Need some advice on Milky Way post-processing

vngks · Post by **vngks** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 11:12 pm

Hi all,

Did some wide angle Milky Way shots while I was at the White Desert in Egypt. Beautiful seeing, moon was below horizon, no light pollution. Taken the single shot below with my 550D modded with Astrodon Ha filter on Astrotrac - single frame 120s f2.8 ISO800.

http://www.singastro.org/album_pic.php?pic_id=1235

Do the colors look weird?

I'm a noob in PPing MW. Tried stacking 10 shots and 2 Darks in DSS, followed some guides on the net but found that the pic looks weird, really CMI. Anyone got a easy-to-follow-step-by-step guide on PPing MW shots after DSS will be much appreciated.

Cheers.

Gary · Post by **Gary** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 11:15 pm

Beautiful!!

vngks · Post by **vngks** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 8:31 am

Thanks bro

Still learning how to PP Astro pics. Not as easy as landscape or portaiture, thats for sure hahaha.

chip · Post by **chip** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 10:02 am

I think the Milky Way you shot here is still quite low at the horizon, right? Hence the gradient that can be seen in the picture.

jimmyleong · Post by **jimmyleong** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 11:13 pm

it is actually very nice... i definitely cant do that....

vngks · Post by **vngks** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 8:38 am

Hi Chip, yup, the center was actually halfway under the horizon.

Thanks Jimmy for the compliments

I'll strive to do better next time.