KenY Loc: Glenside, Pa

Hi Sark17,

This is a response to your post earlier today. I was unable to attach a file in the reply screen, so I started another topic. The file attached is directly from the camera without any processing or editing.

I was just at Cherry Springs State Park in Potter County, PA (a highly touted dark site).

This is a shot of the Milky Way.

I took many shots trying to come up with optimal exposure. Finally settled on f/4.5, ISO 3200, 30 seconds (max time exposure for Canon T6 without going to bulb & an intervalometer). Taken with kit lens, 18-55mm, at 18mm. Focus is difficult, so I just kept taking pics and checking the LCD screen for focus.

This is the best I got.

I'd like some suggestions on post processing to bring out more detail and color on a free photo-editing program. I do have Canon Digital Photo Professional. I can download others per responder's suggestions.

(Download)

Sark17 Loc: Atlanta, GA

Thank you!! Do you have any of the edited ones I could see too? I’m just trying to see what I’ll see in my camera and what they will look like after! I appreciate your help!

KenY Loc: Glenside, Pa

I will post a new topic in this section with a version of that same photo that was simply brightened. It was done in the stock Windows 10 app, Photos. It does show a little more definition of the Milky Way, but I'd like to find out how to bring out more detail and color.