Astrophotography with a 50mm lens

[@jessd423]

Totally thought that lizard was real, even when you were petting it 😂

[@deltaastrophotography]

It scares the crap out anybody that walks into my bathroom lol!

[@ivyghost9878]

ITS FAKE????

[@R-A-F]

@@ivyghost9878 no, it's a real replica reptile made from his dinosaur relatives remains 🙃🤪

[@THX-ye1mk]

Started this hobby in December, there is so much to learn. Amazed at the detail you are pulling out, subscribed.

[@luisgarcia2644]

You are not only knowledgable but funny, I've seen a lot of videos about astrophotography and I can say that yours are very easy to follow, thanks man!

[@maverick9708]

that last one really has an artistic charm to it with the haze and halo-ing

[@legolator]

wow that finnished image is insane.

[@javierdeabreu6565]

Hey! I tried the same shot last weekend, I own a Sony A7II and Sony 50mm f1.8 but at 1.8 stars were way too purple... I had to close it a little bit. Amazing result!! It really encourages me to keep it up!

[@spex357]

I used to live in the middle of nowhere and it has many benefits.

[@kasimirmaser99]

Very nice! I'm glad to see folks here on KZbin getting others excited about the wonders of the night sky. I enjoyed your photo and your video - very entertaining and to the point. I've been a planetarium director teaching astronomy for 20 years, and it does my heart good to see people like you dispelling the myth that expensive equipment is required to enjoy a relationship with the night sky. Good on you!

[@deltaastrophotography]

Well it absolutely makes my day that someone like you would even watch one of my videos! I live in a backwoods tiny house in Mississippi and I'm just trying to get the word out there! I get the privilege of seeing the Milky Way with my own eyes every single night this summer as long as the Moon isn't too bright. I just want more people to experience that wonder and awe! I'm also considering making a series of videos debunking a few flat Earth claims about astronomy. I feel like they can be easily disproven with just a simple camera and wide-angle lens.

[@kasimirmaser99]

@@deltaastrophotography I really like the lizard, by the way.

[@BLarsenPhoto]

Nice. I must have missed the part about the details of camera settings and how many shots the final image was. It'd be good if you also put that in the description.

[@AstroEscape]

Dude that cloudy shot was nice. Highlights the constellation itself. Sometimes accidental shots are the coolest!

[@RealRoz]

You are ridiculous; I love it! Thank you for the cheesy humor, that I love, and the education!

[@JumisVisuals]

One of the coolest videos about astrophotography i have seen. I have 50mm at this point and i am starting to learn what more i can do with it. New sub from Latvia!

[@poiderh]

G'day from South Australia, I too use the Nifty fifty, but on my crop sensor Nikon D7200, I have a long way to go in my processing, but you have inspired me to push on, I will be going to a very dark location later in the year, if I can get half the clarity you have here I will be happy

[@RahilSethi]

I love wide angle astro shots because it gives you a perspective of the place of the object in the night sky. A first step to build the connection with object. Then comes the deep sky astrophotography to give more details about your object. I'm planning to buy a used Canon EOS R --> get it astromodified --> use Rokinon 50 mm F/1.4 lens --> drive to Bortle 2 sky --> shoot with star tracker (60s +) of Orion Constellation around 100 light frames, 25 darks, and 25 flats --> Stack them with dss --> Run Adobe photoshop to do some stretching and curve adjustments and Starnet++ to get nebulosity details --> bring the stars back in photoshop --> do some final contrast enhancements in Adobe lightroom and call it a day 🙂. What do you think of the pipeline for Bernard's loop and other nebulosity around Orion? This camera will also be my permanent camera for Milky Way, Rho Ophiuchi and other big targets with some landscapes during the night.

[@zelazowy]

Great tutorial of how to mix humor and knowledge, love it!

[@manliofaviomascarenosigala3651]

Beyond how amazing is your tutorial to take pictures of night sky. Your style it's incredible.

[@mahmoudeledrissi7234]

It give me excitement to watch your videos to learn and laugh a bit. Great videos bro the best. Lol

[@deltaastrophotography]

Thank you so much!

[@TelfordO]

Another fabulous video, great presentation.

[@wattsup8407]

I enjoy your videos! They give me hope and the will to not give up on my new hobby. I’ve been steadily improving over the past few months. But I know you understand the learning curve frustrations.

