R.I.P Alyn, my thoughts to your family... Also a fellow Welsh man that only lived a few miles from me he was such a talented man and its great Alyn have past on his knowledge and have showed us all his amazing astro photos.
Enjoyed that Alyn. I am the same as you and only do composites if I took the photos at the same time (i.e. focus stacks / HDR etc..). Although that last image was amazing!!!! It look 3D.
Thanks Nigel! Although I'm not really against composites that are not pretending to be a real photograph. That's what I don't get, people have unlimited freedom with composites, you could create a world that has a sunset and a sunrise going on at the same time with a giant ringed planet in the sky but nope, they just create stuff that could have been done with patience and planning.
Thank you for taking it a little slower. I'm one of those who is new to Photoshop. Also, thank you for sharing your thoughts and conveying your ethics on where the line is (or should be) with post processing. Very refreshing for those of us who want to hone our photography skills and have the editing bring out the detail of what we photographed, vs creating images that never existed.
The end result is excellent. I think many non-diehard astronomy folks don't care if it's a composite, they just care about the feeling the image invokes. It's hard to describe what feeling I get other than amazement.
WOW, the best explanation of what a layer mask is I've ever heard!!! So clear! As the saying goes" If you cannot explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough yourself". Sir, you definitely know what you are talking about! Thanks a lot!
Love it! I have a 150-600 on the way and this has been the main thing I've wanted a super tele for. Also, when doing a marquee, if you hold Alt (option on Mac) you can draw the marquee from a centre point instead of edges (can still use shift for a perfect circle). And also when masking out the stars you could also just ctrl/command click your existing mask from the glow layer to get the selection for the mask then invert it for a perfect mask of the moon instead of brushing. Hopefully this doesn't come across the wrong way, they're just two thing I use all the time that I wish I'd found out about earlier! Thanks again for another great tutorial
Outstanding video. Learned a lot. At 8:47 I had to look up creating the stamp visible layer on a MAC as you need to use Shift+Command+Option+E (Mac OS). Everything else was perfect and you made it straightforward and easy - Thank You.
Ok so I om going to have to watch this 50 more times and take notes! I have never understood how to do this. You have a new follower and I’m glad TH-cam does not get rid of videos for us latecomers
Two nights ago the crescent moon was about 1-2 degrees to the Pleaides. I bracketed the exposures but I did not know how I was going to process the images until I saw your tutorial. Thanks!
Thankyou so much for this video....iam a die hard selenophile..and was always blown away by such pictures...always wanted take this picture since iam a photographer...this video cleared all my confusions... thankyou so much once again❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thank you man, in general I don't like watching photoshop tutorials at all, but really enjoyed watching this one. Learn a lot. It was very to the point, no endless talking about tiny little details no one cares about. But still very well explained, even for beginners. The internet needs more of that
This was amazing. Been looking at the moon the past few nights and didn’t have the motivation to get out and shoot it. I’ve now got a reason to shoot it. Thanks
When you need to make a perfect circle selection, you can hold shift while you click and drag the selection, and then press and hold spacebar if you need to move the selection around. Just another method for selecting the moon without using the two guidelines. Not saying the guide method is "wrong" or anything like that, just offering up another way to do it that might save a little time in the future. :)
If we could guarantee a month of clear skies here in sunny Yorkshire then I'd like to take a shot each night and make a composite of the whole moon with the terminator from each night. Then you'd have crazy detail in a full moon. Have you ever tried bringing out the colour in the moon? Some of those pictures look amazing.
Just had a go at it. Definitely need a LOT of practice. And I might need to take the photos earlier when there's more light. My dark side was pretty much just noise.
That was a very nice tutorial. Well explained, simple and straight to the point. Not only learnt about how to HDR the moon, but also about a few tools I had no idea what they did (the ruler).
Thank you, Alyn. I just discovered your channel from Steven Barnes in a moveshootmove user group I joined on Facebook. At 49, Sometimes I feel too old to learn new things, but your tutorial and teaching style really helps. I truly appreciate it.
