Milky Way Pano Using a Star Tracker - Sedona, AZ Part II Post Processing

Part I Video:    • Milky Way Pano Using a Star Tracker -  Sed...  

In part 1 of this video series, I travelled to Sedona, Arizona to make a panoramic image of the milky way arch over Bell Rock and Courthouse Butte using a Star Watcher Star Adventurer 2i star tracker. In this video I go through the post processing to blend the foreground panoramic image and the milky way panoramic image. If you haven’t watched part 1 yet I recommended watching it prior to watching this video.

00:00 Introduction
01:28 Foreground Edits
02:28 Milky Way Raw Edits
05:42 Foreground Pano Stitching
09:56 Milky Way Image Blending
12:10 Milky Way Pano Stitching
15:10 Review
15:47 Foreground & Milky Way Pano Blending
22:35 Mask Feathering
24:29 Rough Crop
25:27 Final Blend
25:35 Summary

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During the video I reference a couple of other very helpful videos that I recommend you should check out.

Kamil Pekala's Video on shooting a pano of the milky way using a star tracker:
Part 1:    • How to shoot a MILKY WAY PANORAMA with a S...  
Part 2:    • Milky Way panoramas on a star tracker - FU...  

The Light Explorer's Video on setting up and polar aligning the Star Adventurer 2i:
Part 1:    • Part I | COMPLETE Setup Guide for Sky-Watc...  
Part 2:    • Part II | ULTIMATE Guide to SA Console App...  

Both of these are excellent videos and I highly recommend watching them.

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I used the Kase Starglow filter by Alyn Wallace. It works really well and I like the effect that it creates. The filter makes the bright stars bigger and brighter while making the small dimmer stars fainter. At this time the filter must to be ordered from Kase in the UK. While you can find some Kase Starglow filters on Amazon or B&H but they are not the same filter and do not give the same effect.
https://alynwallacephotography.com/st... https://kasefilters.com/product/kase-...

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Camera Equipment:
Fuji GFX 100s
Fuji GF 23mm Lens
Fuji GF 45-100mm Lens
Fuji GF 100-200mm Lens
Really Right Stuff Tripod
Star Adventurer 2i Star Tracker

Video Equipment:
Fuji X-T4
DJI OSMO Pocket 2
Mavic 2 Pro Drone
Tascam DR-10L Audio Recorder
Rodelink Lav Microphone

Music: http://www.epidemicsound.com

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