[@speuce]

you're an amazing content creator, i appreciate all the tips i learned from this and i thought the lizard was a nice touch :) keep it up!

[@deltaastrophotography]

Thanks a lot!

[@IllFlyIt]

Very nice video. Subscribed and eagerly awaiting more. Final shot looked great!

[@deltaastrophotography]

Thanks! I'll try to get the video of how I processed that shot out in the next couple of days!

[@ronrotunno2901]

Amazing image Walt! I really enjoy your vids.

[@joelsweatman1503]

Awesome pic and video, thanks for sharing..................................peace

[@deltaastrophotography]

Thanks a lot!

[@PortugalCarp]

What a beautiful photograph.

[@lifecrustvlogs]

Nice video mate.. almost convinced me to buy an iOptron Skyguider Pro..

[@deltaastrophotography]

You really should! It's such a game changer!

[@georgeb4683]

I just ordered the nifty fifty and my entry-level canon. I look forward to taking pictures of the sky and moon as well as the ocean. thank you for having inspired my interest in photography.

[@brinkoo7]

First thing I noticed when you zoomed in on tracked photo was m78 !! Love it. So I tried this myself about a week or so ago from a Bortle 8-9 zone and I couldn’t differentiate the light pollution from nebulousity unfortunately. After watching this though I might revisit my shots and see if they can’t be processed better. I’m not sure if I additionally had some funky flats or maybe the focus ring changed when I did my flats but I recall having some obnoxious rings in my processed photo

[@deltaastrophotography]

Where were the rings? I seriously regret not taking flats for the photos in my video. I had awful problems!

[@xandergreer]

just started this hobby with a rebel t7 and a 75-300mm lense and i’ve been taking some amazing photos surprisingly of orions nebula, my next target, rosette nebula

[@kostaskatsalis4668]

Can't believe you were still vloging while you had such clouds behind you!!! Apart from that, great work!

[@tysonreesmusic]

Tried following this tutorial from start to finish. I am a little confused as the lizard keeps appearing even once I get out to shoot and ruins my exposures. Any advice please

[@deltaastrophotography]

Oh no! Get a little Godzilla. He'll keep the lizard in check!

[@haroldbell1246]

I enjoy your approach to astrophotography and the explainations that you present to the viewer. Easy decision to subscribe to the channel. Thanks bunches...HB

[@kevsymonds3875]

Fab pic and great step by step guide

[@chrisuz9168]

Dude, I love your videos! Spacey greetings from Berlin, Germany ✨ Your content helped me to get a foot into astro photography

[@matt550m]

Awesome image. Thank you for tips

[@stevebrooks6144]

That is one helluva beautiful image

[@deltaastrophotography]

Thanks a lot Steve!

[@jimboandthejetset1]

This video and your post-processing guide are so helpful! Thanks!

[@2010pinmaster]

Wow nice image. I have the nifty fifty but never thought of using it that way. I tried taking a photo of my brother-in-law's barn one night and had some halos in the image from the light on the barn so didn't think it would be good for astrophotography. I will try it for sure now. I can mount it to my telescope or to my star adventurer.

[@deltaastrophotography]

You could always try a different exposure for the barn and the sky and blend them. That's how I have to do all my landscapes when using a star tracker!

[@neftalilara6075]

Wow! You’re the most funny teacher I have ever met

[@ruthlessrog1]

Immediately thought about Robin Hood men in tights when you were petting the lizard 😂🔥

[@deltaastrophotography]

One of my favorite movies!

[@jimgarasich7328]

Awesome. Tried it with my new astro tracker and also got Barnard's Loop !

[@yobtnirp3D]

Do you know what bortle level the area you shot is?

[@pancholix]

Ideak haber puesto la pantalla de la camara con la configuracion de esta o una screen en el video para hacer pruebas.

[@AnalyticalExplorer1]

What's the best way to know about different things I see on my screen. Like, every astrophotographer knows about different nebulae, galaxies and such. How do I learn to spot what's what?

[@deltaastrophotography]

Getting to know the night sky can be pretty tough actually! Start with a website called telescopius.com it will tell you what's in the sky that night. From there use an app called stellarium to show you where that object is in the sky and when it will be up!

