Complete Milky Way Tutorial For Beginners

[@jbruner4263]

Without a doubt the best comprehensive guide for photographing the Milky Way. This will be my goto guide I use to prepare for my shoots. Thanks for the great video!

[@deltaastrophotography]

Haha! Thanks!

[@thecognitiveconservative489]

Thanks! Finished my first Milkyway photo tonight.

[@deltaastrophotography]

Thank You!! How did it go?

[@the_creative_frontier]

by far the best step-by-step guide for photographing the milky way !!!

[@randyschwager84]

I just did my first Milky Way photography! This will be very helpful!

[@bakerfx4968]

I’m not a ‘beginner’ anymore I just like your content!

[@deltaastrophotography]

Thank you! I try my best to make content for all skill levels.

[@davidfzehr4955]

Great intro to Milky Way photography. I've been hitting and missing with my attempts. Your video now provides me with a starting point to take me to more advanced night photography using a star tracker. Now to find some good locations here in Virginian.

[@scotthudson1000]

Great exciting night to stumble upon your video. For many years I hung the camera up, now my interest is the stars above. You explain things wonderfully, not boring at all. Beyond that your personality I really like. A huge thank you from North Carolina!👽

[@mims87563]

Instant fan of this channel, Thanks for the help! I visit Glendora often to see family, and soon I'll be doing some AP over there now that I'm getting into it, so its nice to see a video from the area i'll actually be in. Long way to go, so much to learn.

[@211milkman]

The lens correction works only on un-stacked images. I'll usually import them to lightroom first before stacking. Then I'll use the lens correction on the first image and maybe a few other tweaks. Then sync them to the other images. Then I'll export them to a file on the desktop for Sequator to stack. Just a little extra step to keep in mind. Great video Walt. Glad to see you going back to your roots. Clear skies!!!!!!

[@deltaastrophotography]

Thank you! That makes sense.

[@bobar84c]

still keep 'em raw for stacking ?

[@boneknacker]

Brilliant Walt! as ever, great educational value and entertaining as well, my night photography has come on leaps and bounds since discovering you. You truly show what is possible with basic kit!

[@andylevel]

Brand new beginner here. Absolutely love your content. Learning so much and your videos are extremely enjoyable.

[@deltaastrophotography]

I'm so glad you are able to get something out of this madness!

[@tedwards4x4]

Thank you so much for this tutorial. I took notes and went out and did my first milky way shots on the weekend and they turned out great. Your explanation of the apps was also super helpful!! Greetings from Ottawa, Canada!

[@mariopereira8261]

It's good to see you again Walt with nightscape photography. I want to see these desert photos soon

[@jesuschrist2284]

Glad you're back, ty for another great video

[@TheMak1985]

So far this is a winner of a tutorial, thank you!

[@Wheeljack678]

The value of your videos are next level. Not only in terms of education, but also entertainment. Keep it up for as long as you have fun making these.

[@lisap5615]

Thank you for sharing your process. It has been very helpful!

[@ColleenVR]

Thanks!

[@ld1897]

I think you've done a few of these milky way tutorial, and I'm truly grateful you up date it every now and then, with new apps and tricks. Really well done!

[@deltaastrophotography]

Always trying to learn something new.

[@marcelvG1967]

Excelent Video for anyone starting in astro photography....dont need to look anywhere else! Thank you!

[@ashishsinojia3793]

Great to see another Milky Way video! Your work is always amazing. It's been a while since your last post-hope everything is going well with you! Love from India 🇮🇳

[@deltaastrophotography]

Things are great. I just got really busy with my job and wasn't able to make a video for a while. It's good to be filming again.

[@NunyaBizness2k]

Welcome back Walt - we missed you!

[@deltaastrophotography]

I missed all of you wonderful people too! It's great to be back!

[@NunyaBizness2k]

@@deltaastrophotography seriously Walt your work and wit got me through some very dark times. I also learned all my astro from you. Thanks again.

[@MikeGladman-n2l]

Such a great tutorial! Thanks for simplifying the process and great recommendations for stacking and cloud cover!

