Hope this video helps you guys! Head over to my website and sign up to my mailing list to hear the first news about by book release, "Photographing the Night Sky". Getting so excited!
@DylanODonnell2 жыл бұрын
Great explanation Alyn. Hyperfocal distance is like a secret cheat code but naturally doesn't work for up close foreground elements.
@user-vy5fd4fj3rАй бұрын
How many more interesting and useful things could you tell us? Boy, we miss you like hell.
@ro3843 Жыл бұрын
Your info is incredible. I've viewed tons of channels and this imo is the best
@brodymk452 жыл бұрын
YAYYYYYYY! i love when i get a alyn wallace upload notification
@ahmedwaddah93912 жыл бұрын
Excellent topic and perfect timing!
@kencabeen7786Ай бұрын
RIP, Alyn. The world was a better place when you were here.
@leovence23 күн бұрын
What ? I just found his channel today and been watch his videos for few hours
@aaronjenkin2 жыл бұрын
Great tutorial! Thanks Alyn. Really appreciate the emphasis on considering others whilst out in the field too.
@SolarPowerChannelwithChris2 жыл бұрын
Amen to that.
@graysonkemp88702 жыл бұрын
Especially if it’s astrophotography
@ronak_photos5162 жыл бұрын
Thanks you so much for the tutorial alyn 🙏👍🏼
@alexchan20582 жыл бұрын
Great tutorial, lovely hoodie.
@han5k22 жыл бұрын
Thanks for an informative video.. and thanks for mentioning the basic etiquette that we should all consider-- there is not enough of that in our world!
@spirithealershamanism2 жыл бұрын
I have been watching a lot of tutorials on focus stacking and photoshop for regular landscape, THIS IS THE BEST!
@Bringisen2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for a Great explanation.
@langsoosten18752 жыл бұрын
Hello, thank you for your tutorials. Here I learn the things I really need for Astro. It‘s great!
@Armwrestlingphilosopher2 жыл бұрын
your videos are great and comprehendible, thanks for the tips
@StephenDyer532 жыл бұрын
I use a small laser pointer to focus. I have mounted it on the hot shoe. Very fast and only needs to be on for a couple of seconds.
@wecantstayput49582 жыл бұрын
Damn, Alyn! This is exactly what I needed, and I also appreciate the editing tips too. Thanks so much!
@LEXPIX2 жыл бұрын
Phone tip used as focus target was brilliant.
@dennisblack44442 жыл бұрын
Great tutorial Alyn, best explanation I have seen so far 👍 thank you
@SteveZodiac7772 жыл бұрын
Many thanks for sharing these techniques - great video!
@meteolatvia2 жыл бұрын
Really helpful video! 🙂I also really like, that the star on background at around @3:26 is out of focus, but it makes it to shine in diffirent colors! 😀
@BretBihler2 жыл бұрын
Great video Alyn...... I'm a longtime watcher of your channel. 1st time responding. This is very useful to me. Thanks!
@Stillfilm12 жыл бұрын
Great tutorial and explanation of both taking the shot and editing Alyn. I have never tried focus stacking at night, but will do next time I'm out. Thank you once again.
@ianmartin53892 жыл бұрын
Really good explanation, thank you. I guess this technique works in many other circumstances. Looking forward to trying it out. Cheers.
@MartinFransson Жыл бұрын
This was really helpful! i never tried the auto align and auto blend features before! Tried everything manually which can be a hassle.
@michelebenini8125 Жыл бұрын
So m a n Y t h a n k x Alyn!!! Very nice work !! Very compliments bro!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 ifollowyou
@robertgotschall12462 жыл бұрын
Excellent, thank you very much. Hadn't gotten into this very aspect, but was worried about how to do it when I got there.
@philadams92542 жыл бұрын
Excellent video. I'm gonna try a focus stacked noise stacked panorama with a tracked stack of the sky. What a mouthful!
@bloodXHH2 жыл бұрын
Great Tutorial Alyn, Thanks for it! Loving your Tutorials, really helpfull! CS
@taurus72282 жыл бұрын
Nice video. Never thought about this technique and I am definitely going to try this out some night. Good day. Thanks
@paulcomptonpdphotography2 жыл бұрын
Top tip been stacking for years now.
@andrewpoynter78872 жыл бұрын
great tutorial
@elliswoodphoto2 жыл бұрын
Great video Alyn! Will definitely benefit me when out shooting!