[@fklucid5097]

Mind blowing man, good stuff.

[@deltaastrophotography]

Thanks a lot!

[@innsmouthresident6802]

Thanks so much you have given me so much advice my latest shots are incredible! and I do not have a star tracker, Dark nebula are so possible with stacking.

[@hackedcell]

Thanks! for teaching me all this cool stuff :)

[@far03005]

Dude!...with the lizards. That was hilarious. I thought it was real on the first shot

[@rickalessi7490]

love the SV-1!! i miss mine so much..

[@HorrorAndCoffee]

I have that same 50mm....haven't quite gotten the right pic yet

[@techandmoe]

Thank you.

[@MILPICS]

Please do share the processed files on some cloud it's really useful to look in high quality.

[@scrptwic]

I have the Pentax cameras with the built in astrotracker and intervolumter I will give it a try I have a 50mm1.4 and a 85mm 1.4 so i could use either lens to get the pictures

[@andyobryan]

Mississippi Delta kid here... trying to place your locale, I'm astro' photog'ing over in N Miss area but skip over towards Clarksdale some ... enjoyed the video, well done!

[@deltaastrophotography]

I live just a few miles south of Clarksdale actually!

[@andyobryan]

@@deltaastrophotography oh man, i just figured out we know each other - I own YaloBrew - crazy small world man! Mutual hobby, definitely need to catch up with you on this front!

[@deltaastrophotography]

@@andyobryan Hell yeah! Hit me up on a clear night and let's shoot some stars!

[@paulbriaud3044]

Superb video! And that’s quite funny I just shot the Orion Nebula with the nifty fifty the last weekend (without star tracker though) and obviously my photo is way less good that yours (I stacked 800 photos). Your video clearly shows me I need a star tracker! Superb video again!

[@timelapsebydk]

No you can get the details with untracked too but spend enough total exposure time

[@timelapsebydk]

instagram.com/p/CLSDPH_M68N/?igshid=1wy0su9cq5qy2 this was a 2+ mins of exposure, I processed heavily so it will be noisy

[@paulbriaud3044]

@@timelapsebydk indeed you can get quite nice details without a star tracker, but the quality won't be the same :)

[@timelapsebydk]

Yes definitely But I am going to try untracked if it is possible I now have 2.20 hrs of data from my home But due to light pollution I am struggling to deal with it 😅 But will try it soon from a dark area

[@kevinjack5184]

Cool vid. I have a Star Aventurer or Giuder (I don't even know) Tracker. Had it a year, yet haven't used it yet!

[@the_hu7192]

Great video, I also love your editing tutorials! Is the camera astro modified or can you capture the nebulae also with a regular one?

[@ianmacdonald2307]

A great tutorial and superb result. I’ve only recently bought this lens for this purpose and haven’t yet had the opportunity to use it on my Star Adventurer tracker. I have a Canon 600D/T3i with a crop sensor so will be interested to see if I can capture the entire constellation vertically, before Orion disappears. Thanks for sharing 👍 Edit: I got to use this a couple of nights ago. The sky appeared clear but there was obviously some very high cloud which added to the light pollution. Orion was starting to drift downwards into the SW sky which also didn’t help. The images I got all had a light brown tinge to them just like some of yours in similar conditions. But lessons learned - the lens is clearly a ‘light grabber’ even though I had to settle for an ISO of 200 with 60 second exposures at F4. It also proved that I could see all the constellation stars in ‘live view’ within the field of view. Just hope I can get another go at it before Orion finally disappears until next winter

[@julienmornon1494]

Just wow !

[@deltaastrophotography]

Thanks!

[@aguelch]

This is jsut a stock camera with no Ha modification? Wow. That is truly incredible.

[@socialwebwiki]

and can you make a tutorial or tell me how to stack photos with a startracker or without with a landscape in the foreground?!

[@xtreamer100]

love you videos sir! specially aligators, regards from Colombia

[@paulcizdziel3769]

Enjoyed the video and your style! Have you any experience with the Canon EOS RP camera for astrophotography? Heard anything insightful?

[@deltaastrophotography]

Unfortunately I don't have any experience with mirrorles cameras yet. I still depend on the viewfinder of a regular DSLR to manually find deep sky objects. Not quite ready to for the digital viewfinder yet!

