Rant: My early attempts at galaxy photos were just fuzzy blobs

Honestly, it took so much trial and error. Tbh, today's gear catches details I never saw before.

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Yeah, that part about skill improving really hits home. I read an interview with an astro photographer who said the biggest jump came from learning to stack dozens of images in software, not from a new lens. They stressed that all the fancy gear is wasted if you don't know how to pull the data out of it.

stella_hunt992mo ago

Honestly, your own SKILL improves with all that trial and error, not just the gear.

xena8731mo ago

My first real camera was a used Nikon D90 with a kit lens. I spent two years learning light and composition before upgrading anything. The jump in my photos from that old gear to my newer setup was huge, but only because I knew what to do with it. Better gear just lets you do more of what you already know. A fancy camera in auto mode still takes boring pictures.