Many of these parts are self explanatory, but for those that are not, this guide is helpful. (By the way, this camera can shoot 14-bit RAW in all drive modes. 14-bit RAW is more helpful when you try to pull out detail from underexposed shadows.) Drive mode is for the number of shots taken, from…

Sunsets and clouds I’ve shot from the backyard. Images have been manipulated in Lightroom, because this started as a RAW image, which provides more data I can use to pop the image. Below is a slightly different treatment of the same image above, including some cropping in.

Follow these steps to get the most out of your photos. Lens Corrections Transform tool.

14 July, 2025 — Try setting up the camera with the following parameters for a totally circular and dense startrails shoot, kind of like this one from Mike Shaw’s book, THE BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO ASTROPHOTGRAPHY: 14mm ISO 1600 f/2.8 20 seconds 800 images 800 images x 20 seconds = 16,000 seconds 16,000 seconds / 60…

Various photos from my startrails and moon shoots. Buck Moon on 10 July, 2025. Four image stack in Photoshop. Below is the YouTube version of the above single shot. Craters are apparent in this enlarged version of the same moon: Shooting with 60 megapixels really allows for magnifying everything without pixelation.

9 July, 2025 — Here’s how to get perfect star trails shots no matter where you live. Light pollution or perfect Bortle 2 makes no difference. Light trails are great no matter what. Follow these bullet points for the best shots. Once all the images have been captured, you are ready to develop them and…

8 July, 2025 — This is a test image, and it came out pretty darned good. It was nice of a plane to fly through the middle of the shot. Focal length: 14mm, ISO-100, f/1.4, 15 second exposure, 120 shots. This image has been compressed to save space on the server, but the image still…

Twilight follows sunset and precedes sunrise. Each evening of astrophotography begins or ends when the top of the sun touches the horizon at sunset. (Moonrise and moonset also begin when the top of the moon touches the local horizon.) Dark night is defined as the period when the sun is 18 degrees or more below…

Arches National Park, UTAH Zion National Park, UTAH Joshua Tree National Park, CA Lake Arrowhead, CA Borrego Springs Metal Sculptures, Borrego Springs, CA Maroon Bells near Aspen, CO for a 20-image stack. Find a mountain range with a lake in the foreground. Glamis Dunes, Glamis, CA The VLA – Very Large Array of radio dish…