This is my first try at photographing star trails. This image took 2 hours to shoot, which seemed crazy to me at the time - I've never made that kind of commitment to a single image! The colours in the stars are real - not all stars are white (only the very brightest) and I found out that if you set your ISO low enough (this was shot at 1600) you can capture some of that colour.

I messed up the intervalometer settings, which is why it looks wonky, but I like it anyway.

I was in Utah for a week specifically to photograph the night sky and what an amazing night sky it was. The Milky Way positively glowed. Photographing at night was an incredible way to see Arches National Park - which is usually so very crowded. At 9pm, when dozens of cars were leaving the park, we were just arriving and then we had the incredible luck of having it almost to ourselves. If you want to see more of those pictures (and my other efforts at night photography) feel free to look at my Night Sky album.

An early start from Plymouth hopeful the holiday weather greyness was going to end. It was very calm and peaceful at the harbour with only the sound of gulls probably waiting for the fishing boats to return. Patience paid off as the sky coloured up after sunrise. This was taken with a Lee ‘Little Stopper’ to achieve a 30 second exposure using a 24-70 f4 lens and my new Canon 5D3 upgrade. It was good to be out in the fresh air.

This has to one of my best photographic outings in 2019

I’ve missed the Cornish poppies this year but they’ll be back.

A spectacular cascade as a big wave overflows the harbour wall.

The dramatic clouds block out the setting sun on an incoming tide.

Photographing Vestrahorn in Stokksnes was an absolute pleasure. I was so lucky to see these amazing sand ripples were as nature intended. Not a foot print anywhere so it was a matter of carefully searching for an attractive composition.

My one and only effort to capture the Comet Lemmon. We have had lots of cloudy weather up to today and will likely have cloudy weather returning tomorrow so tonight was my one chance. Tonight had some clear skies and just enough for me to grab this shot.

I shot with the 50mm prime, and intervalometer, with the following settings:

f2.8

ISO 1600

4s

I used StarryLandscapeStacker to stack 21 photos and then used Photomator to touch up the stacked shot and crop.

I will be honest: it took me a long time to find this comet and actually relied on a fellow enthusiast who gave me general directions to reassure me that I was shooting in the right area. Well over half of my shots were duds due to the clouds covering the comet.

Taken Sunday morning 6/9/2019; 1st of 3 locations (that night) and just one of many that I've scouted.

A lone sea bird perches on a timber pile of the old pier. The iconic white chalk stacks in the distance are faded through the soft diffused light conditions.

The morning rising sun heated up the conifers after a cold and frosty night as the light pierced the tree canopy. When it’s cold with clear skies after rainfall magical things can happen in woodlands and forests.

The sun rays warmed up the chilled saturated ground cover and tree bark quickly causing the water to change form. Frost becomes steam and the woodland becomes a dreamy fantasy film set. The beams of steamy light come to life as they magically dance amongst the trees.

Taken 06/12/20

#mist #rays #dartmoor #landscape #landscapephotography #leefilters #forest #trees

This was a "bonus shot" that I managed to get on the way home from shooting the abandoned Midway Drive In. Just happened to see this tractor in the field and knew that it would make for a great composition.

Canyonlands National Park

Near Moab, Utah

Anyone that has tried to capture a sunburst image at sunrise at Mesa Arch knows that it's an insane scene with a huge mob of photographers. Although we arrived a half hour before sunrise, it was not early enough as the mob of photographers and their tripods were already in place, stretching shoulder-to-shoulder and three people deep from one end of the arch to the other. Incredibly, they were also set up only about six feet from the opening of the arch itself. At first, I tried a few test shots while holding my camera up in the air and shooting over their heads, but my arms were not long enough to get a clear shot. I then decided to put my camera on my tripod which I held up in the air at a 45-degree angle over the crowd and, using the camera's intervalometer to fire away over and over again, I was actually able to get this clear and in-focus shot at the critical moment. Because holding a tripod up in the air is not the most stable platform possible, I used a much higher ISO than I would have preferred in the hope of having a shutter speed that would be adequate to avoid camera shake issues. All things considered, I was thrilled with this result.

130 fotografías stackeadas en Autostakkert!, procesadas en Registax 6 y refinada en Photoshop. Equipo usado: Nikon d5500, Nikon AF-P 70-300mm a 300mm, f/11 y 1/500s, filtro solar, tripode e intervalómetro.

