See the latest additions to the Milky Way Gallery in the Night Images Album. I have been experimenting with stacked panoramas for noise reduction and clearer, sharper images.

The technique requires a “stack” of images – 9, 16, 25 – with the same settings right after one another. These are then software processed to align and eliminate random hot pixels and noise.

Multiple stacks are then done for each panel of the image. The resultant images from the stacks are then stitched for the panorama. Normal processing in LR or PS then follows.

Check them out. As always, prints of images are available for purchase. If you don’t see the one you want in my Etsy Store, contact me for details.