Where can I post astrophotography?

Where can I post astrophotography?

Selling your images as prints.

• Astrobin. Different from the others in this section, Astrobin is an image hosting platform specifically for astrophotography.
• SmugMug.
• Flickr.
• 500px.
• Unsplash.
• Instagram.
• Facebook.
• Twitter.

How do you process deep-sky images?

Here are the steps to produce a Deep-sky image from a stack of “subs”:

1. Calibrate your subs: dark subtraction and flat field correction.
2. Register (align) your subs.
3. Stack (integrate) your subs.
4. Crop.
5. Remove gradients.
6. Color balance.
7. Deconvolute your data (sometimes, we won’t cover it)
8. Delinearize your image.

Is Lightroom or Photoshop better for astrophotography?

I have tested most raw developing software available on the market today and I came to the conclusion that, for astrophotography, there’s no better alternative than Adobe Lightroom or Adobe Camera Raw. Practically, they are identical. If you want to do some more in-depth tweaking, Adobe Photoshop is also useful.

How do you stack images for astrophotography?

Star stacking requires capturing multiple shots at the same shutter speed so that they can be aligned and averaged later. The more shots you have, the less noisy the star stacked result will be, but only up to a point before sensor pattern noise starts being visible, or you completely exhaust the signal to noise ratio.

How do you stack astrophotography?

What is stacking in astrophotography?

The process of combining multiple frames into a single image is called stacking. Untracked Astrophotography works by combining multiple frames of low quality into a single image of higher quality. Usually three different types of image are required for the stacking process: Light frames, Dark frames and Flat frames.

Is it necessary to post process astrophotography images?

Post-processing astrophotography images is mandatory: you cannot avoid it. It can be a fairly long and technical process, but it is necessary to squeeze out the most you can from your images. Everything begins with pre-processing your images, a step including image calibration and image stacking, which we have already covered in this article.

How is LRGB processing used in astrophotography?

LRGB Processing is the process of adjusting the colors of an image by using luminosity adjustments for the RED, GREEN, and BLUE color channels. Why use this method? In the astrophotography world, different shooting and post-processing techniques will yield different results.

What kind of data is needed for astrophotography?

One key to astrophoto image processing is the image editor must work on at least 16-bit data or greater (like 32-bit floating point). If the image editor only processes 8-bit data, there is not enough precision to pull out the weak signals in the night sky.

Why is image stacking important in astrophotography?

This is the only step that is central to editing any kind of astrophotography. Stacking increases the signal-to-noise ratio, giving a cleaner and more detailed image. The work for image stacking begins in the field. Whether you are after a starry landscape or a faint nebula, take as many images (light frames) you can of your target.