>>4455475
Thanks anon. Yeah for the little groundhog, I wanted to capture the environment with it. Usually I do like the second pic, here I wanted to try something else. It didn't help that I wasn't well positioned, due to where the trail was compared to the groundhog. As you said, wildlife is fickle, I missed some shots of very nice Chamois just before me that didn't expect to see me at some trail turn, but by the time I stopped looking at my own feet and geared up, it was too late. Fuckers are FAST.
Also I noticed the colors are all kind of distorted, does 4chan recompress the files? Here are two examples: if I upload the exact same photos on catbox, the colors are exactly as I see them on my windows photo viewer, while 4chan displays them differently.
https://files.catbox.moe/chyipk.jpg
https://files.catbox.moe/7t7uyt.jpg
It may be because I worked in Adobe RGB all the way through, and didn't export in sRGB? Yet, if it was a browser problem, I'd expect the colors to be altered on the catbox uploads too.
>>4455476
Yes, I'm using an half-sized tripod (75cm), I think for astro it's a nice compromise between a tabletop one (30cm, too low) and a full sized one (a tad to weighty, 1.3Kg at least for the carbon fiber ones). I sit at around 500g with the half-sized one, high enough from the ground, contained weight and compact. Fits alongside the essential hiking gear.
As for taking the pics, for the first time ever, I tried the stacking method (through Sequator, it's free, and aligns the pics automatically to compensate for the moving stars). It makes a whole lot of difference. I stacked a series of 15 pics, which helps average/remove noise without using a denoiser that would eat the stars. People well-versed into astrophoto get way more impressive results (and combine this method with a sky tracker also). Stacking is not 100% necessary for wide angle milky way photography, but it's a nice bonus. And it's an essential technique for people doing deep sky astrophoto.
