Bradley. Yes I used the Camera Raw Filter .. that's where you'll find that Mask Tool. It's the same as using Lightroom .. same tools.
Oh my, Richard. I missed that you were in Camera Raw. Thanks so much for your prompt and very helpful response. I really enjoy your videos and learning from them. Best regards! @@nightscapeimages.richard
Cool vid mate, I think I would need to straighten the buildings if I was being picky but it’s amazing what can be done with single images these days especially when you are feeling lazy in the field!
I can't afford trackers and all the fancy gear, so these single frame edits are a valuable rescore thank you for putting in the time and effort in this type of video Richard.
You're very welcome indeed. Thanks for watching.
Stacking is free!
Move Shoot Move star Trackers are Cheap and great to start out
@@CMikeGo74Might you know of a good product? I had not heard of these, so I will research. Thank you!
Great editing tutorial Richard. Lots of tips and tricks shared and much appreciated. 👌👍😊
Thanks Geoff. I'm sure you'd be using a similar workflow. Hope Tasmania's going well.
Richard, A really useful tutorial on your technique. thanks for the effort you put into this video.
Cheers Peter.
Many thanks indeed Peter
Richard. Thank you so much. My PS skills have been non existent but being able to follow your tutorial has changed my outlook on PS. It is a game changer.
Thanks so much Brian. As I often say. . we don't need to know everything about Photoshop to do this stuff . .it's just a matter of going over pretty much the same steps each time.
Your enthusiasm is infectious and a delight to follow. I had the great pleasure to visit your wonderful country last year and the highlight was a visit to the GinGin observatory near Perth.
Thanks for tuning in Martin. Glad you liked Australia.
fantastic work Richard, really looks as good as a multi stacked image, very clean 👍
Many thanks indeed. Appreciate you watching.
Brilliant explanation, I’ve learnt so much from your videos, you’re an absolute legend! Cheers.
Thanks again for watching Michael.
Hi Richard, Love this workflow. It might look simple, but it's one of the best (yet) single frame editing workflow I've ever seen. I like the precision and effective of every movement you do there. Since it's also single frame is amazing! Can't wait to see more 🙌🏼🌌
Thanks so much for your kind words my friend.
Looks fantastic! I noticed you did the edit on my birthday. It is definitely a wall hanger! You have a wonderful week my friend. 📷☕️🍪
Happy birthday John, hope you enjoyed the day.
Hi Richard...excellent video, I learned so much in 35 minutes very easy to follow and understand...keep up the great work..Only discovered your channel recently, you've inspired me so much...thank you.
Very kind of you David. I'm pleased the videos are helpful.
I'm so glad you talked about the White balance. I just got an Astro modified Z7ii and tried a custom balance with a grey card and incandescent lights, since I would image with a regular camera on incandescent. Shot last night on my light polluted deck and got temps of 2000 and Tint of -38. It looked way off. I will try your 3000 Kelvin and Tint adjustments next time out in Death valley next week as well as my custom white balance. Great tips!!! And Russell Crowman's tools are also excellent. I use them for my Deep Sky Astro!
Thanks for watching. White balance on these cameras is so fiddly and it will change depending on what we're shooting. But I do like to have that consistent starting point.
Wonderful video. You present great details in how you use both programs together, with layers and adjustments, which really helps to understand the proper use of the software. The photo is brilliant and now I challenge myself to replicate this type of shot for learning purposes. Thank you so much for walking through this. It is incredibly helpful! Cheers from the US, mate! Subscribed!
I'm really pleased you enjoyed the video Mark. Thanks for tuning in.
Thanks Richard for taking us through that editing process. I love how Star Xterminator works - a definite purchase when I get a new computer. Fantastic result from a single image.
Thanks again for watching Julie
This was a fantastic. Thank you for sharing your expertise and experience. I have looked at other MW shots and wondered how they achieved the luminosity - you have opened a whole new chapter for me. I have just completed my first edit based on your technique and really happy with the result.
Once again I appreciate you watching Graeham.
Thanks for stars minimalisation method! Love it!
Thank you so much for watching.
Thanks Richard, great video. I've learnt heaps from this one, especially StarXTerminator.
Thanks again for tuning in Steve. Appreciate your comments.
Brilliant - thank you!
Thanks so much for watching.
Great video Richard. Liked that did the single image edit.😊
I really appreciate you watching William
Another great video Richard, nicely done clear skies 🖖
Thanks as always for watching Gavin.
