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Unpopular opinion: I think people overhype those super clear, edited space photos
I mean, maybe it's just me, but I feel like a lot of the super popular shots on here are so processed they don't even look real anymore. I tried to get a shot of the Orion Nebula last week with my basic DSLR and a tripod from my backyard in Phoenix. The raw image was just a faint gray smudge, obviously. But when I tried to stack and edit it like all the tutorials say, I just made a weird, blotchy purple mess. I spent like three hours on it and it looked awful. I think there's something cool about a more honest, less perfect photo that shows what you actually see, or what your gear can really get without a ton of work. Everyone seems to want that Hubble Telescope look from their backyard setup, and it sets a weird standard. Has anyone else just given up on heavy editing and been happier with simpler results?
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