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A friend said my star photos looked like 'white dots on black paper'
He told me to try stacking 50 shots instead of just one to bring out more detail. I used DeepSkyStacker for the first time last night on some shots of the Orion Nebula. The difference was huge, way more color and structure came out. Has anyone else had a simple tip that made a big change to their photos?
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nina_johnson866mo ago
Yeah, flats are a total lifesaver for that. It reminds me of when I finally listened about dithering. I was getting these weird lines in my stacked photos, like faint stripes, and I could not edit them out. Someone in a group told me to just dither between shots, which means moving the scope a tiny bit. I thought it sounded pointless, but it totally broke up that pattern. The stack just ate the noise. Felt like a cheat code.
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nelson.wesley6mo ago
Wait, there are special frames that just delete dust spots? You mean I don't have to clone stamp every single little donut ring for an hour? That's actually wild.
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zara_king6mo ago
Stacking is a total game changer, it's like the first time you see what's really up there. My big one was learning about flats, those calibration frames that get rid of dust spots and weird shading. I used to spend hours trying to edit out those donut shapes, and now the software just removes them.
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