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The Night Sky Photography Handbook
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The Night Sky Photography HandbookFirst Edition 2015 Published in the United States by Luminescence of Nature Press Colorado Springs, CO 80921
www.luminescentphoto.com
ISBN 978-1-4951-6762-1
Copyright © 2015 Jason P. Odell
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without written permission by the publisher, with the exception that owners of this eBook are permitted have a single copy printed for personal use. I authorize single copies of this eBook to be printed by commercial printing services, including but not limited to: FedEx Office®, Office Depot®, and OfficeMax®.
All photos © Jason P. Odell unless otherwise indicated.
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Nikon is a registered trademark of Nikon Corporation, Japan. Canon is a registered trademark of Canon, Inc. Photoshop, and Photoshop Lightroom are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems, Inc.
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Contents
Getting Started 5Basic night photography kit 6
Cameras 6
Lenses 6
Suggested lenses for night photography 7
Accessories 7
Preserving your night vision 9
Setting Up Your Shot 10When to photograph the night sky 10
Seasons 10
Composition 11
Locating the celestial poles 11
Focusing your camera at night 12
Focus-locking techniques 13
Other camera settings 13
Releasing the shutter in the dark 13
Camera white balance 13
Noise reduction settings 14
Capturing Stars and the Milky Way 15Exposure settings 16
Capturing Star Trails 17Composition 17
Creating star trails from a single exposure 18
Camera settings for single-shot star trails 18
Challenges with single-exposure star trails 19
Creating star trails from multiple exposures 19
Interval timer shooting 20
Stacking Images in Photoshop 22
Creative star trails using Star Circle Academy actions 23
Shoot for the Moon 25
Getting Creative 27Adding light to foregrounds 27
Using ambient light sources 28
Capturing multiple images 29
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Enhancing Night Sky Photographs 30Adjusting the RAW image 30
White Balance 30
Exposure 30
Contrast and tone adjustments 31
Color adjustments 31
Local adjustments 32
Enhancing stars and the Milky Way in Photoshop 33
Working with composite images 34
Fill light 34
Focus stacking 34
Layer masking 35
Example: Layer masking to replace a blurred moon 35
Resources 37