[@thedeltabohemian]

Beautiful final image!

[@AndrewRockYoutube]

Thanks for the video. Just was researching telescopes and instead came across astrophotography. I already have a Canon 80D and recently got the 50mm lens for Christmas. So, seems like a good place to start to see if this would be an additional level of photography to pursue. Really useful video and definitely subscribed. Andrew

[@milesmilner3660]

Hi! Love your videos. I am very new to the hobby and am looking for budget equipment to get me going. I have a Nikon D3100, what Nikon equivalent 50mm F1.8-ish lens would you recommend on a budget?

[@deltaastrophotography]

A second hand Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 should probably fit the bill!

[@gibsonwashere6005]

Great video!! Thank you!!

[@astrodusktilldawn9702]

Thank you for this. Started doing astrophotography about a month ago and bought this lens recently. Nice to see how someone else uses it. Inspiring

[@deltaastrophotography]

I love that lens! It's really great for Milky Way stuff too, and I can't wait to use it more for that!

[@ricardoceballos8410]

Hey great video, what software do you use to process images and do you have any recommendations on how to start..beginner here.

[@UrNmEdge]

Dang, I can't wait to try this! I don't have a star tracker though, but still feel like it would be fun. Now only have to find dark enough skies 🤣

[@deltaastrophotography]

Just keep saving! The star tracker is well worth it! You could also invest in some light pollution filters and still shoot from the city! As soon as I make a little extra money I'm going to start experimenting with that!

[@Tim_the_Astronurd]

just found this channel. fun content. subbed

[@Kanogotpreggo]

loved the video. You are funny

[@jasonbrodeur8379]

Nice job enjoyed the vid

[@deltaastrophotography]

Thanks Jason!

[@magnusfjeldstad8325]

super content and very enjoyable!

[@GalaxyArtMedia]

Nice work Delta, I like the video. What bortle sky scale you had there? I am thinking to get also a star tracker as a secondary mount to have more fun with wide field lenses while i am imaging with my other telescopes.

[@deltaastrophotography]

I live in a Bortle 3 area. It's nice to not have to use filters, but I'm dying to get an upgraded rig and try narrowband imaging! I thinks its a great idea to have a secondary mount to capture multiple things in a night!

[@GalaxyArtMedia]

@@deltaastrophotography i started with Eqm35-pro from skywatcher. Very good. Mount it did perform good even with a 6 inch telescope. You can see also the review on my channel. I tested last week with a small refractor with 20 min exposures at 360mm focal but also with autoguiding. Bortle 3 is good dark sky. I live at the moment in bortle 4 there is some light polution atvthe edge of the town but the milky way ia visible.

[@GalaxyArtMedia]

@@deltaastrophotography here is the video link with the skywatcher eqm35 pro and my ritchey-chretien 152/1370mm telescope: kzbin.info/www/bejne/epvHZ2qHqNaSjac

[@deltaastrophotography]

@@GalaxyArtMedia Cool! I'm going to go ahead and give you a subscribe!

[@GalaxyArtMedia]

@@deltaastrophotography Thank you, i already subscribed to your channel, i liked your video with the nifty fifty lens, i am thinking to make a similar one with my 40mm lens, from bortle 4, not sure if i will still have time for orion nebula tracked since is very cloudy here and soon will be full moon

[@socialwebwiki]

awesome video!!!!

[@LiamTheRed]

Thank you so much! I just got the nifty fifty a couple days ago and am waiting on the star tracker and tripod. I have a canon xsi and it can only get up to 1600 iso, do you recommend taking more pictures since the iso can only go that high?

[@deltaastrophotography]

Taking more pictures is always a good idea! But with a star tracker, ISO 800 is all you'll really need for a while! Two or three minute exposures really bring out so much detail. When you start shooting at focal lengths of 200mm or more, then I would worry about more ISO because your exposure times will get shorter.

[@LiamTheRed]

@@deltaastrophotography thank you!

