Eric Benedetti Teaches Tracking Mount Based Nightscape Photography | Star Tracking Milky Way

[@MatthijsvanSantendeHoog]

Hi Aaron, What a great presentation! Lots of info, humor and recognizable situations.

[@PhotogAdventures]

Eric does a great job at the NightScaper conference! Thanks for watching! 😃 -Aaron

[@ScotTheGr8]

And yes, this was a great overview of using a tracker for nightscapes. Well done!!!

[@Foetusmachine]

Awesome presentation! Thanks Eric.

[@ScotTheGr8]

I wish I could have better seen what the answer was to how to take a panorama. Is there a class for this? My efforts have been pretty sub par and I haven’t yet been able to come up with a good technique for this.

[@chandruvijayasekar6183]

Great presentation….Cool

[@WondersOfWhitewater]

Thanks for making this public! The rabbithole is growing..

[@skykingimagery899]

Superb presentation. I've been doing this for so many years. You are always learning how to do it better. There is no naturally right color for the milky way. It never really appears in color in real life. But as you present, having a tracker immensely improves your efforts. It is a must have. Now, blending the foreground is never expertly presented. You mentioned trees. What is the answer?

[@leetaylor2915]

What a great video

[@PhotogAdventures]

Oh yes! Eric Benedetti is awesome! I am glad you loved it, Lee! Thanks for coming to the channel and watching! Hope to see you around for more in the future! -Aaron

[@svaphrodite]

Very useful info, especially regarding ISO and dynamic range.

[@PhotogAdventures]

Thanks! It was a great presentation by Eric at the NightScaper conference. Thanks for watching! 😃 -Aaron

[@ridealongwithrandy]

Good stuff! Awesome presenter. I am going out tonight with the MoveShootMove, a Nikon D750, 24mm f2.8d, and 50mm f1.4D. All my other lenses are for wildlife! Bortle 4 and NO MOON. Last time I messed and prepped for days only to forget about the moon. Was a good over night camp tho. Cheers!

[@PhotogAdventures]

Thanks! Eric is awesome. How did your night go? Get good captures? -Aaron

[@ridealongwithrandy]

@@PhotogAdventures I sure did, also learned how to composite and made some amazing photographs!

[@ScenicMotion]

Such a great and informative video. Huge Like!

[@astralmachine2841]

i watched this vid 3 times before deciding on my camera + lens combo for my tracker, ended up with nikon z6 + sigma 40mm, hopefully i can take some stunning images like eric, this video explained so many things i didn't quite grasp in astro.

[@johnoconnell6667]

Just found your channel and I know where all my KZbin time will be spend in the coming weeks! Looks like you have a ton on here for me to learn. One quick question. At 33:10 in this video, Eric mentions that "Mike" showed a great technique for blending trees. Is the video of that session on your channel or otherwise viewable? I shoot in the Shawnee NF and trees continue to drive me mad now after 3 years of trying to learn better masking skills.

[@Mackymcd]

Great information in this video. Thanks Eric

[@gm010379]

THANKYOU...

[@tony_r_pierce]

Eric, if you see this... Are you saying that for polar aligning the Star Adventurer Polaris should be positioned on the reticle in the "opposite" position from that indicated in the polar clock utility on the phone? Or should Polaris be positioned as exactly depicted in the polar clock utility?

[@T-Bear]

I was about to ask the excact same question

[@Star-E-State]

Same I'm confused and searched for this answer. Still can't find any clear answer

[@atoieno]

Excellent presentation. What I take away are two things. 1) Don't discount the time spent researching and getting to and back from the place where you want to take the shot. It dwarfs everything else done in the process. The key driver is to treat the subject with respect. Planning, preparation and patience. It's the same with street photography only much longer. 2) Draw the line in the sand when it comes to what you want to achieve and don't overreach. GAS can take you to unnecessarily expensive places.

[@ridealongwithrandy]

Zackly! My gear is from 2019 and older with no plans for ANY new gear, retired on fixed income, so having fun with what I have. Cheers!

[@akkarparkiamopas3401]

Hi Aaron, When we do tracked pano. As the camera has moved due to the tracker , we have to level it back up . How often do we have the level the camera back up while we are shooting? Every single shot? Or Once a row ? Thanks

[@FraserRoss]

Hi, do you do panos from left to right or right to left. Or does it not matter?

