Canon 50mm f/1.4 and Canon 6D panorama.
This image was used by Bath Preservation Trust for their Dark Skies awareness campaign.
Bathwick Meadows, 23rd Feb 2023.
Sigma Art 20mm f/1.4 and Canon 6D panorama.
Bathwick Meadows 24th Jan 2023.
Featured in Sky at Night Magazine’s Gallery, April 2024.
Canon 6D with Sigma 20mm Art lens shooting at f/2.8 1600 and various exposures to create a three-pane vertical mosaic.
Bathwick, 18th Jan 2024
CMOS single shot camera with L-eXtreme filter and 20mm Sigma Art lens at f/2.8. 30x 60sec exposures processed in APP and PS.
Home, 7th July 2023
Canon 6D with 20mm Sigma Art lens on MSM star tracker. Tracked star images and static foreground.
23rd May, Greece
Handheld iPhone exposure
23rd April 2023 from Cwmdu, Wales
Sigma 20mm Art lens at f/2.8 on ASI294MC Pro with dual narrowband filter. 30x 60sec tracked on MSM rotator.
Bathampton, 25th Feb 2022
Sigma 20mm Art lens at f/2.8 on ASI294MC Pro with dual narrowband filter. 10x 60sec tracked on MSM rotator.
Bathampton, 25th Feb 2022
Two-pane vertical panorama, combining stacks of the foreground and stars. Stars were tracked on the MSM rotator. Canon 6D with Sigma 20mm Art lens shooting f/2.8 ISO1600 20sec exposures. Processed in LR, Sequator and PS.
Edge of Bath, 27th Jan 2022
Two pane (unplanned!) mosaic from Cassiopeia, through Cepheus to Cygnus.
Cooled OSC with Dual Narrowband filter on Sigma 20mm Art Lens at f2.5, 45x 60sec exposures per pane, stacked in APP with Dark & Bias calibration frames. Tracked on MSM SiFo rotator.
Home, 5th Oct 2021
The heart of the Milky Way, planned in PhotoPills and taken a short walk from home. Cooled CMOS camera with Sigma 20mm Art lens, tracked on MSM rotator. 20x 30sec exposures processed in APP and PS.
Near home, 5th June 2021
Not a deliberately planned mosaic, but I managed to capture the Milky Way from Cepheus and Cygnus on the left to the horizon.
Sigma 20mm f1.4 Art Lens on CMOS cooled colour camera, tracked on the MSM rotator.
Near home, 5th June 2021
GoPro Hero 5, Night Lapse, 30secs
Home 12-13th Aug 2021
10 frames captured on Panasonic GX7 with telephoto lens, stacked on Sequator, processed on PS.
Home 12th June 2021
First test of a new imaging set up comprising my CMOS single shot colour camera with a DSLR wide angle lens (no telescope). The connecting adapter includes a filter drawer into which I placed a dual narrowband filter and ran a series of 15 or 30sec tracked exposures and calibration frames. Processed in APP and PS.
Home 16th March 2021
Taken with GoPro Hero5 using Night Lapse. Combined 8x 30secs.
Home 22nd May 2021
Panasonic GX7 with 200mm telephoto lens. 1/200 sec at ISO 200.
8 Mar 2020
90mins of GoPro Hero5 ‘Night Lapse’
Home 25th May 2020
I set up my GoPro to try and capture the peak of the Lyrid Meteor Shower. As you can see, there wasn’t much meteor action, but this nice star trail resulted.
c.3 hours of 30sec Night Lapse exposures stacked in PS
Home, 22nd April 2020
This is a stack of 230x 30sec exposures showing the earth’s rotation around Polaris, the North Star.
It was taken on 13th April 2020 during the global Coronavirus pandemic, resulting in far fewer planes going overhead.
February’s Full Moon rising behind local landmark Brown’s Folly.
Panasonic GX7 with telephoto lens 200mm.
Home 27th Feb 2021
The Southern Cross and the Coal Sack within the emerging dark lanes of the Milky Way - taken just as the sky was getting dark.
Single frame with M4/3 camera & 20mm pancake lens at f/1.7, 4 sec exposure at ISO1600. Lightweight travel tripod with SiFo MSM rotator. Processed in Lightroom.
