How to shoot Milky Way Panoramas?

In this video I walk you through my approach and method for capturing Milky Way Panoramic photographs. These incredible astrophotography images can seem quite intimidating and difficult to capture but it doesn't have to be that way. In this comprehensive guide I hope to give you everything you need to go out and capture your own incredible Milky Way Panoramas. I don't cover the editing side of panoramas in this video as that probably deserves a video of its own! I do however put my own in the field methodology to the test as I head out at 3am to capture an image I've been dreaming about for years...

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[TimShieldsPhotography]

Wow, wow and wow!!! I LOVE your shot! So incredible. Very well done. Congratulations james!

[shootthebreeze]

Cannot thank you enough for this information. My goodness- the end result is stunning.

[LoveSundays]

Love the content mate. Only just found your channel but loving what I’m seeing so far. 👍. Hello from Cornwall

[georgepistikoudis]

Great video and valuable information. I like your panorama very much. Great shooting location for such a panorama.

[paulcomptonpdphotography]

Wow mate you absolutely nailed it wish I had the patients to work that all out.

[roberthennessey]

Beautiful capture James, thank you for the very informative blog…….I will have to try these tips next Milkyway season…thanks again.

[trevornelson]

Good to see you back. A very thoughtful vid and really liked the end result. Hope it won’t be too long before we see you again.

[lightonthelandscapedotca]

I wish I watched this before attempting to do a milky way panorama in NW Vancouver Island. Ideal conditions with no moon and a cloudless night. 1am so plenty of time. I used a 14mm F/2 lens. I gave 50% overlap. My mistakes were: Not enough room to the left and right (I should have given a bit more) and too much distortion. I did get stitched shot in lightroom, but had to use photoshop warp transform to get it looking more or less normal. It worked out and is a nice enough shot, but next time I'll apply some of your info from this video to make the whole post work experience a lot easer. Thanks for all the info.

[johnwheeler]

Thankyou James really enjoyed listening to all your tips and techniques.

[DG-mgzr]

This is one of the best video I’ve seen about panoramic astrophotography. Thank you.

[iainmc]

A stunning image (I don't use those words lightly) and a really good and clear recipe for success. Now I just have to get up in the morning.

[brendanforward]

Fantastic explanation, really appreciate how detailed but plain spoken the language is.

Keep up the great work

[darranmilne]

Amazing picture of the Milk way great video

[kkhamly]

That photo is mind-blowing, James. Something to aspired to. Thank you for an incredibly detail tutorial.

[richardsingleton]

Amazing image. I love how Andromeda appears on the photo

[cesarm]

I am not into astrophotography for two reasons, I am 67 and love my sleep, but the main reason I don't have the proper gear (camera, lens, etc). As always your teaching, that I why I love your channel so much. Awesome image of the Milky Way...

[AfricaMan]

Excellent tutorial & final image was stunning!! Subbed !!

[cliffterpher]

James, that is one beautifully captured milky way. Congratulations

[mchjubjub]

Excellent as always James. Brilliant image😀

[fabriziobues]

great James. This is a clear, well-explained and detailed tutorial.