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Astrophotographer snaps skydiver falling in front of the sun

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471 points doener | 1 comments | 16 Nov 25 11:02 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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GMoromisato ◴[17 Nov 25 19:39 UTC] No.45957336[source]▶
This is a classic example of a simple idea that no one had ever done before. The execution was complex, of course, and Andrew McCarthy is one of the most skilled astrophotographers. But once you get the idea, a number of people could have done it--but no one ever did.

Makes you wonder what other similar ideas are out there! You can bet McCarthy is already thinking some.

p.s.: My brush with celebrity is that I saw an Andrew McCarthy post on Quora when he was first getting started with astrophotography and gave him a few tips. Always important to remember that everyone was a beginner at one point: https://www.quora.com/Are-there-any-pro-tips-for-astrophotog...

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mjamil ◴[17 Nov 25 20:01 UTC] No.45957586[source]▶
Your advice there is really valuable. Thanks for providing it. I've always wondered how to post-process my night images, and this is a really good guide for that.
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GMoromisato ◴[17 Nov 25 21:03 UTC] No.45958266[source]▶
Glad it helped! I definitely encourage you to continue practicing post-processing. There is a lot of magic there, and it's fun too.
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1. pdpi ◴[17 Nov 25 23:07 UTC] No.45959490[source]▶
Love that technique with splitting B&W and colour, doing processing on B&W, then recombining. It's incredibly obvious in hindsight, especially with how common it is in digital art to draw in B&W and colour "in post". A fun little egg of Columbus that I'll be having some fun with over the holidays. Thanks for the link!