Today it was brought home to me just how dangerous it is to work on your own in this imaging business. Tom How is a local guy and an imaging expert, and we only recently realised that we hadn’t met up … Continue reading
Testing out my all-sky imaging rig ready for next week’s maximum in the Perseid meteor shower. AstroTrac, Canon 5D MkII camera, Canon 15mm fish-eye lens and Canon electronic shutter controller. You might just make out a faint Perseid bottom left … Continue reading
Last night I managed to grab the frame to the right of the Cocoon nebula – whilst at the same time getting some ultra-wide-fields of the Perseids using the Canon 5D MkII, 15mm fish-eye lens and AstroTrac. Anyway – I … Continue reading
Just a reminder that the Star Vistas Exhibition at the ArtSway gallery is now just one month off – put it in your diary now if you want to see the latest and best images from the New Forest Observatory.
Yes, I know this is meant to be all about the New Forest Observatory – but as I mentioned before – it’s my blog and I can write what I damn well like. Welcome to the Big Society – are … Continue reading
Imaging conditions steadily improve as we proceed through August and once again reasonably dark skies can be had in the late evening – the only problem being if you have a day job to get up early for the next … Continue reading
I am using a Bryan Mumford Time Machine and the high speed flash gear from http://www.highspeedflash.com/ to create some visually stunning images of water collisions – an example is here: Some spikes added to the highlights using Noel Carboni’s plug-in … Continue reading
Why is there so much cloud at night recently when it’s been relatively clear through most of the day? Well I have the AstroTrac ready and set up with the new Canon 5D MkII and the Canon 15mm fish-eye lens … Continue reading
Huge jump in sales of Star Vistas on U.K. Amazon today – no idea why – if you’ve seen a recent review somewhere please let me know 🙂
Well some time during last night NFO had its 150,000 th visitor 🙂 Wow!! Thank you all for taking the time to visit my site – I hope you enjoy all the goings-on at the New Forest Observatory. Next milestone … Continue reading
