Easy if you know what to do and how. Astrophotography is more than interesting and has been tried with not so much success. A truly awesome result of a dark space nebula! 👏🏻
Hey just checking but are you exporting your videos in SDR? I know UA-cam compression does a massive disservice to HDR content but I can't see the depth you created here. Is it possible for you to upload these images in an HDR supported environment either a website or second video if you're not interested in using youtubes hdr to sdr compression as it can make everything look really muddy.
Testing on my BenQ editing monitor which is using 4K, HDR and the AdobeRGB palette the images I see look good. UA-cam shows flattening the dynamic range a little but not too badly. It also shows up well on the Samsung 2.7K secondary monitor I have attached. It also shows up well on my iPad. The issue you are describing may relate to how your monitor translates the data. There is so much variation between monitors. You may also be seeing the effect of the brightened background space in the dark nebula image. Background darkness must be offset a little to help it stand out against the dark nebula.
I dug a little further into this and came up with something. When you switch to HDR mode, colors are often desaturated and look muddy because SDR saturation is higher. The same saturation levels don't work for HDR and must be adjusted. Since different monitors handle saturation differently, you have to custom adjust the saturation for your monitor. In Win10 or 11, go to Windows HD Color settings. There is a slider there to adjust HDR saturation. Slide it until your color is good. I find it best to do this while looking at objects of known color in the background. Since different persons also have different color perception, you have to adjust till it looks right for your eyes.
Great video as usual! Wondering if you considered using a dual band filter that is also transparent to IR such as the IDAS NGB filter. I find one of the greatest advantages of the IMX585 sensor is its high near IR efficiency. I believe you might get even better contrast but I’m curious also how it handles the dark nebula. It’s on the top of my todo list since I got the NGB filter but unfortunately my rig got knocked over due to wind so I’m out of commission for the next couple of weeks.
IR focuses at a different point, and the IMX585 sensor in the Urancus-C camera is fair sensitive to IR. I don't think IR could be combined successfully with the typically visible bands because there would be some irreconcilable focus point differences. However, I have been planning to get an IR pass filter. First, I need to find a camera that is even more sensitive to the IR band.
I live in the Canadian backwoods. On a good clear night, I would call it Bortle 1.5. There are very small towns (villages, really) about 45 minutes east and west. And nothing but the sea and woods all around. Atmospheric water vapor or ice and moonlight are the main challenges here. There are frequent clouds.
Easy if you know what to do and how. Astrophotography is more than interesting and has been tried with not so much success. A truly awesome result of a dark space nebula! 👏🏻
Awesome, I dont understand a thing about photography, but this was really relaxing to listen too! Keep it up!
Great video and information
Dont know why i havent found your channel yet. Your videos are so informative and thank you for them.
Thanks for watching!
Nice. Familiar, but nice.
Bravo….excellent….!
Hey just checking but are you exporting your videos in SDR? I know UA-cam compression does a massive disservice to HDR content but I can't see the depth you created here. Is it possible for you to upload these images in an HDR supported environment either a website or second video if you're not interested in using youtubes hdr to sdr compression as it can make everything look really muddy.
Testing on my BenQ editing monitor which is using 4K, HDR and the AdobeRGB palette the images I see look good. UA-cam shows flattening the dynamic range a little but not too badly. It also shows up well on the Samsung 2.7K secondary monitor I have attached. It also shows up well on my iPad. The issue you are describing may relate to how your monitor translates the data. There is so much variation between monitors.
You may also be seeing the effect of the brightened background space in the dark nebula image. Background darkness must be offset a little to help it stand out against the dark nebula.
I dug a little further into this and came up with something. When you switch to HDR mode, colors are often desaturated and look muddy because SDR saturation is higher. The same saturation levels don't work for HDR and must be adjusted. Since different monitors handle saturation differently, you have to custom adjust the saturation for your monitor. In Win10 or 11, go to Windows HD Color settings. There is a slider there to adjust HDR saturation. Slide it until your color is good. I find it best to do this while looking at objects of known color in the background. Since different persons also have different color perception, you have to adjust till it looks right for your eyes.
Great video as usual! Wondering if you considered using a dual band filter that is also transparent to IR such as the IDAS NGB filter. I find one of the greatest advantages of the IMX585 sensor is its high near IR efficiency. I believe you might get even better contrast but I’m curious also how it handles the dark nebula. It’s on the top of my todo list since I got the NGB filter but unfortunately my rig got knocked over due to wind so I’m out of commission for the next couple of weeks.
IR focuses at a different point, and the IMX585 sensor in the Urancus-C camera is fair sensitive to IR. I don't think IR could be combined successfully with the typically visible bands because there would be some irreconcilable focus point differences. However, I have been planning to get an IR pass filter. First, I need to find a camera that is even more sensitive to the IR band.
Fantastic image!!
great video thanks! which tool did you use for the spikes please?
I used Davinci Resolve. It has an option to add spikes into a light source.
Nice. What is your bortle scale?
I live in the Canadian backwoods. On a good clear night, I would call it Bortle 1.5. There are very small towns (villages, really) about 45 minutes east and west. And nothing but the sea and woods all around. Atmospheric water vapor or ice and moonlight are the main challenges here. There are frequent clouds.