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Getting Started: Long Exposure Astrophotography

Getting Started: Long Exposure Astrophotography

Hall, Allan

Paperback

Astronomy & Space

ISBN10: 1484143477
ISBN13: 9781484143476
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Apr 16 2013
Pages: 346
Weight: 1.31
Height: 0.72 Width: 7.50 Depth: 9.25
Language: English
This astrophotography book is a primer and a fully-formed, practical guide for entering the world of long exposure astrophotography. Allan Hall's Getting Started: Long Exposure astrophotography brings the rewarding pursuit of stellar imaging to your bedside table. With academic flare and his signature approachability, Hall utilizes a suite of formats to provide readers with everything they need to begin - and develop, all while avoiding as much of the technical jargon and math as possible. From charts, images, purchasing guides, walkthroughs, and detailed descriptions, this Getting Started title is an in-depth resource for today's astrophotographer at any level of their discipline.

Leading up to an incredibly useful list of the first twenty-five objects an astrophotographer might image with long exposures, this Getting Started title also offers a range of equipment advice and grounded descriptions of why certain phenomena occur - as well as what they will mean for you and your shoots.

Though founded in the clarity and precision of science and photography, astrophotography can nonetheless be one of the most artistic and even sensual crafts, as well as one of the most daunting. A road map is essential when pursuing a rich experience of imaging and cataloging the night sky. Getting Started: Long Exposure Astrophotography, with over 200 illustrations, images, charts, and graphs bolstering its clear and instructive text, takes readers from practical equipment purchases, savvy preparations, and understanding of heavenly bodies, with the proper - and smart - ways to capture their breathtaking beauty.

From purchasing your first astrophotography telescope, hooking up your camera, taking long-exposure images, and finally, processing that finished image, this book is rich with provisions and tips. Hall expertly balances his own procedures with general and inclusive guides from set-up to software recommendations.

In this book you will learn:

  • The difference between long and short exposure astrophotography
  • What equipment you may need
  • How different equipment compares
  • How to set up your equipment
  • Making your equipment work together
  • What software you might need
  • Different types of exposures (pictures)
  • What might affect your exposures
  • Taking exposures
  • Processing exposures
  • Putting it all together
  • And much more!

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