[@Richard-dr7pf]

Loved the video ! Super new to photography and definitely interested in Astro so I have much to go at from here thank you 🙏

[@sweet_leef]

your videos are so entertaining thank you for making a sometimes hard to understand art so much fun! 💗i love learning and laughing with you!

[@deltaastrophotography]

@@sweet_leef Glad you are getting something out of my madness! 😂

[@alancandy7569]

Great to see you back Walt. Another fantastic tutorial. Thanks,

[@deltaastrophotography]

Thank YOU!

[@jillratanapan2606]

As usual, informative, descriptive and easy to follow along. Thank you so much for another awesome video!

[@craiglowery4427]

I always learn from you Walt and you make it fun

[@deltaastrophotography]

Thank you! I try not to make this technical hobby too boring.

[@ianmacdonald2307]

Great to see you back. I continue to learn from you (one of the best on YT) 🤝

[@palomero60]

This video is just crazy awesome!

[@ambalayam45]

Nice way of teaching how to photograph Milky Way.

[@squidskunk]

Im a noob... happy i found this video and your channel...Thank You.

[@deltaastrophotography]

Thank YOU! I'm glad I could help!

[@dccps1951]

Excellent tutorial.

[@robertsipes7391]

Really enjoyed this. I've been following you for some time now. Can't wait to try this out! Thanks for sharing!

[@privateprivate8244]

Can definitely identify with going street light ninja. Always informative always entertaining.

[@MichelleEagan]

Love your videos, they help alot and straight forward and to the point.

[@kpravinkumar]

Thanks for sharing such beautiful information....Love from India

[@tullyfisher]

Great tutorial Walt! Clear skies

[@deltaastrophotography]

Thanks! Clear skies to you as well!

[@robertcranford6434]

Walt!!! Miss you guys! Love the videos!!! Good stuff bro

[@deltaastrophotography]

Thanks man! Come see us some time!

[@One_Bar]

The irony that I took my 15 Pro Max out last night to shoot the Milky Way, got some great shots on the stock camera app, and was coming here for the editing video and see this xD Since I have Sequator, I might actually try some phone stacks.

[@geckoram6286]

This is a great video, your channel was the first one I found last year when seeing what astrophotography was and it was great. Apart from that, how many instruments do you have??? A flute, guitar, piano, AN OTOMATONE, man you've got everything

[@gilgemash]

Wow! I like your roll top desk!

[@garybond161]

Amazing video thanks so much !

[@unknownspot1306]

Love this video, the edtiting part was the most interesting for me

[@jojogivens7475]

Hey Walt, good to see, it's been a while since you posted the video.

[@deltaastrophotography]

I know! I had to pretty much work non-stop in April and May. Things are going back to normal now.

[@Richard-dr7pf]

Love the video using for reference 👍 thank you so much ! But QQ if I want to stack and can’t use an intervelometer what are my options please?! Sony a7c is my camera

[@deltaastrophotography]

@@Richard-dr7pf Your camera probably has a built in intervelometer in the menu. My Sony A73 does. If not, you can probably get an app on your phone that will control your camera.

[@kevinashley478]

Hey Walt. Quick question. I have tried multiple intervelometers, but every time i go over 1 minute, it will take the shot, but when it starts the 2nd, it changes to 99:59:59 and starts counting down. I have followed yours, and others, on how to set up the intervelometer, i have used multiple different ones, and they all do the same thing. I can get it to work just fine at 00:00:59 but as soon as it goes to 00:01:00, it does what i said. Any ideas?

[@kevinashley478]

I do use Magic Lantern now, or the SA2i app, and that works just fine. It only gives me problems with an external intervalometer.

[@invader_viv]

I actually saw your older videos just a year ago when I was waiting for my DSLR to arrive, also I have the s21 lol

[@onestepbeyond3171]

„Take out the cat“ - RIP little kitty! 😂 Great Video - could learn a lot. THX Hopefully for any cat - shouldn’t show up - I’m prepared! 😮

[@CarmelMarsden-d2n]

Very good teacher!

[@ivanpierce479]

Great breakdown. Thank you

[@keithhanssen7413]

You can bring up the clock in Stellarium and click to change time and date faster.

[@PingpongPoof-c3r]

For the day will come when sky will clear up and Clouds will be gone ,I'll be capturing the stars from dusk till dawn.