@MZLPhoto2 жыл бұрын
Really well explained. Also, I need that hoody!!!!
@stephenradford33842 жыл бұрын
Good explanation of Hyperfocal distance combining focus stacking :)
@GayakParavSharma2 жыл бұрын
I love your explanation and your HOODIE 🧡🧡🔥🔥
@Hsukhaybir Жыл бұрын
beautiful .. very informative and you make it looks so easy, I was thinking of another method for the sky .. what if we did focus stack for the ground only and after that we just replace the sky with another focused on the star image ? Could it be better than this method ? Thank you
@homesteadandvideo2 жыл бұрын
Again , great educational video Alyn
@stevenmccarron-talesfromli48312 жыл бұрын
Great work yet again Alyn!!!!
@Ben_CoombeNz2 жыл бұрын
Definitely gotta give this a red hot try. Awesome vid man 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
@tonymarsh35412 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing how it's done, both in the field and in post process. I have a few shots planned for later in the year where I can use this 👍
@RobertMintonPhotography2 жыл бұрын
Very kind of you Alyn and well explained, thank you!
@shengyetang72202 жыл бұрын
Thanks, bro. The manual blinded focus is the way I use to focus stack in the dark situations which you recommended in the video. It is very quick and silent, but leave the problem to LR, cause usually there are more than 5 photos that needed to be picked up the sharpest ones and they are all low light. One thing different is that I use a small aperture, not 1.4 but change to 4.0 to have a much better quality of the foreground, but have to consider light conditions.
@nickholt81042 жыл бұрын
Greetings from stinking hot perth in Western Australia, Great video Alyn, I’ve just done a Milky Way crash course with Aaron king and MaryBeth Kiczenski and it’s very interesting to the different processes people use to achieve the same result…interesting but a but confusing for newbies😁 keep up the good work
@tiklau2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Alyn for your useful skill sharing 😍
@robg35452 жыл бұрын
Very good explaination and demo there Alyn, diolch.
@zygmuntziokowski78772 жыл бұрын
Alyn good explanation. Thanks!
@Chrisp_images2 жыл бұрын
Love your content it has brought my Astro game up so much! But can you help bring my style up by telling me where that hoodie is from !!! 😍😍
@MrSpike24502 жыл бұрын
Winter weather has been dire for DSOs so looking forward to some Milky Ways this year. Are you going to review your new VH-30R head ?
@epostiljon Жыл бұрын
Really good explained. Got it allmost the whole way :) So hats of for that. Would be nice to have this guy just beside, all the time, when learning this astro photo teknic :-)
@astrolapse16682 жыл бұрын
An excellent walk through
@TBuanes_Photography2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for a great informative video :) You have a really great channel and it is a joy to follow you. Good job Alyn :D
@richardkemp4144 Жыл бұрын
Use a digital laser measure. Mine works up to forty metres. Put your camera bag under your tripod, walk to your foreground subject, point the laser at your bag, and set your lens. I do not know why cameras with autofocus don't give you distance information in the viewfinder.
@PhotographyByRune3 ай бұрын
Great video.....all I have to do now is wait 2 months for sunset, and I can practice it :_D
@Priyanshu369up2 жыл бұрын
Everytime you uploading very nice video Alyn Bro ❤️
@JakubFreedomForever2 жыл бұрын
Great sweatshirt 👍
@michaelryan2622 Жыл бұрын
great video, I find that focus stacking may be better for me with something like helicon focus for me. Always used PS for stacking before now. I have the a7rv and am using the automatic focus bracketing {don't know if it works at night] . 😄
@burtjohnson3848 Жыл бұрын
Nicely done! I actually thought I knew this, and just watched to see if I could pick up maybe one nugget. Instead, I learned quite a bit, which surprised me! (I sent you a Thanks for this... but was surprised to see sales tax added? for an educational donation? Doesn't seem like sales tax should be applicable there...?)
@AlynWallace Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much. It's probably difficult to class as an educational donation considering KZbin is not specifically education. But all of that is out of my control
@cmichaelhaugh85172 жыл бұрын
Very helpful. Thank you.
@rolandrick2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for all the hints 🙏. At 4:10, what were the settings, for getting the Stars so bright when filming?
