This is a 60 Megapixel image of an Owl Butterfly (underside) taken with a Canon DSLR and a Canon 100mm macro lens. The image is a mosaic and comprises of 6 separate frames that are put together in Photoshop to … Continue reading
Here’s an example of just one of many high-speed images taken using my own designed and built high-speed Xenon flashguns. This is an exposure time of just 10-microseconds (1/100,000th of a second) taken using the open-flash technique. A pair of … Continue reading
With the acquisition of the new HP T230 4-colour printer, I am once again able to offer prints of ANY image you see on the NFO site. Print sizes available are A4, A3, A2 with a maximum of A1. Prints … Continue reading
This week we feature the Cone nebula region, a 3-frame (horizontal) mosaic taken with the Hyperstar III on the C11 with an M25C OSC CCD. On the left we have the Cone nebula, the central beautiful golden open cluster is … Continue reading
Got today’s EPOD with “Precious Wentletrap Shells”. Thank you Jim for continuing to publish my work 🙂
I have suffered deep-sky large-format printing withdrawal symptoms for far too long now, and gave in yesterday to purchase a new large-format printer. So yesterday I ordered up an HP T230 A1 printer with a ton of accessories from Graphic … Continue reading
As promised on 24th June 2024 – here is an image that took me 10-years in the making. This is the whole of Corona Borealis, with the inverse-nova Carbon star R Coronae Borealis putting in a VERY bright appearance. Imaging … Continue reading
A reprocess of a Sky90/M26C OSC CCD composite image of the Garnet star in the IC1396 nebula.
This week it is one of my “single star” images, where the main subject is a bright star in the centre of the frame. This is a recently taken image, but I like it so much it is Picture of … Continue reading
Once you bring Russ Croman’s Star XTerminator into your processing – there’s about a million different ways you can go forward. Here’s yet another way. This was stuck in drafts, can’t remember writing this, so I’ll just post it now.
