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Jason Dain
Shelburne, NS
03/15/2024
09:00 pm

Equipment Details:

Nikon Z8 and 50mm lens

Post-processing Details:

Processed in Pixinsight and Photoshop

Image Details:

Comet 12P/Pons–Brooks (centre) with the Triangulum Galaxy (top left) and the Andromeda Galaxy (top right). The bright star between them is Mirach. This image was taken at Welkum Park in Shelburne County, NS over Welshtown Lake.
I shot this image by collecting 50x25s images of the sky at using a Nikon Z8 and 50mm f/1.8 @ f/2.2, ISO 800 on an iOptron SkyGuider Pro. I captured a 30 second image for the foreground using the same settings with the tracker turned off.
For processing, I stacked and processed the sky images in Pixinsight. I blended the sky and foreground shots in Photoshop using a screening method to keep a natural look to the image. There was a gradient from the moon and some high cloud and I wanted to keep the shot as natural as possible.