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Pro tip: I figured out why my night sky photos were all blurry trash
Took me like 3 months and a hundred failed shots to realize I wasn't letting my tripod settle after setup. I'd just slap it down, hit the shutter, and wonder why everything looked like a blob. Last week I started waiting 30 seconds after touching it before taking a photo, and my Andromeda shot came out crystal clear. Anyone else have a dumb basic mistake that took way too long to figure out?
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davis.gavin1mo ago
That 30 second wait thing is real. I started doing the same after my star shots came out looking like jellybeans. Another trick I found was hanging my camera bag from the hook under the tripod to weigh it down even more after it settles. Do you find that helps too?
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kevin_wells461mo ago
Does hanging weight off the tripod actually help stability long term though? I see this advice a lot from @davis.gavin but I always figured adding mass after the tripod settles just introduces new vibrations that need to settle again. The way I look at it, if you're already waiting 30 seconds for the tripod to stabilize, adding weight after that point just resets the clock.
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