I originally took this shot with the intention of stacking it with similar exposures, which is the reason for the high ISO and short shutter speed. For the first part of our tutorial, we’ll be taking a look at the RAW file below, which was shot on a Nikon D750 at 24mm, 16,000 ISO, and f/2.8 for 10 seconds. While any RAW processing software can edit a Milky Way photo, for this tutorial I’ll be using Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop. So, I want to take a step-by-step look at each of them to show how different settings can affect the look of the Milky Way with regard to these three pillars. There are essentially three main pillars of post-processing that will affect the appearance of the Milky Way: White Balance, Contrast & Exposure, and Noise Reduction. The 3 Main Pillars of Milky Way Post-Processing If you are interested, check out our comprehensive guide to planning Milky Way photography, and our comprehensive guide to capturing Milky Way photos. So, with this tutorial, in order to finish off my comprehensive guide to planning, photographing, and post-processing Milky Way photos, I want to take a close look at the potential effects of some of the editing tools that can used to process an image of the night sky, instead of showing only one specific way to process an image. Because of this, viewers of an image can, in theory, compare the image to the real-life scene to know how far post-processing techniques moved an photo away from “reality.” However, since the Milky Way cannot be seen with the human eye like it can be with modern day digital cameras, the range of different nuanced looks that can be applied to a photo of the Milky Way without being restrained by what it *should* look like is endless. While there is no correct way to process a photo, most landscapes scenes can be readily viewed with the human eye. By putting in days of practice, each photographer eventually develops a characteristic look that can be seen throughout many of their photos, whether that be high contrast, low contrast, highly saturated, monochrome, bright exposures, dark and moody exposures, or anywhere in between. Post-processing is an extremely subjective part of any photographer’s workflow.
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