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130 shots stackked in Autostakkert!, processed in Registax 6 and refined in Photoshop. Rig used: Nikon d5500, Nikon AF-P 70-300mm at 300mm, f/11 y 1/500s, solar filter, tripod and intervalometer.

Wow! How long have I been waiting for conditions like this at this viewpoint? The answer is years so you can imagine how elated I felt putting it politely.

A beautiful still chilly frosty morning with rolling mist over the river Teign and beyond from Hunters Path by Castle Drogo. The sun had rose high enough to light up the distant white field fields and golden moorland.

#landscapephotography #CastleDrogo #sunrise #autumnscene #canon #Leefilters #Manfrotto

After photographing the avenue of trees at first light at Bridestowe I followed a footpath into this beautiful frosty field to catch a dramatic colourful sunrise on News Years Eve 2020.

Gear used - Canon 5D mkiii, 24-70mm lens.

#snow #landscape #leefilters #landscapephotography #frost #sunrise #dartmoor

The two-storey boathouse at Devoke Water was built around 1772 from stones gathered on the shore of the tarn. It was originally designed to provide shelter, and had a fireplace. Peat was dug from nearby to fuel the fire.

The building was constructed by John Jackson, a farmer from Dalegarth, and John Bowman, a fisherman. Locals would pay 2 shillings a year for the right to fish the tarn

Looking west from the rear of the boathouse you can see the remains of the stable. I used a Lee Big Stopper for a long exposure photograph enhancing the movement of the clouds.

Read all about it it’s history ...

cumbria.photo/2018/09/20/bronze-age-devoke-

I had no plans to go out on this particular morning but my icy car in the drive said otherwise. My first attempt to drive out of town onto the back lanes failed with treacherous icy conditions with no tyre grip and very slippery and so I started to head home. After a last second decision not to turn off I soon ended up at Filham Lake in the frost at -2 degrees at the other end of Ivybridge. Moments later the sky developed into something absolutely spectacular. What a lucky and amazing sunrise with a mirror like reflection on the water. It didn’t end there with an even more breathtaking display 15 minutes later. That’ll be part 2.

So cold yet so beautiful!

That stunning sunrise on NYE 2020.

#snow #landscape #landscapephotography #leefilters #dartmoor #winter #sunrise #explore

Bright soft haunting fog engulfs this ancient Oakland one very eerie morn.

A beautiful field of cereal crop spotted through a gap in the hedgerow while driving through the country lanes. A quick wander along the tractor tracks gave me this attractive composition

Last night I set up my camera in the garden in an attempt to photograph some star trails.

Despite being into photography for a good 5 years now I've never really done anything like this. So with clear skies, I decided to have a go. the composition isn't the best as it's just my neighbour's house, but as we're in lockdown I didn't have many other options for foreground interest.

I set up my camera on my outdoor table on my mini tripod and let it run for 90 minutes on its inbuilt intervalometer. This is 200 images blended together in Photoshop to get the finished shot.

I think it turned out well for a first attempt, what do you guys think?

A beautiful pastel mackerel sky at dawn looking across the frosted bracken towards Castle Drogo. A single Hawthorn tree overlooks a misty Teign valley.

#mist #dawn #pastel #dartmoor #leefilters #riverteign #landscape #sunrise #lonetree

This is my first image of the most epic misty sunrise amongst the Dartmoor heathers.

I arrived before sunrise in fog and mist which was dissipating by the second as I hiked up the hill to the viewpoint. I was lucky to get my camera out of the bag quickly on the way up to catch this low layer of mist before it cleared.

It may have been clear in front of me but the cloud inversion in the valley below was incredible with the most awesome ever-changing sky.

I have many more photos to look through then I’ll post some of my favourites.

My first star trail ... very much a test shot to learn some lessons for when I do it for real later in the year. The focus isn't quite right here but I put this down to it being 2am in the morning and the few nips of Laphroaig that I had consumed beforehand :D Also, still very much learning how to use my camera's intervalometer.

I'm disappointed to have taken so long (a week is almost an eternity in the world of social media) to make my first post from last Tuesday's total lunar eclipse. A combination of the busyness that comes with being self-employed; some health problems; and a list of around-the-house jobs that needed attending to all kept me from editing and posting any photos until now.