[@still_remains]

Thank you for posting good videos often. I'm using a Sony A7R4 camera, The lens uses a Samyang 14mm wide-angle lens. By the way. When you take pictures of star trajectories or the Milky Way and look at the results, moiré often happens. I wonder if there is a way to prevent moiré phenomenon, or if there is a solution to remove it. Please understand that the question may be wrong because it was translated into a translator and written. Thank you.

[@dw.in.michigan]

Sounds like that Rokinon 24mm F1.4 is a newer lens for you. You'll really enjoy it. I have the cine version of it, so a declicked aperture. I've noticed I can't typically shoot wide open with mine, or that I have to decrease the exposure time. The sweet spot for mine is about F1.8-2.0. I've found that my cine lenses are more forgiving with focus - a slight bump won't throw the focus off. The lens not showing up in LR is also something I've experienced intermittently. I keep it up-to-date, so I don't know what gives. If you figure it out, please do a KZbin Short video on it.

[@deltaastrophotography]

I'm loving this lens and I'll talk more about it in my next video about shooting in the desert. I used f/2.0 with the star tracker and it turned out great! And someone in the comments mentioned why the lens didn't show up in LR. For me it was because the image was stacked already.

[@GardenAstronomy]

Thank you so much! This is a great help.

[@GediAstro]

Nice :) I envy your Bortle 3 :)

[@eyemazing1]

This is great!!!! Thank you!!!

[@elforestero]

Nice pics! Are your Canon cameras astromodified? If so, with which astromodification(s)?

[@Schabik1990]

How much dark frames You need to do? Is it the same quantity as the light frames? So 80LF=80DF with the same Aperture, Shutter Speed and ISO?

[@deltaastrophotography]

For dark frames i usually take about half the amount of my light frames for Milky Way. With Deep Sky stuff I always take thirty. I usually don't bother with any more than thirty.

[@wilsonxyz92]

If you using DSLR for long exposure shot, don't forget to close your rear viewfinder. Canon and Nikon provide rear viewfinder cover in the box (or built in the camera). The cover will prevent light leaking to the sensor from the viewfinder, especially when you use headlamp 😃

[@deltaastrophotography]

Oh yeah! Good advise! I usually keep all of that off when I'm not making videos.

[@kevinashley478]

Also, i have a cellphone, android, that came with pro controls AND takes imafes in RAW format. Can you take longer exposures than the preset times (8,15, 25 seconds, etc)? Would you still need calibration frames? How do you figure out the FL and Aperture for a cellphone camera?

[@milkyastrophile]

great video....love from Pakistan

[@unixHR81]

hi...whats the best way to stack the raw files if they're CR3s? Sequator only supports CR2s...should I save them as TIFFs and then do the stacking or what? Thank you very much :)

[@KcwPortreath]

Excellent thanks..

[@theodoreomtzigt7145]

Used your guidance for my first Milky Way shoot. I started shooting early, during dusk, and when I returned to my desktop to process, discovered that all my images were overlit. How do you check exposure in the field to avoid these mishaps? My goal is to construct a time lapse from day to dusk to night, so I need to learn how to properly expose the scene.

[@stevenhoward7083]

I loved this video. Ive watched several of the youtube AS vids. The one complaint i have is none of you use a most up to date phone. I have a Fold 6. It is loaded with AS features. But im a beginner so when i watch your vid using an ancient phone, i pause yourvideo and try to find the same stuff on mine. No joy. I took a pretty good milky way pic. Shutter speed at 30 seconds. Stacked 7 shots. Now i cant remember how i set it to take 7 shots. Looked all through the various buttons. I go from pro to raw and of course its on a tripod.

[@stevenhoward7083]

Edit. I did find the number of exposures. Max i can set is 9

[@Dark-Light828]

Hey Walt! Would you consider doing a video on PC specs needed in a post processing Astro computer?

[@deltaastrophotography]

That's not a bad idea!

[@jobluer7119]

Hi Walt, do you find just using dark frames ok. Or would the overall result be better with bias and flats included?