Wow! I never had used Topaz for noise reduction before but I’m definitely going to give it a go now! Those results are a huge difference! That’s awesome
It's working well for me ..!!!
A single exposure that looks like many people's dream of a final image. You sure have some great skies there!
Yes it sure does help to have clear and dark skies. Thanks so much for watching.
Wow - this tutorial is so helpful! Thank you!
I'm really pleased to hear that.
I've watched a ton of Milky Way photography editing tutorials on UA-cam, but this one was the best one by far! Thanks a lot
Very kind of you, thanks for watching.
agreed
Thank you for another great video Richard. Love the way you edited the single image🙂
Thanks as always for your great support Julie.
Thank you for sharing the use of the StarXterminator I love using it ! It's rather new for me but It's fantastic I love your videos this one is so well taught and explained. You're the best, Richard!!!!!
It's a very handy plug-in and I use it all the time. Very much appreciate you watching.
Thank you Richard for showing your workflow in detail. The information is very useful including your introductio to that topic.
As always I very much appreciate your comments Gunter.
Awesome Richard..Thank You
Thanks again for watching Chris
So Good!! I'm going to have a great time re editing some old shots and my new ones... Thanks so much for all you do for this community Richard.. Very much appreciated
You're very welcome Alyn, really appreciated.
A great tutorial, thank you Richard 🙂
You're very welcome Les.
Super video Richard, thank you so much for your great videos, I'm using them every day. Greetings from Canberra.
I really appreciate your great support Luminita
I'm SOOO happy you mentioned the WB on your Modified Z6ii. Last weekend was my first time out with my modified Z6ii and I lowered the WB to around 3000K. 👍
Yes I think it helps a lot.
Really clear and informative video Richard. Thanks so much.
Thanks as always for watching Eric.
An excellent video - many thanks Richard!
Really appreciate that Darrel
Another great video Richard. Clear Skies!
Thanks so much for tuning in.
Fantastic Richard!!! I love your passion for astro photography! You also love to share your knowledge too!!! That's amazing! I'm still new at this, but I have learned so much from you! My attempts at shooting the milkyway always have failed in a noisy mess!! Im hoping for a big success this year! The single shot is what I tried in the past!!! But this time I'm going for a 10 to 15 stack! With light painting thanks to you!!! This video was awesome, but I want to go for the gold my friend!!! I will let you know it goes!!!!!!!!👍👍👍🇺🇲
Thanks again for watching Marvin. You will certainly get better results by stacking multiple images.
Hi Richard. It is good to see you again. My wife and I were on a religious mission for one year, so I had to postpone my photography for that period. However, we are back. For the next year I hope to improve my photography skills. I find what you do is remarkable. I sincerely appreciate your enthusiasm and your willingness to teach us your technique. Richard, the biggest challenge I have is finding foreground subjects for my Milky Way shots. We don't seem to have a lot of abandoned buildings here in Utah, USA like you do where you live. So, my challenge is to use natural landscape items. However, these can be tricky to do light painting. Fortunately, Southern Utah has a lot of natural landscape items to photograph. Again, thank you so much for what you do.
Thanks so much Nyall. You have a lot more grand landscape where you are than me so I go looking for old buildings. Both make great subjects to shoot.
Thanks! Great tip on doubling up on the stars layer. This was the first video of yours I’ve watched from Australia. I’m here in the Central West of NSW near Coonabarabran for a couple of weeks of stargazing and shooting. Been great so far! Perfect nights under the glorious southern sky. Time for a Tim Tam!
That's fantastic Alan. You will love Coonabarabran and those pristine and warm Aussie skies ..!!!
Another great tutorial Richard. The results that you have obtained from a single exposure are remarkable. Thank you for sharing.
You're welcome Tony, really appreciated.
Thanks Richard for my weekly inspiration.
Another thing that has helped my single shots is low level lighting. I have 2 small lights that can some extra detail in a single shot.
I've still got a lot to learn about where to place them and what on percentage to set them.
Really appreciate your comments Mike. Yes indeed, low level lighting is wonderful.
Hi Richard! Great workflow and thanks for the wb info. I also enjoy using star exterminator. Take care, Jerry
Good on you Jerry. Always appreciate your comments.
@nightscapeimages.richard I sent you a contribution on PP a couple of days ago Richard... Your passion for astrophotography is wonderful and I really appreciate your work!
