Really enjoy the content especially as it’s often aimed at photographers rather than astronomers so that’s me! Easy to follow accurate tutorials with humour as an added bonus!
Great video Walt, brilliant information, didn't know about the comet stacking part of deep sky stacker, as this was the first time I have shot one. Keep up the great work.
As always, a wonderfully presented video and tutorial which I thoroughly enjoyed. I haven’t had the opportunity to image this comet but watching your process was so informative. As always, thank you for sharing what you do. I really need to think about investing in a GOTO mount!
Hi Walt, great idea for processing will try that with my data. Im kicking myself that I used my modded camera I might have been better with my unmodded one. Ref the comet selection, you don't need to do it for all the images, if you sort the lights by date/time and select the comet on the first and last image and then select the image with the highest score and select the comet on that. DSS will then do the rest and identify the comet in all the images in between. Keep up the great videos Walt, Cheers, Jeff (yes my wife and I did laugh when you named it Jeff) 😂
Walt, my friend I was waiting for this video. Thank you. I never thought I could do all 3 comet stacks and combine them just like you did. I used a 135mm lens on a tracker (Benro Polaris Astro module) but I wasn't happy with DSS until I saw your video. I was using Sequator which elongated the comet's coma into a small streak. I will definitely go and reprocess the images. I did take darks but no flats or biases. Would that matter? You are a great help and mentor. Thank again.
That's a ton of work, but after comparing it to what I took with an even more basic t3i with a 55-250 mm lens and an old broken tripod without a star tracker, yeah there's a bit of difference in the end results lol My issue with photography in general is at what point do we stop having a photograph and start creating an image instead. In my opinion, too much processing takes away the rawness of what the camera captures, but as anything art related, it's subjective and there's not a right answer Great video, I learned a lot
The way I see it, photography is the art of capturing light. When capturing something that is literally invisible to the naked eye we have to put in more effort. I've never felt like I was creating an image. I'm just simply going the extra mile to reveal something that's actually there that nobody can see.
Oh I know! 😂 That's one of the reasons I called it Comet Jeff. The official name is boring and all comets are green so I figured Jeff would be a better name
I really enjoy your unique fun take on astrophotography.
Thanks! That means a lot!
Really enjoy the content especially as it’s often aimed at photographers rather than astronomers so that’s me! Easy to follow accurate tutorials with humour as an added bonus!
Nice work Walt!
Great video, concise tutorial.
Thanks!
excellent tutorial,thank you and clear skys from Austria
Good stuff, Walt! Sending clear skies.. we need more content! 😂
Great capture.
Thanks!
Excellent tutorial. Jeeze I learned so much. Waiting for my back ordered star adventurer GTi to come in!
Great video Walt, brilliant information, didn't know about the comet stacking part of deep sky stacker, as this was the first time I have shot one. Keep up the great work.
Thank You for this tutorial, excellent work. 👽
I'm a newb but did enjoy your video. Way over my head but enjoyable.
Top work, thank you!
As always, a wonderfully presented video and tutorial which I thoroughly enjoyed. I haven’t had the opportunity to image this comet but watching your process was so informative. As always, thank you for sharing what you do. I really need to think about investing in a GOTO mount!
Wonderful video Walt. I was hoping that you would make this video
Hi Walt, great idea for processing will try that with my data. Im kicking myself that I used my modded camera I might have been better with my unmodded one.
Ref the comet selection, you don't need to do it for all the images, if you sort the lights by date/time and select the comet on the first and last image and then select the image with the highest score and select the comet on that. DSS will then do the rest and identify the comet in all the images in between. Keep up the great videos Walt, Cheers, Jeff (yes my wife and I did laugh when you named it Jeff) 😂
He is ...back :P Cool vid dude!
Great Vid. Did you guide on the background stars or the comet itself?
Nice image Walt
Thanks!
Walt, my friend I was waiting for this video. Thank you. I never thought I could do all 3 comet stacks and combine them just like you did. I used a 135mm lens on a tracker (Benro Polaris Astro module) but I wasn't happy with DSS until I saw your video. I was using Sequator which elongated the comet's coma into a small streak. I will definitely go and reprocess the images. I did take darks but no flats or biases. Would that matter? You are a great help and mentor. Thank again.
That's a ton of work, but after comparing it to what I took with an even more basic t3i with a 55-250 mm lens and an old broken tripod without a star tracker, yeah there's a bit of difference in the end results lol
My issue with photography in general is at what point do we stop having a photograph and start creating an image instead. In my opinion, too much processing takes away the rawness of what the camera captures, but as anything art related, it's subjective and there's not a right answer
Great video, I learned a lot
The way I see it, photography is the art of capturing light. When capturing something that is literally invisible to the naked eye we have to put in more effort. I've never felt like I was creating an image. I'm just simply going the extra mile to reveal something that's actually there that nobody can see.
Great video! Did you auto guide on the comet or on a star?
The stars. I would love to try guiding on the comet and see the difference.
Hi Walt, thanks for the video, and congrats on capturing the "green comet." Is that a Pentax K1000 film camera in your video?
It sure is!
How can we get in touch with you? We'd like to offer you a collaboration.
Find me on Instagram and send be a DM. I'm delta_astrophotography
all are green 😉
Oh I know! 😂 That's one of the reasons I called it Comet Jeff. The official name is boring and all comets are green so I figured Jeff would be a better name
I'll pass on this comet.