I found your channel on dec 2018 when you just posted the geminids meteor shower my fav video by far
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Utterly incredible the editing power graphic editors have nowadays! - huge thanks for this tutorial. I work with audio files a lot and see the same advancement (check out Melodyne for use in e.g. timing, tone and pitch adjustment). Good tip you mentioned - less is more (for audio we say reduce other rather than boost 'target' e.g. EQ).
Thanks a lot for your tutorial. You explain it calm and clear! 👍 I created my moon shot two days ago and the result is great! 🌓 Thaaaaank youuuuu! 🙋♂️😀😎👏 Bravo!
Inspired by rediscovering this tutorial I went out last night to acquire raw data and quickly discovered I was a couple days too late, or many days too early. The moon needs to be waxing or waning crescent, otherwise the light from the sunlit part of the moon completely overwhelms the earthshine exposure. Waxing crescent is more convenient for us diurnal mammals. Extra points for also capturing the moon when passing through a photogenic part of the background sky.
Is this the answer to why I couldn't get a picture of the dark side yesterday night?! With longer exposure you see it glowing just everywhere but no dark side of the moon at all
Fantastic video Alyn! I'm trying to do more moon landscapes but with a well exposed moon, but not too well. But this method is perfect! Moons that have no glow in landscape images just look fake. Thanks so much for the video!
Perfect timing for this video. I have been playing with different stacking methods lately and I'm excited to try this to get stars in the same composition.
The YT algorithm reminded me of this tutorial, and it suggests a little project that will also serve my getting acquainted with the Benro Polaris; shoot tracked sunlit and earth shine lit exposures of the Moon tonight, then tomorrow night command the BP to point at the RA and Dec coordinates occupied by the Moon the night before to shoot a tracked set of the star field.
funny always when i work my moonfoto i watch your video. Its one of, or the best on youtube! and yes i have done some crazy thigs with the moon, thks to you...
Nice tutorial. May well try the first one out. But I'm with you on the second one, 2 different moons and adding stars isn't my thing, although the image is pretty cool.
Thank you for such an excellent tutorial. I have been struggling for months trying to create an efficient workflow for this. Yours is better by far! Thank you! Something I tend to do to control the noise and increase detail is to take various shots of each "frame". Stack those then use the resulting images in the HDR process. Although I'm sure you already know that.
Thanks Alyn! While I am not a complete newbie to Ps, I am still at an early intermediate level and found your pace excellent for my needs. On the topic of composites, I think anything is fair territory so long as the resulting image is presented as such. Anything less than full disclosure is trickery IMHO. Both are great images, thank you for sharing your methods. My fave takeaway is using the ruler intersection point with the elliptical tool to create a perfect circle, exceptionally useful. Thanks always for sharing
Great work! Regarding the libration (wobble) problem. I think it can be improved if the two images are taken when the moon is at the same point in its orbit and therefore at almost the same angle of wobble. For example, a first quarter moon would be combined with a last quarter moon taken six months later.
Like the final image!!! Some time ago I was trying to blend 2 drastically different angle of illumination like if there are 2 suns but the "wable" make it almost impossible. Please forgive my English!
Rest in peace, Alyn Wallace. You will be missed. This was your most helpful tutorial to me.
Is he dead 😿😿😿
@@nomadpralay1945 Sadly, yes. I now only go by his channel to remember him
@@hunter133official may his soul gets peace 🕊️😞🫂
What happened to him?
@@neermullac he died of natural causes (i'm unsure what happened)
Best HDR moon tutorial on TH-cam
By far. First time on this channel, subscribed!
This video taught me how to do my HDR moon shots. Thank you, Alyn. May you rest in peace.
Thanks, Alyn. This is the best tutorial on TH-cam by far! Rest in peace, my friend.
RIP My friend. You are still mourned through our community.