In hindsight, I could have stayed at home in Sydney to photograph the eclipse from my balcony since the clouds where I'd driven to–Seven Mile Beach, Gerroa–thwarted my plan to capture shots of the eclipsed Moon peeking over the horizon. I set my camera's intervalometer to grab sequential shots of the Moon at five-minute intervals. You can see how the eclipse progressed to totality as the Moon climbed the northeastern sky.

I used my Canon EOS R camera fitted with a Canon 50 mm f/1.8 lens to shoot the photos that make up this composite image, employing a range of shutter speed and aperture settings.

Shoalstone Pool, Brixham

The top of the corroded railings of an outdoor swimming pool at an eqinox high tide adding an extra metre to the deep end. (18/10/2020)

I was hoping to be on the opposite side of the harbour but due to construction work I ended up watching a wonderful sunrise behind the silhouetted beacon.

Hidden off track is this beautiful waterfall at Peter Tavy. It doesn’t get much light but it’s perfect for these magnificent ferns fanning out on the banks of the falls.

(Image taken with a 2005 old vintage DSLR).

Set the D200 on interval shooting while trying different self-portraits. And then at home decided to blend a few ones together just for fun. Very impress with the D200; a 16-year-old camera with the intervalometer feature, that only pro cameras carry.

(Spanish): Ajuste la Nikon D200 en disparos de intervalos. Y cuando llegue a casa se me ocurrió mezclar algunos. Muy impresionado con esta D200, una camera de 16 años y con esta característica de disparo, que solo las profesionales de hoy tienen).

(Camera: Nikon D200,Nikon AF-D 35-80 f/4-5.6).

(Process: Took two separate images on the tripod, then combine them with a layer mask).

(Location: Marl Bed Flats Tract Trailhead, Sanford, Florida).

As I hastily headed for the groynes the beach looked amazing so just had to stop and take a shot

BTS youtu.be/DxMwy0pL0ZQ

The position of the moon here is pure luck, I’m using the intervalometer to get these. Hooked into a bit of fire in the salt. It plays so be with the salt.

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For many years I have been trying to find and photograph common cotton grass on Dartmoor. Recently, I noticed these fluffy white heads dotted about a boggy area from the road while looking for a remote place to walk. This particularly thick patch was at Blackslade Mire with Rippon Tor in the background.

Attempting to be creative I used a long exposure for a deliberate blur of the cotton grass gently blowing in the wind beneath a moody sky.

Did you know:

Historically, common cotton-grass was used to stuff pillows in Sussex. It was also collected and used in Scotland to dress wounds during the First World War

Snowfall over night created an absolutely amazing winter landscape. I was so lucky to see the spectacular crepuscular rays ‘Angel Rays’ as the dark moody sky passed over Leather Tor.

Tonight was the first clear night sky since I got my intervalometer so that I could try doing a star trail. This is my attempt and I'm quite pleased with it.

This picture was the result of 60 30 second exposure shots which I then combined using a bit of free software called StarStaX. I took the pictures in my back garden so I need to find somewhere a bit more scenic if I try again. Also, I need to work out where the North star is so that I can get a more circular effect

A huge spring tide breaches the barrier and covers the marshland creating some nice tree reflections on such a still morning. The grasses were completely underwater 30 minutes before high tide.

Gorgeous soft light and a clean wave about to roll over and crash onto the pebbly shore of Durdle Door

I discovered this location a few years ago and after checking on PlanIt! Pro, I determined that this would be a good location for capturing the Milky Way with these old trucks. There are a few of them placed on top of these stacked concrete culverts and more on the ground behind them. I've shot here a few times over the past few years (occasionally with some friends) and I've made a series out of my images; this is the first.

Shot with my Fuji X-H1 and Samyang 12mm f/2.0. (5) 15 second shots + (2) dark frames @ f/2.0, ISO 3200, 3800K WB. I used one LED panel for LLL. Stacked in Sequator with final edits in Photoshop using a few Topaz plugins.

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Looking north towards Bombay Beach from in the Salton Sea. The famous swing set in the foreground.

