expose to the right for the night sky
ive been playing around with a technique i read about online.
its called expose to the right and you use it for the night sky in light polluted areas
i tested it out yesterday to see how well it works
this is the orion nebula,shot from my very light polluted neighborhood in austin,during the full moon.
basically you expose so the histogram is pushed all the way right and then use lightroom/photoshop to edit. this way you get as much detail as possible despite the light pollution
this is straight from the camera
8 seconds at f1.8 iso 3200. as you can tell its very overexposed
after adjusting the sliders in lightroom. this is teh same exposure.
a crop of the same shot
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Yes, surely more detail that way.
Here's one: 
and something interesting: 
and another: 
his time i used a 200mm f4 lens. iso 12800
2 second exposure