R.I.P Alyn, my thoughts to your family... Also a fellow Welsh man that only lived a few miles from me he was such a talented man and its great Alyn have past on his knowledge and have showed us all his amazing astro photos.
That last one is really beautiful.
Enjoyed that Alyn. I am the same as you and only do composites if I took the photos at the same time (i.e. focus stacks / HDR etc..). Although that last image was amazing!!!! It look 3D.
Thanks Nigel! Although I'm not really against composites that are not pretending to be a real photograph. That's what I don't get, people have unlimited freedom with composites, you could create a world that has a sunset and a sunrise going on at the same time with a giant ringed planet in the sky but nope, they just create stuff that could have been done with patience and planning.
Wow, didn't expect to see you in this comment section Nigel! Just came from one of your videos ahah. Keep up the great work, both of you :)
wow good to see you here Nigel
@@AlynWallace
This comment backs up your moral standpoint with logic & facts. Subbed for life!
@@roadtrippin2781 I hope you're referring to your own life and not his, because if it's the latter I got some bad news...
Thank you for taking it a little slower. I'm one of those who is new to Photoshop. Also, thank you for sharing your thoughts and conveying your ethics on where the line is (or should be) with post processing. Very refreshing for those of us who want to hone our photography skills and have the editing bring out the detail of what we photographed, vs creating images that never existed.
Great tutorial. Can't wait for a clear evening when the moon is visible to try this out. 👍
Best description of masks and how to use them I have seen. Thank you for sharing.
The end result is excellent. I think many non-diehard astronomy folks don't care if it's a composite, they just care about the feeling the image invokes. It's hard to describe what feeling I get other than amazement.
WOW, the best explanation of what a layer mask is I've ever heard!!! So clear! As the saying goes" If you cannot explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough yourself". Sir, you definitely know what you are talking about! Thanks a lot!
Love it! I have a 150-600 on the way and this has been the main thing I've wanted a super tele for. Also, when doing a marquee, if you hold Alt (option on Mac) you can draw the marquee from a centre point instead of edges (can still use shift for a perfect circle). And also when masking out the stars you could also just ctrl/command click your existing mask from the glow layer to get the selection for the mask then invert it for a perfect mask of the moon instead of brushing. Hopefully this doesn't come across the wrong way, they're just two thing I use all the time that I wish I'd found out about earlier! Thanks again for another great tutorial
Alyn, I appreciated the fact that you went slow. Thank you!
Indeed, didn't needed pause.
The adjustment layer clipping is something new I learned. Lots of new photoshop tricks in this!
A STUNNING composite ate the end of the video, can’t wait to try it ..
Outstanding video. Learned a lot. At 8:47 I had to look up creating the stamp visible layer on a MAC as you need to use Shift+Command+Option+E (Mac OS). Everything else was perfect and you made it straightforward and easy - Thank You.
cheers :)
I can’t believe how amazing is that tutorial! Much simpler and easier than paid Photoshop courses!!!
Nothing wrong with the second method so long as the technique is described and not tried to pass as something it's not! Looks stunning.
I know the last one was a creative interpretation, but Wow!! It looks great!
Thanks for explaining the basics. Now I actually understand what a layer mask is for the first time.
Ok so I om going to have to watch this 50 more times and take notes! I have never understood how to do this. You have a new follower and I’m glad TH-cam does not get rid of videos for us latecomers
Two nights ago the crescent moon was about 1-2 degrees to the Pleaides. I bracketed the exposures but I did not know how I was going to process the images until I saw your tutorial. Thanks!
Thankyou so much for this video....iam a die hard selenophile..and was always blown away by such pictures...always wanted take this picture since iam a photographer...this video cleared all my confusions... thankyou so much once again❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Explaining the layer masks was very good.
loved this cannot wait till the next full moon.
Man I learnt so much that I never ever learnt from any photoshop video before. Great work dude✌
Hi Alyn, You're a wizard, well done.
I'm definitely giving your lesson, a try tonight or tomorrow. Which ever night the sky is clear for the Moon.
