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Heron in DE 150-600

I think Pal2tech has an excellent video on how HDR files are stored.

playing with trails at Assateague Island.......bout an hour and a half, Milky Way rising in the bottom throughout

more fun with vultures......pretty dark, had to bring back from the shadows.

I was pretty far away........got a heron taking off. X-T5 70-300 I think.

Not a great shot..........just the first and only time I saw an Oystercatcher (I had to look them up, lol).

Coming or going.........I took both. 🙂

I use Capture One......some say it has better results with Fuji RAW files than Adobe; however, I've never used Adobe and can't compare. I like Capture One; easy to use, a lot of tutorials available, and I'm happy with the results. The sky replacement function in Adobe has me thinking about switching though. Capture One's AI select is just OK at selecting sky, depends on how much landscaping you want to do.

interesting story, maybe.......I took a photo on a pond that included this bird house that I assumed it was empty, I got home and looked at the photo and noticed something peeking out when I cropped in...............I went back and took some closeups with the 150-600. Surprised he put up with me being so close.

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fun with ducks......X-T5 150-600

here is the HDR merge

playing around with HDR Merge in Capture One.........1st is a single photo I edited and the 2nd is the same exact photo merged with others at different exposures.........not sure which one I like better.

Thanks again for this!!!!.......I will try to reprocess using these tips...............it's been super crappy here lately in DE, either cloudy/rainy or windy. I was hoping to get out before the end of the month and try to snap a photograph of the comet, I read an article that says it's visible low in the Eastern sky before sunrise, perfect for Bethany beach, we'll see how it goes.

I will try that...........I shot Orion at 16mm (Fujinon) and I used a 12mm Samyang last year when I shot the Milky Way. thanks!

awesome stuff Jerry, I really appreciate the information! I may try to get a milky way shot on Assateague Island soon.......pretty dark there, at least for my neck of the woods.

thanks Jerry.......I appreciate the jump start, prob would've taken me months to watch videos and figure it out........like I've done with everything related to photography in the last year and a half. I've waited my whole life to get into it and I'm trying to go 100 mph and catch up. been a lot of fun for sure!

OK...........first attempt at screwing around in Siril, I have no idea what I'm doing, lol. Wasn't sure how to get all of that bright schtuff out of the righthand side of the image. Thanks for the ideas.......pretty cool stuff!

This is all GREAT information, thanks! When I stacked the RAF files in DSS, I exported the stack as a TIFF. I tried editing it in Pixinsight, but I did not get any nebula detail, per above.........I use Capture One as my "regular" photo edit software. I did not import a RAW file into Capture One to see what was there. I will also try your suggestions above, totally new to astro editing, sounds like a pretty cool hobby........not that I need another one. lol.

Hi Jerry.......used Deep Sky Stacker and I was playing around with the photo in Pixinsight, I was pushing and pulling using GHS and I couldn't really see any differences or nebula...........I thought I was going to be able to see something. I haven't tried separating the stars yet, thought about purchasing star exterminator.

First attempt at a tracked photo, Orion, 16mm 1.4, shot at f2, 20 60 second exposures stacked, no editing done......yet. Welcome any tips/opinions.

I love it!!! I wanted to photograph it in DE, alas, it was cloudy!

the eclipse is here! unfortunately, it is realllllllly cloudy here, says I have to drive over an hour to have a reasonable "chance" to see it......debating.

thanks........best of luck out there!

I've been meaning to shoot more using the fuji B/W sims...........pretty cool stuff, thanks Jerry.