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Began shooting RAW files for my comet photos
The edit flexibility saved so many blurry shots.
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patricianguyen7mo ago
Actually, a blog post about astrophotography mentioned how RAW is a game-changer for night shots. Like, if a comet trail is faint, you can pull up the shadows without making everything noisy. Remember that time-lapse of Neowise? People said RAW let them fix star trails from shaky tripods. Shooting jpeg would have lost all that data in the dark parts. Makes you wonder how many good shots were lost before RAW was common, right?
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olivia_mitchell457mo ago
Star trails are usually from Earth's rotation, not shaky tripods. But RAW does help salvage blurry shots, right?
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terryrobinson4mo ago
Heard a podcast where an astrophotographer said RAW basically doubles what you can save from a bad exposure. No way JPEGs would keep those faint comet details without getting crunchy. Crazy how many old photos might have had more data hidden in them.
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