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Stop Press!! Stop Press!! Astrofest March 2011 Tenerife

Details to follow!!!

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Whisky tasting at Farthings 17th September 2010

Sir Patrick had a Whisky tasting event he hosted at Farthings on 17th September 2010 and we were educated in all things distilled by Dr. Andrew M. Forrester who is the Balvenie Ambassador U.K.  Some rather fine Whiskies were sampled … Continue reading

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Star Vistas – the Exhibition – the Photo Gallery, Bristol

After a very succesful Exhibition of the Star Vistas images at the ArtSway gallery – Star Vistas will now be showing at the Photo Gallery in Bristol from October 23rd until November 3rd 2010.  There will be a Preview and … Continue reading

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High speed flash image on Meridian News & Weather last night

One of my high speed flash images appeared last night on Meridian TV 🙂 Video clip Copyright Meridian TV.

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Exhibition at ArtSway

The Exhibition opening went extremely well last night with standing room only for my presentation on “The Magic of Photography”.  The Exhibition runs over the weekend, and then the next chance to see the images and hear a (different) presentation … Continue reading

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Fantastic News!!!

Yesterday I received the best news I’ve had in a really long time – I’ve been granted early retirement from the University – YIPPEEEEEE!! I can now pursue all my interests without the incessant distraction of the day job 🙂 🙂

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Last reminder before the big day – Star Vistas Exhibition Friday 3rd September 6:00p.m.

Last reminder before the big day – the Star Vistas Private Viewing at the ArtSway gallery opens at 6:00 p.m. on Friday 3rd September.  If you cannot make it on opening night, the Exhibition runs over the weekend.  At 7:00 … Continue reading

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“The work is the statement” – Brian Duffy – 1933-2010:

I just saw a very inspirational programme about Brian Duffy (a famous professional photographer) on BBC’s IPlayer.  Clearly Brian (who unfortunately died earlier this year) was a very bright man and his answers to the inane questions from the interviewer … Continue reading

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Done and dusted

Clear night last night – didn’t matter there was a blazing Moon up for setting up the Hyperstar III.  Managed to get good collimation quite quickly and then went on to re-train the focuser as so much had moved since … Continue reading

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Flickr linking

Flickr has changed how you link to your photos – I am just putting this in as a test to see what happens: <a href=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/12801949@N02/4863366848/” title=”Cocoon nebula in Cygnus by cybermystic, on Flickr”><img src=”http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4137/4863366848_7fcf82682e.jpg” width=”500″ height=”195″ alt=”Cocoon nebula in Cygnus” … Continue reading

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