Milky way

[whole cloud]

I would love that someone would edit this

Raw file
https://drive.google.com/file/d/16tbakCKrLBBlFjZmpUjOari267ZwPMUX/view?usp=drivesdk

[brisk reef]

This is lovely for a dng! thats a single frame?

[whole cloud]

Yeah

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Wait no it istn

My phone stacks 4mins of 16 sec pictures i think

[whole cloud]

This is cool

I tried editing it

[brisk reef]

thanks, your process is cool also

but i think a little more contrast would be good

[whole cloud]

Okay

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I added contrast and made a curve

[brisk reef]

yeah thats better for me, your data is just lovely! congrats!

[whole cloud]

Thanks

[pearl cipher]

Rookie here, but tried to pull out some color. a little over done I think.

[brisk reef]

i think you should do a background extraction with graxpert to get less bright at the middle and more bright at the edges

but the image overall is very good

[brisk reef]

I re-done this image

[pearl cipher]

I actually tried that, and some other background stuff, but lost a lot of nebulosity while I was doing it. Might give another go later, but thanks for the feedback.

[brisk reef]

yeah, but in graxpert i think it shoulld be easier to get more nebulosity with less edges loss, just like i done in my images

[pearl cipher]

Well, it DID take that light out, but not pleased with the overall look now. Will start again from scratch tonight.

[brisk reef]

wow thats way better, but i think now you need to get a little more of contrast and highlight

[whole cloud]

Oh wow

Thanks guys

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Is it okay if i use this

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It was like bortle 3.5 so there is some ligth pollution

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This is just cool

I can only do something because i dont know how to edit on a laptop lol

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Is this colour data or is it added

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I like this. There is some ligth pollution lol ik

[brisk reef]

i think its from the data cuz i see these collors but i cant pull then

[whole cloud]

What is nebulosity?

[brisk reef]

the nebula part

like the orion nebula has some nebulosity arount it, but its hard to get

[whole cloud]

Oh okay

Like the color Part of the milky way

[pearl cipher]

This is one I just tried that shows "nebulosity"

[whole cloud]

Does my milky way photo have nebula???

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Oh

[pearl cipher]

"technically", I don't really know, but the fine details of the light sources is what the focus is on

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Okay

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Is the milky way relly that colour?

My m31 has so bad trails so it cant be processed😭😭😭

[pearl cipher]

All that color I got from the data....it's all about learning to "stretch", I've finally got that to where I can get around it, but as you can see, other's are masters at it.

[whole cloud]

I like your picture alot

Your edit

[pearl cipher]

Thx, I seriously appreciate it....been trying to learning this for about 6 months now. Here's how I handled your data. I first removed the stars, then "stretched" it with Curve Adjustments.

[whole cloud]

Nice

That nebula Part is so cool

[pearl cipher]

That's my favourite part of processing....I struggle with how bright it is versus how much contrast to have. I'ts a very fine line to walk to avoid losing that nebulosity due to overdoing contrast or making it too bright.

[whole cloud]

How did my phone capture this beautiful photo

Im proud of my self

Yey

[pearl cipher]

The phone cameras are INSANE now...here's the Milky Way on my S23 last summer...perfect conditions...no moon and no light pollution (Bortle 2)

Yours is great data as best I can tell, I'm a rookie, and I got that much out of it

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Oh wow

Mine was bortle 3-4

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For me its not dark in the summer

[pearl cipher]

Where are you? I'm in the Seattle area, so we have very short nights in the summer, but clouds ALL the time and 200' trees and mountains blocking everything, lol

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Yeah

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I live in Finland

[pearl cipher]

Ah, very short summer nights there - I'm originally from British Columbia Canada, and it's moreso there, but not as much as where you are

Long nights in the winter thoug

[whole cloud]

Yeah

Like shoter day

[pearl cipher]

Right now we're geting about 9hrs of daylight

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Were getting like 6 -7

9 am to 3pm

[pearl cipher]

ugh

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Thanks for editing my picture by the way

[brisk reef]

all the milky way is nebula and stars