Category Archives: House and home

A “Little Planet” image of the New Forest Observatories

I was sitting at the computer yesterday (Saturday) typing out some rubbish or the other when for some unknown reason I suddenly twigged how those “Little Planet” images are taken.  So I grabbed the Canon 5D MkII and a fish … Continue reading

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This might take a little while

I sent off an image of the Horsehead nebula to be made into a 1,000 piece jigsaw puzzle.  Here it is freshly opened on a big piece of card.  I don’t think I made the best choice of deep-sky object … Continue reading

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Framed Cocoon mega wide field in the dining room

I have just hung the 5-foot wide framed image of the Cocoon nebula region in the dining room.  It looks awesome 🙂

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Print of the Month – April 2010

After 3 weeks of brisk sales of the “Belt of Orion” things have settled down again so it’s time to introduce the second “Print of the Month” offer from the New Forest Observatory. This Month’s full colour A3 print using … Continue reading

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Print of the Month

On a fairly regular basis (but probably NOT monthly) I shall be offering a “Print of the Month” at a significantly reduced price.  This will be an A3 full colour, full-resolution print using HP Glossy 250g/m2 Advanced Photo Paper and the … Continue reading

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A3 sized prints are now available:

I have just introduced a new print size for the deep-sky images.  You can now purchase A3 sized full-colour prints of any object you see on the NFO site.  Go to “Image Gallery”, “Purchase Images” for details.

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Builder’s syndrome III

Finally – the boss has decreed that it will be the Rosette nebula that graces the dining-room wall until Spring 2009, when it will be replaced by the Pleiades.  Sounds good to me 🙂

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Builder’s Syndrome II

This is how a framed image of the Pleaides looks in the dining-room.  The boss reckons this will be the Summer image.

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Builder’s Syndrome I

It is well-known that a builder never works on his own house.  Likewise, for some unknown reason, I have never mounted framed pictures of my images on the walls of my house – even though I have a dozen framed prints … Continue reading

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