Thank you man, in general I don't like watching photoshop tutorials at all, but really enjoyed watching this one. Learn a lot. It was very to the point, no endless talking about tiny little details no one cares about. But still very well explained, even for beginners. The internet needs more of that
I just learned more on this tutorial than most other tutorials on TH-cam. Thank you!
i mean this fitted all the shots ive been shooting for a while especially the one 3 days ago and the result is .... im speachless thank you Alyn!
Okay! Ready to follow along using images I took of the Nov 21 eclipse. Thanks!
This was amazing. Been looking at the moon the past few nights and didn’t have the motivation to get out and shoot it. I’ve now got a reason to shoot it. Thanks
When you need to make a perfect circle selection, you can hold shift while you click and drag the selection, and then press and hold spacebar if you need to move the selection around. Just another method for selecting the moon without using the two guidelines. Not saying the guide method is "wrong" or anything like that, just offering up another way to do it that might save a little time in the future. :)
So helpful, thanks! Also a +1 vote here for slower Ps walkthrough, it makes a giant difference (for those of us less skilled in Ps)
I have been trying this for a while. Now this video is out, it’s going to help
If we could guarantee a month of clear skies here in sunny Yorkshire then I'd like to take a shot each night and make a composite of the whole moon with the terminator from each night. Then you'd have crazy detail in a full moon.
Have you ever tried bringing out the colour in the moon? Some of those pictures look amazing.
Just had a go at it. Definitely need a LOT of practice. And I might need to take the photos earlier when there's more light. My dark side was pretty much just noise.
That was a very nice tutorial. Well explained, simple and straight to the point. Not only learnt about how to HDR the moon, but also about a few tools I had no idea what they did (the ruler).
wow that last moon correct or not is ART
Awesome video. Just the perfect amount of detail. Thanks!
Best tutorial ever.
you are amazing explaining ! Thank you so much for your time and work !
Thank you, Alyn. I just discovered your channel from Steven Barnes in a moveshootmove user group I joined on Facebook. At 49, Sometimes I feel too old to learn new things, but your tutorial and teaching style really helps. I truly appreciate it.
OMG very complicated but very interesting. I really need to learn Photoshop. It seems almost insurmountable but I'm pumped to try. Thanks.
Thank you for this tutorial, very well explained
Thank you for such a nice tuto. And thanks for making me realise the moral part..that is important for me too. Cheers
Excellent tutorial on the PS process in editing to make it easier to understand!!
No way, looks so good. Thanks!
Very good tutorial
First try and came amazing
Thank you for amazing video
I found your channel on dec 2018 when you just posted the geminids meteor shower my fav video by far
Utterly incredible the editing power graphic editors have nowadays! - huge thanks for this tutorial. I work with audio files a lot and see the same advancement (check out Melodyne for use in e.g. timing, tone and pitch adjustment). Good tip you mentioned - less is more (for audio we say reduce other rather than boost 'target' e.g. EQ).
Finally getting round to trying this out now I've got me a telescope. Still it's only 360mm, nothing like the 800mm you were rocking!!
really really appreciate you taking the time to explain layer masks for us noobs. and this whole tutorial as well. Also appreciate your morals :)
Brilliant tutorial easy to follow and just the right amount of instruction.
Thanks a lot for your tutorial. You explain it calm and clear! 👍 I created my moon shot two days ago and the result is great! 🌓 Thaaaaank youuuuu! 🙋♂️😀😎👏 Bravo!
Been seeing a few of these images popping up the past week so this is a great tutorial at the perfect time. Great job Alyn thanks a lot.
Nice one Alyn, may give this a go tonight. I always neglect the moon!
Inspired by rediscovering this tutorial I went out last night to acquire raw data and quickly discovered I was a couple days too late, or many days too early. The moon needs to be waxing or waning crescent, otherwise the light from the sunlit part of the moon completely overwhelms the earthshine exposure. Waxing crescent is more convenient for us diurnal mammals. Extra points for also capturing the moon when passing through a photogenic part of the background sky.
