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How can I make the milky way more apparent in my photos?

'Photo stacking' is a method in which you take multiple images from the same orientation and location, and 'merge' them in post-processing. This enhances the starlight, and reduces the light pollution ...
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How can I make the milky way more apparent in my photos?

Amateur astronomer here. Most images of the Milky Way we see around are the results of multiple exposures combined in Photoshop or another image-editing software. However, it is indeed possible to get ...
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How can I make the milky way more apparent in my photos?

Using the Curves tool in your favorite image editor:
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How can I photograph the annular eclipse high in the sky and still get a foreground in the image using 500mm lens?

First of all, IMHO you should be using a dedicated solar filter rather than a generic ND filter. See Is a Solar Filter Different from an ND-Filter? for more information. See also Rental Camera Gear ...
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Astrophotography, image stabilization on or off?

I would recommend turning off image stabilization. Recently I was shooting with a 70-200mm lens on a star tracker. Every image I took was plagued by tracking error in both the RA and DEC axes, and the ...
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