Switching to decaf before sessions changed my game

My astro shots were blurry from caffeine shakes. I started drinking decaf a few hours before going out, and my latest photo of the Lagoon Nebula is crystal clear. What little changes have boosted your photo quality?

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the_gray7mo ago

That bit about the caffeine shakes causing blurry shots hits home. It's wild how much our own physical state is part of the gear chain that we forget to tune. I see it with people holding their breath without thinking when they shoot handheld, or even just finally remembering to clean their glasses before looking through the viewfinder. We'll fiddle with every camera setting but ignore the shaky, tired thing operating it. Getting your own body to be a stable platform is half the battle.

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the_henry7mo ago

Ugh, my own coffee habit turns my hands into a human tripod with loose screws.

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miles9487mo ago

Nah, sometimes shaky hands add cool motion blur, @the_gray!

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