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DAE think people overdo the Milky Way shots when a plain moon pic says more?
I saw a post last week where someone stacked 6 hours of the core from their driveway in Nebraska, and it looked great, but the comments ignored a simple 3 second shot of a crescent moon over a barn in the same album. Most nights where I live, the haze kills any chance at the core anyway, so I've started shooting the moon and planets instead. Has anyone else switched to simpler targets because of light pollution or weather?
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young.reese13h ago
Watching people lose their minds over a stacked Milky Way shot while a perfectly good moon pic sits there like the last kid picked for dodgeball is peak astrophotography internet. Honestly the moon is the one target that laughs at light pollution, so your move makes total sense. A crescent over a barn in 3 seconds beats 6 hours of stacking that ends up looking like purple noise soup half the time. I shoot the moon and planets most clear nights now too, mostly because hauling out a tracker in this humidity feels like a part time job with no pay. The core will still be there when the sky decides to cooperate, but the moon shows up every month whether I deserve it or not.
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