@andrewfindlayphoto2 жыл бұрын
Nice video, well explained 😊
@heatherrominick2415 Жыл бұрын
Wil this method work to take pictures of Comet C2022 E3 (ZZTF)? thanks, Heather
@karriaga712 жыл бұрын
Brilliant Alyn. Thkx
@Black3ternity2 жыл бұрын
Great video. I tried the focus stacking in Photoshop a couple of times now and I always got frustrated with how it merges the layers and messed stuff up and I wasn't able to fix it. I'll give it another shot. One thing you mentioned: When stacking foreground and tracked Sky: How would you do that properly in workflow-terms? Do you setup the Tracker, shoot from that with it turned off for the foreground and then track the sky? Would you use a Ballhead to get a proper horizon and after that align with your sky again? Can't seem to wrap my head around it easily :-(
@steveg4iwr2 жыл бұрын
Very helpful thank you
@AnOpticalView26 күн бұрын
Alyn, apologies for asking questions a fair time after this was originally posted (I am new to astro). Does any significant pause (in time) between the stack set of images cause issues (i.e. the stars have moved)? Second question can a set of images be shot via intervalometer or manually be stacked to reduce noise in this case if individual exposures are say 15 seconds each? Does photoshop (or any recommended stacking software) cope with these?
@burtjohnson3848 Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@AlynWallace Жыл бұрын
wow thanks!
@alisonfairley54442 жыл бұрын
Great video Alyn, thank you :-)
@keithhanssen74132 жыл бұрын
Ah, so that’s how it’s done. Thanx!
@SolarPowerChannelwithChris2 жыл бұрын
I like your hoody! Where did you get that? Touch wood I am off to Iceland next month, I'm having sleepless nights worrying about my photography. I have idea's but getting them nailed is another thing.
@dw.in.michigan2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the tutorial, especially showing the steps in LR and PS. Does a laser pointer provide enough light if pointed at a nearby rock or shrub, to zero in on focus in the foreground? Does a Bahtinov mask work at that close of a range, if using a laser pointer (not aimed at the lens, obviously)? Just wondering what can be done to further reduce light pollution if other are present.
@philadams92542 жыл бұрын
5:23 - A method that's not so intrusive is to use the MSM laser to create a small point of light which can be moved across the scene. It's harder to focus on but allows you to get really precise because you can see the exact point where the dot gets bigger/smaller at the limit of the lens
@aaronjenkin2 жыл бұрын
Is that why I've seen lasers all over the landscape in some of my timelapse? I think some people get trigger happy 😅 I would prefer they used their phone, less likely to spill into the rest of the scene, lasers travel very far! I appreciate that if aimed correctly it could be a better alternative, but from my experience people tend not to have very good aim/self control 😂
@philadams92542 жыл бұрын
@@aaronjenkin Agreed. Although you should only need to use a laser in the immediate foreground, just like where Alyn put his phone on the floor. If people are shining them very far, they are doing the first infinity shot wrong
@edwarddebruyn87172 жыл бұрын
Yes a laser could work, but a very low power one will be preferable. The MSM has a rather strong laser. Thinking of using small red leds. Would be preferable to have a battery powered unit. But looked around on amazon and not easy to find. Once I attached a battery but not easy , the wires detach easily when manipulated. Would prefer to buy a bunch of them (battery powered). Any suggestions ?
@philadams92542 жыл бұрын
@@edwarddebruyn8717 Maybe just get a cheap rear bicycle light? Most are just red LEDs, often come with different brightness settings, are cheap and lightweight.
@StephenBridgett2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Alyn. I will be doing some astrophotography this summer. Would you advise taking an image in the evening before it gets really dark in order to get the foreground?
@guykerr81112 жыл бұрын
I am bit confused. I see the definition of hyperlocal distance between about minute 3 and before to be different. Is acceptable focus not in front of the hyperlocal distance? I like the information presented, thanks.
@isharaeng2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the explanation Did you use the modified camera to capture moon light?
@olivmanit26012 жыл бұрын
I rarely see stars in my country. Can you tell me where you saw that many stars? I want to visit it
@edwarddebruyn87172 жыл бұрын
Very nice and useful video, thank you for sharing this. But the focusing part is always difficult and so I'm always trying to avoid such approaches. But thinking of buying small units of battery powered (red) led's to help the focusing part. Maybe even with some kind of remote control. Any suggestions ?