To create this photo, I trudged through about 100 feet of the lake where the bottom is mucky clay. Think if it being like mud mixed with glue. I lost a pair of rubber boots in the process.

I managed to keep my camera above water and then set it up on the tripod behind the swing. Next, I used an intervalometer to take a back-to-back 30 second shots for about two hours.

I have a few cuts on my feet and legs from the ordeal, but I think it was well worth it.

This is about 120 minutes total exposure time. Shot with a Canon EOS R and Canon RF 15-35mm lens on November 27, 2021. I used the Star Trails intervalometer function on a Pluto Trigger to automate the shooting. Post production worked involved masking out bright headlights from when cars drove up and down the beach a few times. I used Sequator to stack the images and then Photoshop to remove several light trails created by airplanes.

Bombay Beach is a census-designated place (CDP) in Imperial County, California, United States. It is located on the Salton Sea, 4 miles (6.4 km) west-southwest of Frink and is the lowest community in the United States, located 223 feet (68 m) below sea level.

The population declined for years and the buildings were rotting away, but by 2018, a number of people had moved into the settlement. An article in The Guardian stated that it was "enjoying a rebirth of sorts with an influx of artists, intellectuals and hipsters who have turned it into a bohemian playground". The Bombay Beach Biennale (pronounced like "be an ollie"), an annual art festival, is held here. The swing in the water is the creation of Chris "Ssippi" Wessman & Damon James Duke with the Bombay Bunny Club in an effort to get people into the water to realize that the water is fine... it's just really salty.

Presenting an M31 Andromeda Galaxy “beginner equipment” side-project. I wanted to capture a deep space object with what is representative of relatively “beginner” equipment and modest exposure times as a sort of “you don’t need to spend heaps of money to make a good image” demonstration. And Andromeda seems like the perfect target for this sort of thing. Something I can share when people argue a basic camera can’t make a nice image, or get caught up feeling as though spending thousands of dollars is the right solution to solve frustrations they are encountering learning this challenging hobby.

As Ed Ting quipped (paraphrased), “You end up spending a lot of money to find out you didn’t need to spend a lot of money.”

Or maybe it’s mainly a “for better or for worse” reminder that experience, process, and (especially) post-processing knowledge and software are valuable parts of the formula. Expensive equipment does not offer an escape from this. Not to say the right sort of equipment (e.g. an interchangeable lens camera with a decent sensor and a tracking mount) doesn’t play a vital role in what is possible.

Hopefully this is helpful.

And in the spirit of this goal, I also spent some time documenting, in detail, the post-processing steps and thought process behind the edits involved. For this I used PixInsight and Adobe Photoshop.

Full Post-Processing Notes

tinyurl.com/JPAndromeda

www.astrobin.com/uld8ae/

Olympus E-M1 Mk.II M43 Camera

Olympus 40-150 f/2.8 Pro (150mm)

iOptron SkyGuider Pro

Vello Intervalometer

ASIAir Pro, ZWO 30mm Guide Scope, 2x ASI120MM (one as a dummy camera)

Lights RGB 100x90s ƒ/2.8 ISO1000

Calibrated with Darks, Flats, Flat Darks

Antelope Island, Utah, USA (Bortle 4)

Lights Hα 24x300s ISO3200

RedCat 51 & Astronomik 12nm Hα

I wanted to show that a color, stock sensor doesn’t mean Hydrogen-alpha can’t be accented. But had to use the RedCat 51 for this as, unlike a basic Canon DSLR, I don’t have a good means of using a Hydrogen-alpha filter with this Olympus.

First time I was able to do some nighttime photography in the Ah Shi Sle Pah Wilderness. Still working on my lighting and editing techniques.

Shooting the blood moon was CHILLY. My cable release (intervalometer) literally froze up! Check my photo stream for any shots that did work!

I had hand warmers taped to the lens to avoid frost, but I forgot about the intervalometer! PS- hand warmers were also attached to the photographer. ;)

The pinnacle is chalk stack located just south of Old Harry Rocks.

Located in the Grus Constellation, these 3 spiral galaxies are members of the Grus-quartet. The 4th member of this group is NGC7552, which is not inside this field of view. They are at a distance of approximately 60 million light years.

Celestron C11 at f6.3

Canon EOS 60D @ ISO 1600.