[@CRAIGSCHULER]

It doesn’t matter. Stitching software like PTGui has settings where you tell it how your shot; start top left, zig zag etc., which helps in the stitching. I usually start top left.

[@boardriderz]

Actually it does matter a bit, but not how you think. It doesn’t matter for stitching software, because, as you say, the software can figure it out. I recommend shooting panos west to east through the pole (southwest to north to southeast in the northern hemisphere, and northwest to south to northeast in the Southern Hemisphere) as you will then shoot the descending sky in the west first meaning by the time you shoot all the sky (if going full 360) then you actually have more sky than you need, allowing you to hide the excess. It can easily take 15+ mis to complete 360 degrees and the sky can move a lot in this time. If you shoot the other way the sky will be smaller than actuality. Let me know if this makes sense, as I can explain it in more detail if needed. If you are only shooting smaller panoramas, then it does not really matter

[@sutanrajomudo1922]

How to align polaris in south hemiesphere? 🙏

[@jonruffolo]

you can't see polaris in the southern hemisphere

[@stevenrobinsonpictures]

You align to Octans

[@lillen141]

Awsome vid m8. Just starting shooting some astro pics. Got the star tracker adventure mini and gona use what i got to start with. Gona use the Nikon P1000. Pretty huge camera but this is what i got to start with hehehe. Cheers from Sweden.

[@bigone520]

Hi looking for advice witch would you choose out of these mounts .. total noob here lol.. Explore Scientific iEXOS-100 PMC-Eight Equatorial Mount.. or the iOptron SmartEQ Pro + EQ GOTO Mount... or Skywatcher EQ3 Pro GOTO Mount & Tripod ... not got a telescope yet but was looking at William Optics 2019 Zenithstar 73 APO Refractor with a dlsr camera to get me started (thank you Mick)

[@mikelanghorst]

great presentation, but had to giggle a bit at the end for the 2020 conference plug...

[@Mr09260]

How do line up in the Southern Hemisphere > We DONT have Polaris in S Hemisphere ?

[@echolegend1315]

Hi can you see the milky way in the light pollution map green zone? And keep up the good work!

[@linkedwinters]

Yes, you can.

[@thomasharloff1733]

I have the nikon d200. I think it could be good to buy a new one in the next years haha.

[@areich6]

UTAH!!

[@malcolmpierce825]

Hey thank you for posting this! You answered alot of my questions. I'm working my butt off to gear up a bit, but I'm glad there's cheaper solutions to some of my problems. I really haven't even gotten into post yet. It's a great hobby though, and maybe I can make some money back! Thank you again!

[@crs1flo]

❤❤❤

[@godsinbox]

Haha, he says polar alignment is easy. Some are in the southern hemisphere and in countries where laser pointers are illegal to import. good to keep in mind hahaha easy

[@alpsalish]

I feel like many of his images are totally over-processed. The wide Milky Way images especially.

[@PhotogAdventures]

Interesting! You aren't alone and even two others gave a thumbs-up to your comment so they agree as well. I know Eric's process and it is A LOT of work. But whether it is over processed is a judgment call and very subjective. I don't personally feel his images are ruined by it though. They can be crazy full of airglow color but they are fantastic! I will be HOPEFULLY getting a Star Tracker myself this year and I am curious to see how my easy-going post-processing looks like with a star tracked image coming with benefits intrinsically even without extra steps to the post-processing. Can't wait to see! :D -Aaron

[@feiguo6742]

Aaron King I believe he is taking about the first panorama milky way at the begin of the video. The sky is over satiated with green that completely ruined the image.

[@fredb.6809]

Excellent presentation. One comment though... would have been nice to see more of the slides and less of Eric.

[@DANIEL-ls5ku]

14:51 Proves that White man can pronounce Asian naming like NIKON properly but still has to dumb down and call it NYKON 😖

[@JohnSmith-qc6bq]

I guess you don't answer questions!

[@PhotogAdventures]

Hey John! I do answer questions but fell off the wagon when it comes to getting to my comments. What question did you have that I missed? I am happy to help out and sorry that you got missed! -Aaron