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Getting Started Long Exposure Astrophotography Hall Allan by Hall, Allan 9781484143476, 1484143477 instant download after payment.
This astrophotography book is a primer and a fully-formed,practical guide for entering the world of long exposureastrophotography. Allan Hall's Getting Started: Long Exposure astrophotography brings the rewarding pursuit of stellar imaging to your bedside table. Withacademic flare and his signature approachability, Hall utilizes a suiteof formats to provide readers with everything they need to begin - anddevelop. From charts, images, purchasing guides, walkthroughs anddetailed 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 anastrophotographer might image with long exposures, this Getting Started title also offers a range of equipment advice and grounded descriptions of why certain phenomenon occur - as well as what they will mean foryou 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 imaging and cataloguing 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, andunderstanding of heavenly bodies, with the proper - and smart - ways tocapture their expansive sight, intimate motion, and breathtakingportraitry.
From purchasing your first astrophotography telescope, hooking up yourcamera, taking long exposure images, and finally processing thatfinished image, this book is rich with provisions and tips. Hallexpertly balances his own procedures with general and inclusive guidesfrom set-up to software recommendations.
So, if you have ever wanted to take photographs of glowing nebulae, spiralgalaxies and shimmering star clusters, this is the reference you want on your desk as well as with you out under the sky.
A journey begins, with Hall exploring in-depth details of field rotationand focusing methods, as well as explaining not just the what and how,but the ever important why. So you won't just follow instructions for multiple image stacking, you'll understand the effect and craft ofit. And the descriptions of atmospheric phenomenon affecting imagingwon't end there, but lead you to experiments in which you can observeand understand.
For today's astrophotographers, access is key. Encouragingly, there is more than ever in many ways. From the quality of equipment that you canpurchase to the ready availability of software and meteorologicalinformation, it's a photographer's dream in many ways. Let thisunprecedented scenario work for you, whether you're looking to take your first photos or enhance your development as a long-exposure cosmiccurator.
From start to finish, Allan Hall's Getting Started: Long Exposure Astrophotographybook is your comprehensive resource, taking you from entrance toexpertise in the rewarding field of astrophotography - with a focus onthe long exposure element that makes for such memorable, lifelong pieces of photography.