[@douglasswillingham8849]

dude idk why this lizard bit is so funny 🤣🤣🤣

[@connorcharlesworth5904]

here’s the recipe for brownies: 1/2cup butter 2eggs 1cup sugar 1/3cup cocoa powder 2teaspoon vanilla extract 1/2cup milk

[@hermit6514]

I wish you had more subs, you are very helpful and funny

[@southernexposure123]

Nice video and nice shots. There's a good alternative to the 500 rule for avoiding star trails when shooting on a static tripod. It's called the NPF rule. The formula asks for several variables including aperture. I've noticed over time that IF you use the 500 rule, and then divide that result by 2 or by 3 you'll avoid star trails completely. Recently I made some shots and got that brtownish sky color. It looks interesting at first, but gives me a challenge while editing after doing the stack. More recently when I see the brown on my live view screen I just decrease my shutter speed or my ISO until the brown is gone in my test shots. Keep up the good videos.

[@coggy123]

Great video. I'm getting there with equipment just need a tracker and ball head. Any budget trackers you could recommend?

[@deltaastrophotography]

The only two I can really recommend are the iOptron Skyguider Pro and the Skywatcher Star Adventurer. There are more out there, but I don't know much about them. The iOptron is rechargeable with a USB cable and the Skywatcher uses AA batteries. I chose the iOptron because I do most of my shooting close to home and didn't want to bother always buying batteries.

[@slowcivicep3]

Started watching for the tutorial, stayed for the lizard, subscribed for the knowledge

[@johnwells2908]

cracking video, will have to watch the editing later on

[@barrystewart1120]

Amazing image. Has your camera been astro modified? Thank you Barry

[@deltaastrophotography]

The camera in the video was not modified. Just a stock Canon 6D!

[@barrystewart1120]

@@deltaastrophotography amazing. This has inspired me so much. I have a canon 5D mk 2, just ordered an intervalometer from Amazon. Hopefully I can get results as awesome as yours. Thank you Barry Stewart

[@lozovoyzoarg2077]

Thank you for the video. It was very helpful. I have one question: can a Nikkor 50mm 1.8D lens give any good result? Thank you in advance for any response.

[@ShevillMathers]

A newcomer will be asking many questions, one of them will be, what image format? RAW, CR2, jpeg-etc. some folks will have a Nikon, Sony, Pentax etc. ? Best image format to use. Pause after shutter up to allow for mirror slap vibrations to settle before next shot, electronic remote control can be a simple hand held and press for each shot, or buy a cheap Chinese intervalvometer for a fraction of the price for a genuine Canon etc. unit. I have several cheap ones and never failed. Newcomers need to get into astrophotography as low cost as possible to see if it is something they want to get into more seriously, but without spending too many dollars to start with. Newcomers find there is a whole new dictionary-terminology to learn/understand, so what experienced folks take for granted-is all new for someone starting out. Just watched a presentation by a fellow using a $10,000 mount, plus a telescope, cooled camera, filter wheel, guide scope, various filters and the rest, no change from $25,000 upwards. Hope these comments help in your future presentations, they are not meant to be critical in any way. I used to teach scientific photography among other medical subjects. Have been into building my own scopes, mounts, observatories over the past 60 years and into professional astronomical photography & photometry when I retired from a medical career. If interested, Google my name and Southern Cross Observatory-Tasmania 42 South. Keep up with your KZbin presentations-you will help many others. I am 83 and find it takes me a lot longer to get things done, I have many interests and really not enough time to get into making KZbin videos, my teaching days are behind me. Regards from ‘Down Under’ where we have so many wonderful celestial objects visible year round. 👍🇦🇺🔭🦘

[@deltaastrophotography]

Thanks for this amazing comment! I'll be checking you out for sure! And I'm going to try to be very open to newcomer questions. It's such a fun subject to talk about! I literally made this channel just so I could talk about it and share all the little tricks I'm learning in my journey.

[@T.K.9]

Bought an 1100D few weeks back at a bargain price. And today got my nifty fifty which I was lucky to win a bid on at half its usual used pricing. Still learning and can't wait to try my gear out, without the star tracker at first 😅 Nice video and the final processed image looks epic. And oddly enough the shot with the clouds looks pretty nice too. Looks dreamy! But damn the dso's looks really nice.

[@astromeathead1910]

Any sensor mods or filters? That's a great image...I use the same lens on an unmodified 80d and don't get nearly that much color. Your skies must be really dark!

[@deltaastrophotography]

No mods or filters. Just a bottle 3 sky!

[@capturethephotons2078]

Stopped down your lens 1 full stop for sharper Stars. 1.8.will give the frames a shallower depth of field and stretch and blur the stars even more.