Thanks so much for your generous support Jerry .. . it means a lot.@@JerryDell-j3s
Awesome shot and tutorial Richard. Thanks for taking the time for another awesome video.
You're very welcome Brian, thank you.
This is an extremely helpful video, Richard! I will definitely checking out the trial version of StarXTerminator. I tend to do mostly either single shot or some with stacked foreground, so I'm sure it will be a great help. Thanks!
Thanks for tuning in Drake. Yes it's a wonderful piece of software . .worth every penny.
Richard, Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and expertise. So helpful and very much appreciated.
You're very welcome Emilio
Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge with us.
Thanks so much for watching.
Hi Richard. Very educational and helpful video, perfect for those of us who are taking their first steps in astrophotography with only a camera, suitable lens and tripod. I very much appreciate your sharing of knowledge and experience! Thanks again!
You're very welcome indeed Oliver. I'm pleased you find the videos helpful.
@@nightscapeimages.richardVery much so! Can´t wait for your next video! Have a great week
Richard. Thank you so much: this is brilliant & the incorporation of LR & PS is a game-changer!! Making notes & working/testing on some single images I took last year & results are so much better. Can not thank you enough! Cheers
You're very welcome Manjul. Glad the videos are helpful.
Absolutely marvellous Richard, thanks for the video! Pete
I very much appreciate you watching Pete.
Hats of and Thanks alot for the knowhows you so nicely shares. Much appreciated and easy to understand.
Thanks so much for watching my friend.
Thanks Richard, this is a big help to me. Excellent tutorial.
Thanks so much for watching.
Thanks again for a wonderful tutorial Richard!
Think it is an awesome image!
Many thanks indeed Calvin
As a fellow astrophotographer in USA, I do greatly appreciate this tutorial. I was using the filters in Photoshop and it was such a pain. You opened a new chapter in my astrophotography adventures. Thank you, mate!
You're very welcome indeed my friend. I appreciate your support.
Amazing video.. So many excellent ways of post procesing night scape images..thank you!!
Thanks again Luis. Yes you are so right my friend.
You have a huge advantage over me in that you can already clearly see the Milky Way in the frame straight out of the camera. You must have nice dark skies. Where I live in UK you really cant even see the Milky Way with the naked eye. It is SUCH hard work trying to get ANY image of the Milky Way. Hope you appreciate that - what a gift it would be to have proper dark night skies.
Yes I certainly do appreciate that Gordon .. every time I go out I thank my lucky stars .!!! The Southern Hemisphere night sky is simply amazing, and the milky way core gets very high into the sky as it travels it's course .. which helps make it brighter as well.
Yes I've come to realize if it isn't at least a bortle 3, I won't expect to push the edit, and will mostly just focus in constellation shots. I'm a bit picky though haha
I gotta say, I can't wait till I get my lens I ordered. I am also planning to take some shots of our local small town 4th of July fireworks with that 16 mm lens. There is a pier on the river where I plan on standing but I've gotta get there early and claim my spot. These videos are full of pearls, I watch some of them several times.
I very much appreciate your great comments Ted. Thank you.
Brilliant picture and Brilliant edit Richard.... Looks Great... WOW... 😊
I very much appreciate you watching Keith, thank you.
Thanks Richard, absolutely love your tutorials mate, they have helped me out so much with my single images.
I haven't gone down the path of tracking yet, im very impressed with what I can achieve with single shots now. 👍
I'm really pleased you found it helpful Michael.
Fantastic and easy to follow along and to understand. If you were Nicole Kidman and knew all this, you'd be just my type. 😋
Ah, well ok mate . .!!!! Thanks for the encouragement mate . .I think ...!!!!
Great tutorial. Although I don't do too many single exposures (we really need the signal from bortle 4 ;-)) I learned a trick or 2 here. Also shows that you don't necessarily need tracking/stacking if the scene and sky quality is there. Thanks Richard!
Thanks as always for your kind comments Jeroen. Hope you're going well my friend.
Excellent Richard.
Really appreciate you tuning in Tony.
Great video! Loved the complete A to Z editing, explaining each step including your reasoning and how too’s.
I'm really pleased you liked it Norm, thank you.
Oh man! I just learned so much from this. never heard of H-Alpha modifications but immediately looked it up and now I want to do it. I'll be getting that star remover plug-in for sure. I even didn't know, to my shame, you could subtract the linear gradient mask. I just always used the brush if I needed odd shapes. Thank you so much for this video. It's saved and I'll be coming back to it many times I am sure.
