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I finally stopped zooming in on every single photo
For like 2 years I'd open up a deep sky image and immediately zoom all the way in to check for sharpness on individual stars. I thought that's what you were supposed to do to judge a photo. Then last month at a local astronomy club meetup in Portland, a guy named Dave pointed at my screen and said 'you're missing the whole nebula, zoom out'. He was right. I'd been ignoring the full composition this whole time. Anybody else get stuck in the pixel peeping trap?
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wright.kevin29d ago
Double down on what Dave said though. But honestly, Diana's got a point too - you gotta balance peeping for technical details with actually appreciating the big picture.
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diana_king29d ago
Pixel peeping is how you catch tracking errors or focus issues before you waste time processing a bad stack. Dave sounds like the kind of guy who hangs a crooked print because he only looked at it from across the room.
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