Post Processing your Milky Way Photography

17mm, f/4, 30 sec

This is the second part of a post on How to Photograph Stars in the Night Sky.

About the Shot

This last weekend I had the opportunity to visit Elkhorn Campground in Southern Utah for a family reunion. Elkhorn is in the middle of nowhere. No cell service. No Walmart. You’re lucky if he nearest town has a gas station. It’s really remote and a perfect location for photographing the night sky. This year I lucked out with a new moon that didn’t rise until the early morning hours. By 11:00 pm the sky was dark enough to make out the Milky Way with your naked eye.

Tutorial: How to Photograph Stars in the Night Sky

This tutorial will teach you how to photograph stars in the night sky. Few sights are as inspiring and humbling as looking up during a dark night and seeing the infinitely vast field of stars visible to our naked eye. For me, being able to capture and share this spectacular display is what photography is all about. Trying to photograph stars can be frustrating if you don’t know what settings to use or how to get started.