This is “Mask 1 (Copy)” in the screenshot below. I prefer an inkier blue tone to my night skies. How much will depend on your personal taste. I pushed the Temperature slider toward the left (cool) side. This is “Mask 1” in the screenshot below, although the slider adjustments are not shown because they are so simple. In Luminar, you’ll need to do a little more work with the traditional masking tools. ON1’s AI Quick Mask makes sky selection simple, too. Lightroom makes selecting a sky and, by inverting the selection, the foreground very easy. Each receives a different treatment depending on their needs. In my Milky Way photo in this article, there are three main segments: the galactic core of the Milky Way, the night sky, and the foreground. Different segments of the image receive different adjustments. This third tip is to apply localized adjustments using masks to further draw attention to the Milky Way. Tip 3 - Localized Temperature Adjustments Look how much clearer the Milky Way is after applying local contrast and dehaze! The end result is a richer, darker sky and brighter stars. Luminar users can explore the Dehaze tool. ON1 users can take the Haze slider in Develop in the negative direction (negative haze is dehaze!). In Lightroom, use the Dehaze slider in the Basic panel. These tools cut down the middle-gray filminess of the atmosphere, further revealing the night sky. In tandem with local contrast, cut through haze and other atmospheric particulates with your software’s dehaze tools. For Skylum Luminar users, explore the Structure AI tool. In ON1 Photo RAW, look to the Dynamic Contrast filter in Effects. In Lightroom, use the Clarity slider and push it reasonably far. The tools and sliders for localized or micro-contrast will vary depending on what post-processing software you use. Local contrast will consider the various size of elements in the scene and dynamically adjust contrast. With astrophotography, a small adjustment on global contrast is helpful, but the real boost comes from local contrast. RAW images are typically a little flat and need a contrast boost. If the noise can’t be controlled, follow-on adjustments may actually accentuate noise. Whatever noise reduction tool you use, take care of the digital noise early in your workflow. You can also use ON1 NoNoise as a plug-in to Lightroom. I run it as a standalone product and bring the noise-reduced DNG into my Lightroom catalog after noise reduction is applied. I use ON1 NoNoise AI in my Lightroom-centric workflow. My tool of choice is ON1 NoNoise AI because it delivers great results while maintaining detail - and it’s incredibly fast.įor ON1 Photo RAW 2022 users, you have NoNoise AI right there in your RAW processor in the Develop tab. There are several products on the market that address noise reduction. The built-in noise reduction in Lightroom isn’t sufficient. Combating noise is always a balance between smoothing out digital noise and maintaining detail, like those pinpoint stars in the sky. I recommend using a modern tool specifically made for noise reduction. The increased ISO helps gather more light and have more stars show in the night sky. ISO values of 1600 or 3200 are common - and maybe you push ISO even higher in your camera. Using a high ISO for astrophotography is a reality. In this article, I have a few processing tips to get the most out of your night sky photos. Astrophotography images will need some editing and post-processing to make the night stars and galactic core look their best. However, the capture is only the beginning of the process. Photographing the Milky Way is fun and rewarding.
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