How to blend a foreground with a Milky Way background!

In this video I present two methods for blending a foreground with your Milky Way photos to create a cool composite image!
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[@cevoner]

I've used Photoshop with the quick selection tool but never like this. These menus are there and I never used them. Terrific sky replacement technique for many different photos, it is a big help. Thanks Delta.

[@robinsteiner7512]

Dude im doing astro stuff a while now, and masking those difficult areas manualy is always a pain. Definetly gonne try this method! You got my sub!

[@deltaastrophotography]

Yeah masking can be a nightmare! That method really put the fun back in it!

[@keithhanssen7413]

Thanks so much. Your video made it finally click for me with layers and masks.

[@davidhewett1484]

I’m late to the party, but I sure like what you’re doing. Thank you for putting this series together.

[@Martin-om4ob]

Great Video! A+ for content. But annoyed by the sound layer. Why do we always have to add noise?

[@fernandoneirapaz]

You can also select the sky automatically by going to menu SELECT and then SKY, then INVERSE selection and now you have your subject layer. Simply place the sky layer below your subject layer and voila!. Select Sky always first if your subject is complex and hard for PS to detect then make the INVERSE selection. If this is not the case and your subject is fairly simple then go to menu SELECT SUBJECT.

[@xXSCARECROW19Xx]

I really love how you tell what keys you're hitting to do something. As someone new to Photoshop and such it has helped a ton. When I watch the other guys they just say what they do instead of how. So that's where I stop watching to look up how what keys to hit to do what they just did which is quite frustrating. So thank you for that.

[@alit7313]

I had the exact same problem with other people, they’d take off saying what they’re doing, but not exactly how and which button to click etc

[@frankmaccagnan6029]

So helpful as I'm new tonight photography. Bored with daytime photography. I needed something simple to use for editing and you deliverd Stoked

[@skykingimagery899]

Great. Now what if you have one image with the Milky way perfect but that foreground image is blurred because of a tracker. How to blend a second identical image over the first with a perfect static sharp foreground taken without a tracker

[@graysonkemp8870]

Dude!!! Sky Replacement?! Had no idea this magic existed!! Thanks so much!!!

[@TrevorMcGrathPhotography]

Thanks very much. Jujst came by your channel by chance but you should have more sub's. Great work, thanks again

[@joyjoy534]

Took Adobe long enough to come up with sky replacement feature that other editing software already provide. We should all bill Adobe for all the extra time we spent editing using PS all these years.

[@renevandam2084]

Try refining your mask with levels instead of dodge and burn.

[@808flyer8]

Sky replacement technique is a game changer! Thanks for this video and sharing your process. Looking forward to what you'll be sharing with your new telescope gear. Stay safe and healthy. Mahalo and Aloha.

[@johnwheeler5271]

Great video.Thankyou so much.J

[@zijadzikedzehovic6206]

Bro, you made this more easier for us beinners. Thy a lot. I can't wait to see clearer sky soon.

[@deltaastrophotography]

I try! I'm glad I could help!

[@thegodfather4713]

You seem like a very nice person, my friend. I want to hug you.

[@shellybrown4707]

Thank you soooo much for the video it was so helpful

[@frednorman1]

Love the sky replacement technique! It even works with complex skies, i.e lots of trees.Thanks so much…

[@BLarsenPhoto]

Great video thanks. I like the tip about using the colour mixer to reduce certain colours for blue hour foregrounds. One of the biggest challenges I'm having at the moment is getting the blend looking natural between the night sky shots and blue hour foregrounds, so any tips on that would be cool.

[@nightskyimages2977]

Love your videos but I'd much rather keep things more real do light painting it's fun no need to pretty much fake the photo by using two all you need to do is stack images don't need to blend two photos it's just not real for me I like to keep it as you see it just being real not trying to hate

[@deltaastrophotography]

When you use a star tracker to take pictures of the Milky Way, you have no choice. Blending is something that we have to use when we use star trackers because the foreground gets very blurry after a 3-minute exposure

[@dhmccauley]

Good thing about the Milkway, is that other than a planet moving through, it never really changes. So you only need to do the milkway once in a dark site and then the only thing that changes is your foreground which you can capture anytime.

[@deltaastrophotography]

You can totally do that, but I would build up a catalog of milkyway photos from different times during the night. That way all the Milky Way backgrounds won't look the same.

[@markyeomans8232]

hi love the videos that you make what lens are you using for your milky way shoots and camera please

[@deltaastrophotography]

A Canon 6D with a Tamron 24-70 for these shots!

[@cjt5mith]

Thanks for the clear explanation! Just did my first Milky way blend in a much longer way to get much the same result. Will try this next time.

[@apumountainguides]

Excellent 🌟

[@stjepanjina]

Thank you, I've been struggling with blending for over 5 years! the results are fantastic! THANK YOU

[@juliefreschi6719]

Thank you so much !