I'm really pleased you found the video useful Tom. Thanks for looking.
Hi Richard. I love this approach! The detail you've extracted from a single image is stunning and you've remained faithful to the original capture. Thank you so much for sharing.
I really appreciate you watching Tim, thank you.
Thanks Richard - this is a great workflow for astro shots - I will definitely be using these methods.
Thanks heaps for watching Chris.
Richard. I can‘t emphazise enough how helpful you videos are! Thnx.
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I'm really pleased to hear that. Thanks for watching.
Great skills Rich, talking about the teaching skills and photoshop, light room
I'm pleased you enjoyed it Alan.
Amazing edit Richard, if not told I'd have guessed stacked at the very least. Tools these days are just crazy good at what they do. They are expensive, but still not crazy fast prime lens expensive. Absolutely worth investing in.
Thanks as always Dominic. Yes it's a lot easier now than it was years ago that's for sure. But nothing beats good old experience.
Thanks so much for the tutorial, Richard, I just started using the Star Xterminator and I love it.
It's a fantastic tool Brian, well worth the investment I reckon.
Great job Richard. Greetings from Poland 😊
Thanks for your support my friend.
Great video on a somewhat overlooked topic. I picked up a few new useful tips. Thanks.
You're very welcome indeed David.
Yes, very similar workflow Richard. Heading to Mersey Bluff tonight. Hoping for clear skies later on 😅
The lighthouse has a great alignment, although a bit of light pollution from the town perhaps. And of course the light itself ..!!!
Thankyou Richard! Awesome video
You're very welcome my friend.
Great edit Richard. I have plenty of images on my hard drive I that I can practice these techniques.
In my area west of Chicago it was too cloudy during the new moon period, I am hoping for some clear nigjts in April.
Thanks for tuning in Jim. I hope you get some clear nights soon.
Fantastic....thoroughly enjoyed that. Thanks for posting these!
I'm really pleased you found it helpful.
Great Richard. Regarding the noise I like the new lightroom denoise. Also, usually I duplicate the layer on PS and leave different levels of denoise at the terrain and sky.
I think that's a great idea Raphael. Editing the sky and foreground differently will give best results.
Awesome MW processing tutorial 👌👌👌
Thanks so much for watching Gus
Thanks for showing this! Really well done, I'd would like to increase the brightness on the linear stars layer, it almost looks like they're disappeared,more stars will break up the noise pattern and give you a sharper cleaner look over all, try it out to see if it match your taste.Also you might find star glow plugin useful.See you soon!
Thanks for your comments. I'll give it a try.
This is an outstanding video...and I'm bookmarking it. Lately, I've done more of the single image photos versus a stack. I also like using Adobe's DeNoise feature. I have Topaz Denoise too, and have never really tried the Severe option. But soon, I will. Well done, as always, Richard!
Thanks for your very kind words Ken. Glad you like the video.
@@nightscapeimages.richard Ive been using the RC Astro plug-in for quite some time, basically doing your approach and editing separately the Starless mask then bringing in the Stars mask. I usually use Screen mode, but will now start trying the Color Dodge blend mode and duplicating that layer. But I could never figure out how to selectively bring back the brighter stars from the Stars mask, until I watched your video, starting at the 19:25 minute mark. And I jotted it all down for future reference. Finally...I've learned a new technique! :-)
@@KenSmithPhoto Thanks again Ken. There are always multiple ways to do the same thing in Photoshop.
Thanks for this useful tutorial.
I need to have astro mod cam soon 😆
Thanks again for watching. In next weeks video I'll be comparing standard and astro mod camera.
Fabulous tutorial Richard. We are moving to Mansfield in a few weeks, and I can't wait to explore the area for astro!! I have previously been to Craigs Hut and shot a sunset (which is my most popular image!) and an astro there. The astro shot was a bit of a fizzer as I didn't know so much then as I do now!! I'm sure there are old silos and buildings etc which are just waiting for me!!
Thanks Carmel. I hope your shift goes well. That area is very scenic indeed .. and quite dark skies as well. The milky way rises beautifully over Craigs Hut in the east .. and early in the year it's not so cold up there.
great edit and video. thanks Richard
You are very kind as always.
Very helpful! Thank you so much! Your image is very clean after using the starxterminator, my image has some coma which can't be removed. But l learned that I need to control the coma.
