Did you get out to shoot NEOWISE? The comet that took the astro photography community by storm last month? I hope so. It was a great excuse to escape the humdrum of life for a bit and to really push the boundaries of what we’re comfortable with. In this episode we’re talking about our experiences and the fun times had in making these images. Links Mentioned in today’s show: TOM’s Website and other links: https://tomwagnerphotography.com and @tomwagnerphotography on IG KIRK’s Website and other links: https://Milkywayphotographers.com @milkywayphotographers on IG Sign up for LPS notifications. Be the first to know when it’s available! https://mailchi.mp/eeb40a226ba2/kk5w15cdqv We’ve started doing some live review sessions. Get on the reminder list for those live sessions. I’m only using this list for live session reminders only. Nothing else. SO if you’ve signed up before and you want to get these, you’ll need to sign up again. If this is ALL you want, then sign up and know that I won’t hit you with anything else unless you sign up again on a different form. https://mailchi.mp/e3beabe0a33d/podcast-live-session-updates Shop at lensrentals.com with my affiliate link and I’ll get a small commission of the sale. Use the code "latitude15" at checkout and you'll get 15% off your order. I also have an affiliate link with ThinkTank Photo  Thank you for your support! Main Topic Kirk and Tom, Welcome to the show! Today’s show is all about our experiences in shooting the comet NEOWISE. And really my hope is that we’ll be able to inspire the listeners to get out there and shoot the heavens regardless if there’s a comet or not, but also, when the next comet comes around hopefully they’ll be prepared.  Back in the catalog, May 10 and 13 episodes, we did a two-part series on beginning astrophotography. Those skills are valuable for sure as well, but in this episode, it’s about the fun, the techniques and the results. So let’s get to it. I should mention that the images will be in the show notes and on the podcast listener fb group. I’ll also share them to the Master Photography Podcast facebook group so you can see them there as well if you’d like.  Whitman Mission (Brent) ISO 1600  -  24mm  -  f/4  -  13 seconds  -  Multi Frame Composite. Canon 5D4 This is a blend of two images. With one image processed twice. So in Photoshop it was actually three images. I photographed the wagon while lighting it with my cell phone light. Then I blended those two together to make a seamless image of the wagon nicely lit. Then I processed one of those frames for the sky, making it a bit brighter, and then used a luminosity mask to select the different portions and blend them together. I then did a custom control lighting adjustment layer to tone down the areas in the foreground that got too bright. Random Oklahoma 1 (Tom) This is a composite of two images, one for the foreground and one for the sky. The foreground was shot at 24mm, f/8.0, ⅙ sec, and ISO 100. The sky was a combination of 10 images, stacked to reduce noise. They were shot at 105mm, f/4.0, 5 sec, and ISO 3200 (5 images) and ISO 6400 (5 images). Random Oklahoma 2 (Tom) This is another composite, with the sky composed the same as the previous photo mentioned. The windmill was shot at 105mm, f/8.0, ⅕ sec, and ISO 100. I chose a composite here so I could get some detail on the windmill. Windmill (Brent) ISO 800  -  78mm  -  f/4  -  20 seconds. Mounted on a star tracker. This causes the foreground element to blur a bit but it’s only noticeable when really zoomed in. I still have yet to finish processing this one. I got the foreground much lighter (with a flash light) and I plan to blend it in, we’ll see how that transition goes! Given the movement likely to have some problems. I also made a time lapse on this one and posted a video on making the timelapse to YouTube. Over the wheat field (Brent) ISO 6400 (1600)  -  18mm  -  f/3.5  -  10 seconds This is a composite that was loads of fun to make. I’m