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The difference in my Orion Nebula shots from 2020 to now is pretty wild
Back in 2020, my best attempt with a DSLR and a basic lens from my backyard in Boise was just a faint gray smudge. This spring, using a cooled astro camera and a small refractor, I finally pulled out the pink and blue colors and some of the dust lanes. The jump in affordable gear and better stacking software, like Siril, really made it possible for me. Has anyone else seen a big jump in their own photos over the last few years?
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mia70020d ago
Honestly, calling it a "big jump" because of "affordable gear" feels off. It's not a jump in skill, it's just buying better stuff. The real skill was getting that smudge with basic gear. Now it's like, spend a grand on a cooled camera and let software do the work. The photo is from the computer, not from you. The old way, fighting light pollution and lens limits, that was the real challenge.
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Tbh, I felt the same way until I tried it.
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the_diana20d ago
My buddy Dave spent two grand on an astro setup last year. He showed me a perfect shot of Andromeda and just shrugged, said the stacking software did all the work. Kinda took the fun out of it for him.
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