[@deltaastrophotography]

Yeah I always try to stop down my lens! The difference in sharpness is incredible!

[@capturethephotons2078]

@@deltaastrophotography for sure. I'm going for this tonight and had to revisit your video. Clear skies.

[@teigas84]

Great video, also watched the tutorial on the processing. Is your camera astro modified?

[@deltaastrophotography]

It's not! Just a stock Canon 6D!

[@teigas84]

@@deltaastrophotography Thank you for the reply!

[@saxon1177]

I love seafood so I'd love to visit the crab cake nebula!

[@ujjwaldatta6713]

Hi!! First of all Happy New Year!! Thank you for your tutorial videos. I followed along for the nifty 50 post processing of the Orion constellation. I wanted to ask you and share my outcome with you via email if you’d permit. Also, do you have any tutorial on post processing the Pleiades shot using the same nifty 50. Thank you.

[@brynleyperrett1345]

Hi, awesome vid and detailed explanation, can I ask if your 6D is astro modded or stock?

[@deltaastrophotography]

It is stock!

[@cecilepuckhaber1067]

If I'm in the city with a star tracker what would be the best iso and shutter setting? I can't seem to find one that does give me a black screen or all white

[@pranjaysingh7788]

Nice work

[@Myindianodyssey]

When I increase the shutter space to 10 seconds, it gets too bright. How to fix that?

[@Minevi39]

I can’t believe how much details you pulled out of this image! I tried a wide angle of the Orion Constellation a few days ago, with a 50mm lens at f/4.5, a modified Canon EOS1000D, ISO800 and 300s exposures on a Star Adventurer, with a total integration time of one hour because of the light pollution. I can barely see Barnard’s loop, and definitely can’t see the WitchHead. Since I don’t know in which LP conditions your were, I will assume you weren’t under darks skies and the difference between us lies within post-processing. Could you share your stacked image before post so that I can see how far I can bring it ? Thanks!

[@deltaastrophotography]

Here you go! drive.google.com/file/d/1M3Kts8SzrcMKhiX2smhIC42eaftbQ6wK/view?usp=sharing I do live in a pretty dark area. Good luck with the red on the right side of the image lol! I can bring out all the detail after three curve stretches. Two before star removal with Starnet++ and one after.

[@adaminhongkong]

@@deltaastrophotography what is starnet++? From wathcing videos like yours I have been inspired to get my first treacker and am very excited etc. Can I also ask how many images did you stack to get the the final image? And why did you do some curve stretches before and after starnet++? Thanks for all your advice very hepful for newbies like us!

[@deltaastrophotography]

@@adaminhongkong Starnet is a software that removes the stars allowing you to really focus on editing your target. You can later add the stars back in. I did curve stretches before Starnet because the old version would show artifacts like holes where the stars used to be if I did heavy stretches after Starnet. The newest version, Starnet V2 has really improved that problem. I would usually only do a few light stretches after removing stars. Once the stars are gone, it's really easy to improve color, noise reduction, and sharpening. Sadly the website to download the new version seems to be down today. I don't remember how many images I stacked, but as a rule, I always get at least an hours worth of data. Usually more if I can pull it off.

[@glaurung666]

So funny to hear you spelling Betelgeuse like Beetlejuice) I envy you for such a warm weather and clear sky. Here, where I live, Orion constellation is visible in winter and what is most annoying - it is on south-east, where lies huge city with all its illumination. But this is not that bad, because in winter (I would say starting from october and up to april) ur sky is mostly covered with clouds. And don't forget about frost which together with humidity makes all unbearable.

[@lw4570]

Just to clarify. Is that the EOS 6D Mark II or just the 6D? Do you believe that an EOS T7 could pull off a similar quality image or should I lean towards the T7I? My initial inclination would be to save over several months for the Mark II though.

[@R-A-F]

I took my profile pic with that very same lens model... messing about with a moth close up 😂

[@KoiMadethline]

🥲I see this today and it's a cloudy night. Why didn't you release this a few nights ago when it was super clear and wonderful and amazing and I didn't have to work? 😂 I'm just kidding, of course. Hopefully I get clear skies on my next night off, I'm definitely going to give this a try with my nifty fifty.