[@Rick_B52]

Thank you! Sensational tips. This is really going to save me tons of time. I am definitely NOT a Photoshop magician and this sort of help is a game changer for me.

[@danielmillington1492]

Great tips 😁😁👍👍

[@gothicspirit12]

Best tutorial!!

[@bojanmajic]

Thank you for showing different approaches :) Can't wait for clearer skies here (Bortle Class 3 xP )

[@grahamhunneman3503]

Great work, looks too easy 😂 Getting my equatorial mount from Santa soon, so I can't wait to give this a try. Thanks for sharing

[@yervantparnagian5999]

Awesome vid!

[@carollines7994]

Thank you ✨

[@carollines7994]

Thanks

[@TheAssaschan]

Absolutely amazing video mate, thankyou so much! Subscribed and can't wait for more. Very happy I found this video and your channel!

[@johncarter591]

I'm guessing when doing your Tracked Sky it's important to include some foreground light at the bottom of the image so it blends more naturally with a the non tracked foreground?

[@EddieCarter]

WOW... thanks.

[@robertshepherd6306]

Absolutely fantastic video, really helpful. Thanks a lot. Love your channel and your presentation style. Very refreshing.

[@Codlipps]

So awesome...thanks for the great tutorial 😊👌🏼💪🏽

[@williammartens1776]

I usually dont comment but this explanation was extremely detailed and fit exactly what I needed to do. Thanks

[@lawr0]

Really comprehensive video and the sky replacement technique is just brilliant!! Great work man! I'm also very excited by your news and can't wait for those videos!!

[@robertshepherd6306]

Great video. Really informative. Thanks.

[@rrr46060]

wow, thank you very much, you just made my milkyway season a whole lot easier

[@johnwells2908]

Brilliant video, going out shooting tomorrow night so really helpful thanks

[@waynegarmonphotography]

Wow!

[@markschultz2011]

Walt, keep them coming...........

[@deltaastrophotography]

Will do! I'm going to make another one this weekend!

[@xro5841]

Photo-Shop. All I needed to know. Thanks.

[@jameshermann1143]

Great tutorial! Thanks for your content.

[@dankoons5577]

good walk through thank you

[@deltaastrophotography]

Glad you liked it!

[@johnstarr1269]

Fantastic video! Really helped me out.

[@dw.in.michigan]

I've been wanting to astro modify one of my cameras and was going to undertake the task myself - look up astromodification by Gary Honis, if you're not already familiar. He was one of the gurus of modification, and one of his videos is modifying a Rebel T4i, so probably very similar to your camera. He also has detailed written instructions. Where are you sending your camera to have this done? I still want to have one modified, but I'm not certain I want to spend 6-8 hours to do it, especially needing the skills of a surgeon to do it. Oh, and of course, thank you for sharing your knowledge of blending techniques! Very much appreciated.

[@deltaastrophotography]

Yeah I don't really have the time to modify myself, so I'm gonna try Spensers Camera!

[@HorrorAndCoffee]

Dude....that Radian Raptor set up is just like mine....except I just got a canon t4i. I use my t7i for my regular videos. I’m also sending the t4i to get modified as well! Can’t wait to see what you do with it!

[@deltaastrophotography]

I can't wait to get a close up of the Witch Head this winter!

[@ianmacdonald2307]

Once again, Epic! I’ve been waiting 3 weeks for you share this. You have that gift of making things so easy to understand. I have just bought a 2nd Canon T3i (modified), almost unused. Just itching for some darker and clearer nights. Unlike you though, I’ve recently gone the other way and bought a Samyang 135mm F2 lens to complement my 420mm focal length Skywatcher 72ED on the SWSA and hope that in terms of field of view it will be a little more forgiving on a star tracker for larger targets without having GOTO capabilities. As always, thanks for sharing 🤝

[@deltaastrophotography]

Good lens choice! I've been wanting one as well for Rho Ophiuchi and the Witch Head nebula! Good luck with everything and clear skies!

[@AstroCloudGenerator]

Enjoyed the video, thanks for sharing. What mount have you gone for? Waiting for new kit is so exciting I hope you don’t have to wait too long.

[@deltaastrophotography]

I got the Orion Atlas II EQ-G! I'm really hoping it comes in before December!

[@AstroCloudGenerator]

Awesome! A serious piece of kit. I can’t wait to see what you do with it… I’m nearly as excited as you 🤩

[@z98133]

Good content but the music in the background is annoying.

[@migonads]

damn great tip there. I'm working on my first astro landscape shot and I am a photoshop noob. I knew of the sky replacement tool and thought I should try it out hours ago but I didnt just cause I wouldnt think it would be possible. haha glad I stumbled upon this