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_insomagent t1_j1nnw3o wrote

Reply to comment by steliosmudda in My progress at Astrophotography by steliosmudda

I can’t tell which is the before and which is the after on the sample you provided. Neither is objectively better, it’s just a matter of taste.

And sorry, but to be blunt Trevor Jones has many photos which I consider much better than the example you provided.

As a final note, just the mount alone for your setup costs over 1.5 grand.

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Line---- t1_j1nx5ae wrote

The fact that you think these two images are anywhere near the same quality is conclusive proof that any opinions you have on Astrophotography as whole are likely completely worthless.

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_insomagent t1_j1o4cyc wrote

I’m not talking about the images in this post. The images in this post are taken with vastly different equipment. I am referring to images OP linked in the comment above. The images in his comment are a much more subjective matter of taste. More red=better image? Really? There's no contrast in the second one. It looks blown out.

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steliosmudda OP t1_j1peyzg wrote

u/Line—— has a point. The color is closer to what it’d really look like and there are more details and faint nebulosity visible in the second image of the wizard nebula.

Note to self: Don’t post to r/space anymore

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DalisaurusSex t1_j1qk11l wrote

Keep posting and ignore the ignorant, negative folks! This post is great and I very much enjoyed seeing the comparison and progress you've made.

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steliosmudda OP t1_j1quc99 wrote

Thanks :)

I’ve found posting on r/space much less fun than posting my images to r/astronomy. I guess bigger subreddit = more people = more self declared experts (like the user who left a comment saying they „did some color grading for me“. Got a good laugh out of this one though)

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steliosmudda OP t1_j1npdn0 wrote

Doesn’t the second one look way better than the first one to you?

Trevor takes some good images but he also has darker skies than mine. Plus if you have a full res image of his and try to zoom in, you’ll realize that his images aren’t that good.

He’s very focused on social media and his images are meant to fit that. So his images look good on Instagram, but wouldn’t have success on Astrobin. Any astrophotographer will be able to tell but I guess if you have no idea how these images are actually taken then it’s a lost cause.

Edit because I didn’t see: yes my mount was expensive but the mount is the single most important piece of equipment in AP. My mount isn’t even that exotic if you’d know other astronophotographers.

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_insomagent t1_j1o7eeg wrote

> Edit because I didn’t see: yes my mount was expensive but the mount is the single most important piece of equipment in AP. My mount isn’t even that exotic if you’d know other astronophotographers.

Funny, I thought the single most important piece of equipment is the astrophotographer's skill. /s

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