Yes I have plenty of free recourses on my website. See here: www.nightscapeimages.com.au/workshops---online.html or here: www.nightscapeimages.com.au/editing-tutorials.html

@@nightscapeimages.richard I really appreciate that.

Thanks so much for watching.

Yes you're so right Richard. Editing these nightscape images is where the magic really happens. Thanks for watching.

I very much appreciate your comments Scott.

Well you can use that lens but you are already behind the eight ball as far as low light performance is concerned. You'd need to shoot higher iso's and use a star tracker for longer exposure times.

My previous video featured this image as well as quite a few others. However I didn't go through the capture of this particular image step by step. But I did list the capture settings on the image in this video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5m8fHqQZq94bs0

@@nightscapeimages.richard Thank you

Thanks so much for your comments.

Thanks so much for your kind generosity .yes did receive it. Happy Christmas to you as well.

@@nightscapeimages.richard great cheers 👍

That's very kind of you Leonard.

@@nightscapeimages.richard I just visited your website for the first time. Lots of good stuff going on there. I'm actually trying to find a tutorial on actually post processing for time lapse. Do you have anything made up on that topic?

@@leonardorser3455 See if this one is helpful. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJvSgoiPeaiFe7s

Thanks so much for your insights my friend.

Thanks so much for watching.

Many thanks for watching Grzegorz

Really appreciated Gavin

I'm really pleased you got something out of it, thank you.

These images are quite time intensive. There are 2 reasons why I would remove the stars. The first and most obvious is that I can do far more editing on the nebulosity and milky way dust lanes without blowing out the stars by having them separate. Stars lose color and don't look great when blown out due to over processing. The nebulosity needs a lot of editing but the stars don't . .Reason number 2 is that it also gives me the option to highlight the brighter stars as I demonstrated in this video and this makes the final image look more like the view I see with my naked eye. The camera will capture all the dim stars and basically blot out the brighter stars unless I do something about it. People go to a lot of trouble to "Minimize the Stars" and this method does this by default. Hope that helps.

I really appreciate you tuning in Martyn, thank you.

Thanks for your kind words my friend.

You're very welcome indeed Darrel

Nothing is free for Mac's . .you should know that Carmel. You can use PtGui with the mac . .but it's not cheap.

Thanks so much for your great encouragement Michael.

I'm pleased you found it useful Trevor.

Thanks so much for watching Santosh.

Very pleased you enjoyed it my friend.

I think you can get it here Ian. download.cnet.com/image-composite-editor-64-bit/3000-2192_4-75207152.html?rex=true

You're very welcome indeed Mars.

Yes there are a lot of "Lip Stick" astro images around these days. .but everyone has their own style.

Well if I was shooting a panorama I probably wouldn't Steve .. but you could. I'd probably shoot a longer shutter speed as well. If I wasn't shooting a panorama I would certainly stack to get more details out of Orion.

Thanks so much John. The only way to do that is to use the sky image and reverse it as a reflection .. but you really need to make it very dim and perhaps blurred as well to look realistic. I'd suggest using an Overlay blend mode or similar in photoshop to help with this.

Thanks so much for watching Andrea. I'm pleased you found it helpful.

Thanks for your ongoing support Rafael. I may get to look at peoples images at some stage in the future again.

I'm pleased you're enjoying the content Jose.

I really appreciate that Boyce, thank you.

Many thanks for tuning in Tim.

I'm pleased you enjoyed it Philip.

As always I very much appreciate your comments and insights Paul. We all develop our own methods and that varies as we continue the journey doesn't it.

Thanks for your very encouraging comments Alexey .. I really appreciate your support.

You're very welcome Les. Thank you.

Thanks so much for your kind encouragement. . it really means a lot.

Thanks so much Tim. I had my camera modified at Imaging by Design in Melbourne. imagingbydesign.com.au/

You're a very kind man Les. Thanks so much, and all the very best wishes for the Christmas season to you and your family also.

Yes very true indeed John.

Very possibly, I usually don't see them when I'm out there talking to camera and wandering around.

Really appreciate that Liz. There are many ways to get the job done and we all have our favourites. . I like the simplicity of ICE . .but it is only for Windows.

Thanks for your kind support Ivan.

What a ridiculous comment! Richard is explaining what equipment he uses to obtain the shot. Generally, photographers want to know the technical details of the equipment used, even if it is not what they are using. I'd love to know where you got the statistical data that backs up your statement that 'most people don't use this crap'. The serious astrophotographers that I know all have and use trackers when necessary. 90% of them have a camera body that they've astro modded (usually an old body when they've upgraded). I personally use a lightweight tracker, (MSM Nomad) but I don't bother with modding my camera body as I'm not interested in maximising the H-alpha. Not having the exact same tech spec equipment as Richard doesn't detract from the fantastic detailed explanations of the processes he goes through to obtain the images he has. Part of being a competent photographer is being able to squeeze the very best performance out of the equipment that you do have, and certainly watching and listening to Richard's techniques is a part of that.

I'll be very interested to watch your processing videos that you provide free of charge here on youtube. Regardless of equipment used, these types of videos are hard to come by.

Thanks for your support my friend, really appreciated.

Remember every video is free, are you aware of how much work is behind any of these videos? Probably not. So better think about and if not try to find better instructional videos about astrophotography for free, Good luck with that BTW.

Thanks Virat. Yes I've heard about those actions. I guess I like to show the basic steps for those who are not sure what is happening with these programs. That's the reason I rarely use keyboard shortcuts in these videos . .even though I may when I do my own edits . .people get lost very easily when they can't see what is actually done to get the end result.

Yes it does, but it's not as adaptable as PtGui.

Thanks a lot Geoff. I'm always trying to simplify my workflow . . .although I'm sure many would say this isn't simple.

I'm really pleased to hear that Kim. Glad you find them helpful.

Thanks a lot Kerry. It's a great plug-in and really easy to use.