Yes that comes down to lens quality. Some are very good and others not so much.
Great in-depth review
Thanks as always for watching Tony
Great job, Richard, you seem to be a master with Photoshop.
Thanks Jeff. Photoshop is important to my workflow . but it's all self taught.
Wonderful video. Thank you. Topaz tends to over sharpen stars but your technique eliminates that issue. RC Astro makes a noise reduction plug in trained on stars which avoids that issue but may not add much the way you manage noise.
Yes I reckon the same about Topaz and stars. I haven't tried NoiseXterminator but a few friends have it and love it. Thanks for watching.
Fantastic Richard Thanks 😊
Many thanks indeed Michelle
amaizing job. Sir
I very much appreciate you watching Rita
Just starting to learn all this astro mod processing malarkey...... Sharp learning curve that's for sure, my images currently have a purple tinge
And also a lot of light pollution will confuse the issue as well. Dark skies make everything easier Suzie.
Thank you for another fantastic video Richard, your tips and tricks are great . I always learn something from your videos. Thank you again.
You're very welcome indeed Dennis. Always appreciate your comments.
Richard, great presentation as usual and another valuable benchmark for comparison between the other options of stacking and tracking. Pretty amazing detail in the core, but then again you see a much higher elevation than us to the north. What bortle was this shot in
Thanks again for watching Robb. I'd say this is a Bortle 3 sky in that direction.
Beautiful work
I really appreciate you watching. Thank you.
Great video, I'll save th8s one for when I get my new computer.
Good stuff Phil, appreciate you watching.
Really helpful video thanks Richard. The stars trick with different screen modes is one I'll try. I have been trying to use star spikes 4 but it's tricky to use. For denoise I use ai denoise usually but will have to try Topaz with severe noise setting as I have usually used low light setting and found it is often too aggressive with details.
Thanks so much Brendan. It's amazing how many great tools we have at our disposal these days isn't it. I do prefer the Severe over the Low Light setting.
Great tips Richard.. :)
Thanks for looking Mark
Hi again Richard…addicted to your tutorials…really fantastic and very detailed. Like I mentioned before, I’m curious to see the following tutorials: stacked and tracked approaches.
And finally would like to see difference between the 3 final images regarding dynamic range of the milky way. A 100% detail would be nice, from for example the Rho Ophiuchi region of the 3 finished final images.
If possible next to each other, I’m very curious if the stacked are much different from the tracked results.
Thanks again for watching Edward. I do have many videos featuring both the stacked and tracked approaches as well as editing. No doubt the best images will be tracked, and if we want even better we will track and stack.
Yes indeed...but curious if the difference is enormous ?
Not sure if carefully done the difference will be that great between stacked and tracked. I mean for a general picture with the milky way in a landscape.
Would normal people (mean non-photographers 😉) see the difference ?
For deep space photography it's another story of course. Don't do that part...let it be done by more driven people or by the Hubble or Web telescope. But can't say that I was already tempted a few times but think I my wife will kill me...
And yes the starless filters does wonders.
I think you're right . .the average person won't see any difference at all. They look at images as a whole .. they don't pixel peep.@@edwarddebruyn8717
Awesome tutorial
Thanks so much for watching John
Richard, another great video that shares with us your knowledge and skills. Thank you! One question in following you are doing in this video at about the 10:20 point....on the right side you had a button you called "mask tool" and used to select the sky. I can't find that button on my copy of Ps (subscription). I can do a Select>Sky and add a layer mask from the bottom button in the layers panel but it does not give me all the adjustments you show.
Thanks for watching Bradley. Yes I used the Camera Raw Filter .. that's where you'll find that Mask Tool. It's the same as using Lightroom .. same tools.
Oh my, Richard. I missed that you were in Camera Raw. Thanks so much for your prompt and very helpful response. I really enjoy your videos and learning from them. Best regards! @@nightscapeimages.richard
Hey Bradley. I noticed you sent through some money via Paypal. Did you order anything ..???@@bradleychewning9094
Great tutorial thanks very much!
Thanks for watching Adrian
That is magic!
Thanks so much for watching.
Very informative, a big thankyou 👍👍
Thanks as always for watching John
Cool vid mate, I think I would need to straighten the buildings if I was being picky but it’s amazing what can be done with single images these days especially when you are feeling lazy in the field!
Thanks so much for watching my friend.