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Vent: The astrophoto guy who told me my stacked Andromeda image was 'too clean' to be real
He looked at my screen at the Seattle star party last summer and said I must have copied it from Hubble, and I still don't get why someone would assume a beginner can't get a sharp result with 200 subs and good calibration frames.
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anthony_campbell8826d ago
200 subs with calibration frames is a SOLID amount of work for a beginner. I actually read a blog post from a guy who stacked like 400 subs of the Pleiades and people STILL accused him of using a C14 telescope because the stars were too round. @stellanelson you nailed it with the music comparison. It's like when someone spends 80 hours practicing a song and their buddy says "oh you must have had the tabs up." Some folks just can't process the idea of dedication. Your image was clean because you did the work, plain and simple.
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the_sam26d ago
The music comparison hits hard. A buddy of mine spent a whole winter learning this crazy fingerpicking piece. He recorded it, clean as a whistle, no mistakes. Then some guy comments "nice synthesizer." Like, people don't think humans can just practice anymore. Happens in every hobby honestly. You can spend months on something and someone will just say you got lucky with a good camera or a cheat code.
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stellanelson26d ago
It's like people can't believe someone actually put in the work anymore. Same thing happens at my local music open mic - if a beginner plays something clean, folks assume it's a backing track. Hard work just looks like luck to some people.
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