@hungrybearphotography2 жыл бұрын
that hoodie
@chunkmuncher17152 жыл бұрын
Where did you get the hoodie you're wearing in your office? The one with the constellations on the shoulders and the silhouetted trees? I want one
@AlynWallace2 жыл бұрын
Ten tree limited edition, no longer available
@britishrose94172 жыл бұрын
One thing I haven't understood with astrophotography is the "infinity focus" - When I use infinity the stars seem slightly blurred compared to rolling it back just a hair from infinity. Is this a lens/camera issue or is the true focus point actually slightly behind infinity?
@talon310calif2 ай бұрын
Hope this isn't a dumb question, but why can't you take a series of shots as you move the focus ring counter clock in small increments? Wouldn't software simply merge the focused parts?
@cornmasterliao70802 ай бұрын
He won't respond bro he passed
@talon310calif2 ай бұрын
@@cornmasterliao7080 that's sad news. 😔
@skylarpettingill27922 жыл бұрын
Love it
@hottgamerman2 жыл бұрын
Is anybody else having issues painting with the paint brushes? After I auto blend paint brushes don't work
@markstewart93622 жыл бұрын
I recently shoot fox fire on some drift wood in the pnw and found f2.8 to be a happy medium between depth of field and exposure time. I was within a foot of the closest logs so it ended up being 7 different planes of focus and 4 shots each at 4 minutes. The outcome was incredible but I had never spend so much time on a single image at night before over 2 and a half hours 😅😅 what’s the longest all at night foreground you’ve captured mate?
@AlynWallace2 жыл бұрын
Oh wow I'd love to see fox fire! I've done some panoramas that have taken a couple of hours
@lindahenderson21132 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this tutorial, Alyn. I have to watch it a number of times to get all of my notes down. If I use PhotoPills in remote areas, does the app need internet to work? If so, then I will need to carry paper charts in my bag when shooting HFD at night.
@AlynWallace2 жыл бұрын
I don't think you need internet for the hyperfocal tables but you can test it by turning airplane mode on your phone and trying it now
@lindahenderson21132 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Alyn. I will try airplane mode to test. I also want the augmented reality feature so that I know exactly where the HFD is.
@flameout123452 жыл бұрын
If you want to shoot milky way with a fore ground of a flower that is constantly moving how would you proceed on shooting and post work?
@AlynWallace2 жыл бұрын
You can't really. Best you can do is keep taking single exposures until you have one where the flower is not blurry
@rocketfast092 жыл бұрын
Great video. I've been thinking about how to do this. Off topic, but curious, how do your modified cameras compare - 6d v. A73 v. A7S3? I'm an astrophotographer, but I'm inspired by your awesome MW images. I can buy a 6D modded for $1k, a A73 modded for $2.2k and aS3 for $3k. I'm not a professional. are the advances worth the price?
@spirithealershamanism2 жыл бұрын
Question Alyn Lightrooms new sky/subject mask seem to be good. Would you use it on your tracked sky to mask off the foreground, before bringing that onto your focus stack in Photoshop, Curious.
@AlynWallace2 жыл бұрын
No. I would just load them both in Photoshop and use the sky replacement tool to creat a sky mask
@spirithealershamanism2 жыл бұрын
@@AlynWallace Ok, Thanks. I am in Page AZ today and will be shooting something using these techniques tonight, FUN!!!
@stephankibardin27142 жыл бұрын
Meteor to the left at 6:19 in the video
@philadams92542 жыл бұрын
7:07 - we need to talk about that hoodie mate. Where can I get one?
@AlynWallace2 жыл бұрын
Ten tree limited edition. No longer available I don't think
@philadams92542 жыл бұрын
@@AlynWallace Thanks dude. Maybe I can make my own then!
@gla35045 ай бұрын
0:56 Something's walking at the background
@zitafitzgerald590610 күн бұрын
💔💔💔 miss your updates 😢
@JakubFreedomForever2 жыл бұрын
Where can you buy such sweatshirts?
@AlynWallace2 жыл бұрын
Limit edition print run from Ten Tree. No longer available
@JakubFreedomForever2 жыл бұрын
@@AlynWallace Maybe in the future there will be another edition because it's great 🙂
@AlynWallace2 жыл бұрын
@@JakubFreedomForever Maybe I'll make my own ;)
@JakubFreedomForever2 жыл бұрын
@@AlynWallace then I will definitely buy it 😵💫😉
@campmark502 жыл бұрын
Disagree on the apertures. I shoot blue hour blends and use normal landscape apertures (11, 14, 16) for foregrounds and 5.6 for tracked skies. No noise, no large aperture issues.