[@superearth5256]

Can you please capture stephan's quintet other targets like ring nebula crab nebula etc

[@curiousme2782]

Where do I get the computer version of Stellarium?All I see in the apps is for mobile of iPad. Thank you

[@bigguix]

very nice ! subbed :)

[@noreaction1]

How do you figure how many exposures to take? Do you just take extra and hope for the best? Or is there a calculation you can make based on how much light is being emitted vs how much light you capture per pixel? In other words, how do you know if it would be better to take thirty 5 second exposures vs five 30 second exposures, vs something in the middle (assuming you won’t get the streaks either way, and assuming your lens is sharp at all settings)?

[@deltaastrophotography]

I like to take longer exposures instead of many short ones. I like to get the photo as bright as possible before post. And I try to think of how many minutes I want on the Milky Way. Usually 5 to ten minutes is good for me, so that's how I decided how many photos to take.

[@DS-xg9kf]

Thank you. ❤

[@kevinashley478]

Hey walt, i found a 135mm F2.8 manual lens on Temu. It claims to have 2 ED glass elements. How can i verify that?

[@josephbradley7216]

I have a Canon t7 and I have trouble getting bright stars to appear on my live view. My way around that is to focus on the only thing around which is a lit up window that is a little bit of distance from me but I'd really love to do it the "right" way. Also how do you frame up your shot? I usually set my iso all the way up and use 10 seconds or so for my shutter speed and then take a photo and adjust it until I've got it framed up but there HAS to be a better way!

[@deltaastrophotography]

I have the hardest time with my t5i. I sometimes use distant street lights or towers to get me close. Then I search around for a star.

[@josephbradley7216]

@@deltaastrophotography I've tried to just "adapt" and figure out ways around whatever my problem may be. The framing thing like I say I take a short exposure and then reframe and try again. I'd love to have a teacher or someone I could watch in person and ask questions. If I'm not mistaken didn't you do a video collaboration with "AstroDanno"? I like his content and hope he sticks with it and succeeds!

[@jasonlazore497]

I have a t7 as well and found that if you zoom in on the view screen works best to try to get the focus as close to pinpoint without the stars looking like donuts. I also use an ISO of 1600 for a starting point.

[@danielmariofernandotorrese3849]

I have a question: if you left the camera shooting for about an hour or so, wouldn't the position of the stars be different between the first picture and the last one? How does this not affect the stacking?

[@deltaastrophotography]

@@danielmariofernandotorrese3849 The stacking software aligns the sky for you. You just need to show it the difference between the sky and and ground and it does the rest.

[@davidpatton9851]

im confused how come not risk star trails due to the long exposure of all the stacks combined.

[@DANDOTRAPBEATZTM]

Nikon D7000 good for this sir ?

[@Bozozaclown]

What settings should I use to bring cat back in?

[@deltaastrophotography]

Probably f/4

[@roelflores7311]

You're funny, thanks for that!

[@jesuschrist2284]

No flats or biases needed for this?

[@deltaastrophotography]

Only if you have a lens with really bad vignetting. But most of the time they aren't needed. Just push up the vignetting slider in Lightroom or Camera Raw Filter in Photoshop and you are good to go.

[@jesuschrist2284]

@@deltaastrophotography cheers i hope to give this a go sometime next month or two. Bortle6 but no harm in tryin :)

[@MrTooTwo520]

gem youtuber

[@AmatureAstronomer]

Nice.

[@jackthair8311]

I use Ventusky

[@brunoqueiros2971]

I cant afford a fckn ultra wide lens for my 12 year old canon eos 6d 😢 the only one i have is the nifty fifty

[@Luke-v4r]

How’s everybody doing today?

[@jesuschrist2284]

Pretty good ty. Just taken my best image so far and its partly thanks to walt :)

[@Luke-v4r]

That’s great to hear!

[@PingpongPoof-c3r]

Cats 🐈 are cute

[@DS-xg9kf]

A subtle comment but we both clocked it 😻

[@SilverLoggerhead]

❤❤❤

[@DS-iu9ut]

When I started, I had to use what was free, couldn't afford pay software

[@DANDOTRAPBEATZTM]

You look like walter white 🤭😁

[@haxexd2830]

walt im in love with you

[@mtimes]

So much obnoxious sound effects!!!

[@pksacoma]

well done