chris gunn

Yes! And dramatic! It's fun to contrast telephoto MW and foreground.

I went there! Nomura Clan Samurai Home , in Kanazawa. I thought it was a fantastic house , because of the garden, with water features, rocks and koi, right up to the house. I tried to take a number ...

Very cool! I was farting about in Japan recently, and it occurred to me that visiting Ricoh would be nice. I didn't make it, so it's nice to see you did. It's almost obligatory, as it's a GPS coord ...

Sharp enough! Good luck next winter.

Maybe, depends on you skills! Practice!

I have a geared head. I look at a shot, and adjust roughly as required. For 3s at 55mm, I forget what I did... Probably wouldn't need adjustment more than every 10-20 pics? RN Clark, resident ...

I would use my old 50/1.4 at f2.8+. My 55/1.2 is surprisingly good at f2 I have only used DSS. A total of about 5 min, = 100 frames Mostly curves, similar to RNC, and maybe some layers-Soft Light?

The 24/1.4 is popular here. Faster is better.

Looks like plenty of light! I'm a fan of the saturated colours.

Probably less than 15s except for 24mm and wider. Yes. I use a geared head, and adjust roughly between frames. Here's an example using 55mm, f/2, and 3s? frames, stacked with DSS:

Looks like more difference in noise than you would get with  2x the exposure...

I did! A lot of variation and quality.

Nice lighting!

Nice location!  The composition is good. Is the moon up? The sky is a bit blue. Usually I'll choose the darkest part of the sky for the black point.

Yes, wide rectilinear lenses and Astrotracer will give your trouble. The rectilinear distortion changes as the sensor moves.

An old house on fire! Nice sky glow.

Looks like a top lens!

Well, this is 400mm f2.8 2s frames, 3min 48s total integration. A small galaxy near Centaurus. Focus is probably off.

Well, that is tracked. Untracked it depends on your FL and declination. Say 15s or less at 24mm. Less than 9s at 40mm.

My standard exposure for panos is 60s at f/2. For f/2.8 it would be 120s, so I actually meant 120s!