Is this the answer to why I couldn't get a picture of the dark side yesterday night?!
With longer exposure you see it glowing just everywhere but no dark side of the moon at all
Wow, you made it so easy to understand.. good job
Fascinating. This one goes in my reference file so I can try it later.
Pretty incredibe Alyn! Thank you for making the time to present your technique.
Fantastic video Alyn! I'm trying to do more moon landscapes but with a well exposed moon, but not too well. But this method is perfect! Moons that have no glow in landscape images just look fake. Thanks so much for the video!
Perfect timing for this video. I have been playing with different stacking methods lately and I'm excited to try this to get stars in the same composition.
Excellent video Alyn. A procedure that's quite complex but you explained it brilliantly.
Great work mate!
The YT algorithm reminded me of this tutorial, and it suggests a little project that will also serve my getting acquainted with the Benro Polaris; shoot tracked sunlit and earth shine lit exposures of the Moon tonight, then tomorrow night command the BP to point at the RA and Dec coordinates occupied by the Moon the night before to shoot a tracked set of the star field.
funny always when i work my moonfoto i watch your video. Its one of, or the best on youtube! and yes i have done some crazy thigs with the moon, thks to you...
That was the best hdr moon tutorial I've seen so far!!!
Super video Alyn. Very clear
Great 👍 tutorial thanks for breaking down how to use mask
Nice tutorial. May well try the first one out. But I'm with you on the second one, 2 different moons and adding stars isn't my thing, although the image is pretty cool.
Love seeing your pictures I’ve always loved Astronomy thank you
Beautifuly explained. Gonna try 👍
Awesome final result
Great Tutorial Alyn. Thanks
Very very clever! Can’t wait to try
Great tutorial, well explained and easy to follow! Thank you for sharing!
A cool video again. I have been shooting the moon while at home
Nice pace and good clear guidance - will definately try this out.
BEST TUTORIAL EVER!!! THANK YOU FOR THIS!
Thank you for such an excellent tutorial. I have been struggling for months trying to create an efficient workflow for this. Yours is better by far! Thank you!
Something I tend to do to control the noise and increase detail is to take various shots of each "frame". Stack those then use the resulting images in the HDR process. Although I'm sure you already know that.
Brilliant. I agree with your view on composites Alyn. But it's still an amazing picture. Thanx for the tutorial. I hate PS but it's a necessity.
Thanks Alyn! While I am not a complete newbie to Ps, I am still at an early intermediate level and found your pace excellent for my needs. On the topic of composites, I think anything is fair territory so long as the resulting image is presented as such. Anything less than full disclosure is trickery IMHO. Both are great images, thank you for sharing your methods. My fave takeaway is using the ruler intersection point with the elliptical tool to create a perfect circle, exceptionally useful. Thanks always for sharing
Very cool... both images. Thanks for the tutorial. Well presented for those if us that are a bit slow to learn new programs.
This was a crazy tutorial Learnt a lot
Super helpful and amazing video, thank you!
Simply... wow! Thanks Alyn.
Incredible creation.. Never thought of that.. Gonna try this now..
Really well explained - thanks
Learnt a lot! Will be soon doing this!
Crystal clear... marvelous!!!
Nice tutorial - Your use of guides to place that elliptical marquee tool is a great idea! Thanks :-)
Thanks, Alyn awesome tutorial ....
Nice technique... Thanks for posting this. I’ll try it next time I shoot the moon
Great work! Regarding the libration (wobble) problem. I think it can be improved if the two images are taken when the moon is at the same point in its orbit and therefore at almost the same angle of wobble. For example, a first quarter moon would be combined with a last quarter moon taken six months later.
Excellent tutorial!
Very nice explanation on the techniques and process! Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!
Like the final image!!! Some time ago I was trying to blend 2 drastically different angle of illumination like if there are 2 suns but the "wable" make it almost impossible. Please forgive my English!