23rd Dec 2019, near Lake Mckellar, New Zealand
The Pointers (Hadar & Rigil Kentaurus) above the central silhouetted tree pick out the Crux - The Southern Cross and the Coal Sack. The Eta Carinae Nebula is the pinky cloud top left. NGC 3114 sits above it and NGC3532 below.
Single frame with M4/3 camera & 20mm pancake lens at f/1.7, 5 sec exposure at ISO3200. Lightweight travel tripod with SiFo MSM rotator. Processed in Lightroom.
23rd Dec 2019, near Lake Mckellar, New Zealand
LMC with bright stars Canopus (left), Avior (bottom) with cluster NGC2516 just above.
Single frame with M4/3 camera & 20mm pancake lens at f/1.7, 9 sec exposure at ISO1600. Lightweight travel tripod with SiFo MSM rotator. Processed in Lightroom.
23rd Dec 2019, near Lake Mckellar, New Zealand
Single frame with M4/3 camera & 20mm pancake lens at f/1.7, 6 sec exposure at ISO800. Lightweight travel tripod with SiFo MSM rotator. Processed in Lightroom.
23rd Dec 2019, near Lake Mckellar, New Zealand
Single frame with M4/3 camera & 20mm pancake lens at f/1.7, 11 sec exposure at ISO1600. Lightweight travel tripod with SiFo MSM rotator. Processed in Lightroom.
23rd Dec 2019, near Lake Mckellar, New Zealand
Single frame with M4/3 camera & 20mm pancake lens at f/1.7, 9 sec exposure at ISO1600. Lightweight travel tripod with SiFo MSM rotator. Processed in Lightroom.
23rd Dec 2019, near Lake Mckellar, New Zealand
Single frame with M4/3 camera & 20mm pancake lens at f/1.7, 9 sec exposure at ISO1600. Lightweight travel tripod with SiFo MSM rotator. Processed in Lightroom.
23rd Dec 2019, near Lake Mckellar, New Zealand
GoPro Hero5 single 30sec exposure, ISO 800
Tracked on MSM SiFo Rotator. Edited in Photoshop
Home Sep 2019
GoPro Hero5 single 30 sec exposure, tracked on MSM SiFo Rotator.
Edited in Photoshop
Home Sep 2019
Fixed position DSLR, c. 1hr stacked.
Jurassic Coast, March 2017
Couple of seconds DSLR exposure, flashed with a red torch.
Jurassic Coast, March 2017
Constellation of Leo above the Moon
Jurassic Coast, March 2017
One DSLR exposure of a few seconds.
Trees and house flashed with a red torch.
Home August 2016
Same position, this time a stack of images,
DSLR fixed tripod, c.100 x 30sec exposures
Home August 2016
30sec f/2.8 ISO100 exposure Sony DSC-P120 compact camera
Routeburn Falls Hut, NZ 2007
GoPro single exposure, cropped and stretched
NZ, March 2018
The Milky Way rising over The Remarkables & Lake Wakatipu.
Single GoPro exposure, cropped and stretched
Queenstown, NZ March 2018
Looking north east over the apple tree
Home August 2016
GoPro Hero5 tracking on MSM SiFo
stack of 15x 30sec Night Lapse images
ISO 800
Home July 2019
c. 100 DSLR 30sec exposures
The veggie patch, home August 2016
c. 10 x 60sec tracked and stacked exposures.
14mm Samyang on Canon 600D
Home Feb 2017
c. 10 x 60sec tracked and stacked DSLR images
14mm Samyang on Canon 600D
Home Feb 2017
Moon rising over Beedelup nr Margaret River
Karri Valley Resort, WA Australia, Oct 2009
This image of Orion includes a glimpse of Barnard’s Loop, an emission nebula that forms a large semi-circle arc around the eastern (left) side of Orion.
14mm Samyang lens on Canon 600D
31st December 2015
14mm Samyang lens & Canon 600D, MoveShootMove rotator
24th February 2019
GoPro Hero5 on MSM SiFo tracking mount.
Night Lapse: 10x 30sec exposures, 1min interval, ISO800, Narrow FOV
Stacked and edited in Photoshop
June 21st 2019, Home