That one comment about my nebula stacking that made me redo 3 months of work

I posted an Orion Nebula shot I was pretty proud of and someone just said 'your stars look like donuts.' At first I laughed but then I googled it and realized my focus was slightly off on every single subframe. I ended up going back through 47 raw frames from last December and rejecting 22 of them that had those donut-shaped stars. The final stack came out way sharper but man that was a boring Saturday. Anyone else get blind to their own flaws until someone points them out?

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carr.blake14d ago

Whoa wait, you actually went through 47 raw frames one by one? That is some next level dedication right there. I would have just angrily blamed the atmosphere and moved on.