60x30 sec subs with calibration frames added.

Tracked on a Skywatcher AZ-EQ6 mount with no guiding.

Polar aligned : Polar Scope.

Filter : None.

Acquisition : Intervalometer.

Imaged from suburbia.

Processed in APP and finished off in LR.

The River Arts District consists of a vast array of artists and working studios in 22 former industrial and historical buildings spread out along a one mile stretch of the French Broad River. This eclectic area is an exciting exploration of arts, food and exercise. Plan on spending a day or more visiting artists working in their studios, grabbing a bite of local cuisine or a brew and taking time to find art that’s perfect for your world.

More than 200 artists work in paint, pencil, pottery, metal, fiber, glass, wax, paper and more. As unique and individual as their art, so too are their schedules. There are no official “Open Hours” for the River Arts District, but at any given time throughout the year, you will find a plethora of open studios and galleries. If you are coming to see someone in particular, your best bet is to check in with them before your visit. Do it here, online via our search feature, or check the Studio Guide.

www.riverartsdistrict.com

Image created from multiple exposures blended together in Photoshop layers using the "Lighten" blend mode. All exposures were taken with a single Einstein strobe with a 22" beauty dish attached to a boom arm. Send me a FlickrMail message, and I'll be more than happy to send you some information on mostly how I photograph this style and what equipment I use.

Semawang Beach, Sanur, Bali - Indonesia.

Nikon D7000

Tokina 11-16mm

Lee 0.9 Hard Graduated ND filter

B+W ND110 filter

I came across this unusual old woodland oak tree with tiny fernlets thriving on the moss coated bark.

Huge waves combined with spring tides and gale force winds bombard Porthleven again. This was on Sunday 9th March.

I’m so chuffed I made the effort to see such a dramatic seascape

PThat body stretch from the warm comfy bed to peep through the curtains at a red glow in the sky was all I needed to entice me on to a bitter cold Dartmoor.

Madness I hear you cry!

I sensed the dramatic clouds were going to light up but realised that I was at least 1/2 late to drive, park up and walk up the nearest Tor.

So, I stopped beneath Sharpitor by the drinking pool for the ponies, sheep and cattle. It was like an mini ice rink and great to reflect the colours of the sky. The ice was thick so the animals couldn’t get to the water.

After rushing like a crazy man to set up the camera and get my warm gear on I decided not to hike up the Tor. Instead I stayed by the car to photograph the frozen pool. Luckily I saw the best of the sunrise within 5 minutes.

The vibrant sunrise display soon faded but I was happy to get a few shots. I headed up to Sharpitor then onto Leather Tor just for the exercise and maybe a few more photos.

An hour and half later I was back in the car warming up drinking hot steaming tea and munching on a chocolate bar. Someone had broken the ice in one area of the pool so the animals could get a drink😄

📍Dartmoor , Devon

📷 Canon 5D mkiii

🔘 Canon EF 24-70mm f/4L IS USM

#landscape #dartmoor #frozenpond #sunrise #dramaticsky

Merry Christmas everyone

Have a wonderful few days with loved ones 😉

The Nissan 350Z (known as Nissan Fairlady Z Z33 in Japan) is a two-seat sports car that was manufactured by Nissan Motors from 2002 to 2009 and marks the fifth generation of Nissan's Z-car line. The 350Z entered production in late 2002 and was sold and marketed as a 2003 model. The first year there was only a coupe, as the roadster did not debut until the following year. Initially, the coupe came in base, Enthusiast, Performance, Touring and Track versions, while the roadster was limited to Enthusiast and Touring trim levels. The Track trim came with lightweight wheels and Brembo brakes, but its suspension tuning was the same as all other coupes. The Nissan 350Z has been succeeded by the 370Z for the 2009 model year. [source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_350Z]

Image created from multiple exposures blended together in Photoshop CS6 layers using the "Lighten" blend mode. All exposures were taken with a single Einstein strobe with a 22" beauty dish attached to a boom arm. Send me a FlickrMail message, and I'll be more than happy to send you some information on mostly how I photograph this style and what equipment I use.

Driving along the west side of the lake we stopped in a lay-by below Collierhagg Beck looking south towards Beckside Farm. The sun lit up the trees in autumnal splendour on the opposite bank for just a moment.