Description
At first glance, the challenge of astrophotography may appear daunting. But not only are spectacular results possible, they are easy to learn with the step-by-step instructions provided in Stephan Seip's Digital Astrophotography: A Guide to Capturing the Cosmos. Today, amateurs can produce images that only twenty years ago a large professional observatory would have been proud of; and this book shows you how.
Set up your camera for optimum results
Focus your camera for razor-sharp images
Take beautiful night shots with a simple compact digital camera, a tripod, and a telescope
Use a DSLR camera to shoot the Sun, Moon, stars, star clusters, and nebulae through your telescope
Get brilliant images of planets with a Webcam
Capture remote galaxies with a charge-coupled device (CCD) camera just like a pro
Select which cameras are best for the various celestial objects, what to look for when buying a camera, and what accessories you really need, from a simple camera and tripod to highly specialized equipment.
Shoot RAW format images and improve them with calibration frames
Take short exposures of faint deep-sky objects and combine them into a longer exposure
Perform brightness, contrast, and color correction
Make corrections to correct for vignetting and uneven field illumination
Process your images for stunning results
Full Description
Learn how to:
Also included are lessons on the processing that is done in the "studio" after your shoot, including how to:
Product Details
- Title: Digital Astrophotography
- By: Stefan Seip
- Publisher: Rocky Nook
- Print Release: December 2007
- Pages: 162 pages
- Print ISBN: 978-1-933-95216-1 | ISBN 10: 1-933-95216-4
