Nightscape Photography (Tracked & Light Painted)
This is my first nightscape photography adventure of 2026 and one of my most challenging astro shoots yet just because of the bugs!
In this vlog I head out to a local farm area in the Scenic Rim of Queensland, Australia, to photograph the Milky Way and the Large Magellanic Cloud using a tracked sky and light-painted foreground.
I walk through how I polar align my Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer tracking mount, how I capture a clean foreground using light painting, and how I shoot and stack 38 x 1-minute tracked exposures for the night sky.
Camera gear used:
– Sony A7R IV
:– Full spectrum modified Sony A7
– Sigma 16–28mm f/2.8
– Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer
The conditions were far from perfect — bugs everywhere and humidity — but the final blended nightscape made it all worth it.
Huge thanks to DXO Software for supporting the channel. I use DXO tools in my editing workflow for noise reduction and image quality. Use the discount code "MurrayFox" in the DXO store for 15% off your new license : https://shop.dxo.com/en/
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Artist: : Benjamin Tissot
📍 Filmed in Queensland, Australia
📷 Photography | Astro | Nightscapes | Vlogs
Chapters :
0:00 Intro
0:33 Polar Alignment
1:42 Foreground Shot
3:03 Getting Tracking Setup
5:08 Test Shots
9:03 Timelapse
9:04 End Result!
9:59 Subscribe & DXO