Milky Way Photographers Guild
Get useful notes on your Milky Way photos.
The private image-first, ad-free community for Milky Way photographers. Free to join right now.
I rebuilt the Milky Way Photographers Guild into a better home for sharing your night-sky images, voting on each other's images to find the Image of the Week, celebrating weekly winners with a Monday Moment of Envy, while still keeping the original benefits of getting useful feedback and improving your Milky Way photography without ads or social media noise.
Aaron King of Photog Adventures.
Inside the Guild
Feedback, voting, and ranks do different jobs.
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Field reports
Share the image, where you shot it, the gear, what went well, and what could have gone better.
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Feedback
A member can leave a written note on your field report. The note is there to help you improve the photograph. It is not a vote and it does not change your rank.
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Image of the Week
One image per member can enter each week. Members with Guild access then pick first, second, and third among other people's images. You do not vote on your own image. When at least two other members have images on the ballot, the Guild asks you to vote before the rest of the member pages open.
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Ranks
The Ascent uses one set of names. Unranked, Beginner, Amateur, Novice, Veteran and Master. Unranked covers no Field Honors yet. Beginner covers 1 to 7 Field Honors. Amateur covers 8 to 17 Field Honors. Novice covers 18 to 24 Field Honors. Veteran covers 25 to 32 Field Honors. Master covers 33+ Field Honors. Field Honors move the rank. Votes and written feedback do not.
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Monday Moment of Envy
The Monday Moment of Envy celebrates the Image of the Week winner. It is a celebration, not a rank.
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Field Honors
You can claim a Field Honor on an image when a listed month, foreground, technique, or other honor fits. Verified Field Honors are what move you along the Ascent.
If that is the kind of help you want, join the Guild.
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