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4 Landscape Astrophotography

This chapter explores the most popular landscape astrophotography projects. You can find recommended exposure settings to use in cities, rural areas, and dark-sky sites for each of these projects in Table 4.1, along with suggestions for the best focal lengths to choose.

Single Exposures versus Blended Images

Before diving into the details of each project, let’s consider whether to adopt a single-image or multi-image approach for your landscape astro-photography projects. Both have benefits.

First, there is great satisfaction in capturing a landscape astrophotography image as a single exposure that immortalizes ...

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