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
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
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
There is an on-going discussion at present that may result in another Star Vistas Exhibition of deep-sky images – plus a talk on deep-sky imaging – but this time in the Bristol area. If you are unable to make it … Continue reading
There will be an Exhibition of Greg Parker’s latest and best deep-sky images at ArtSway, running from Friday 3 September 2010 until Sunday 5 September 2010. A Private Viewing for invited guests begins at 6:00 p.m. on Friday 3 September and a … Continue reading
Last night our faithful old cactus once again flowered and I caught the action with the Canon 40D and TC-80N3 timer controller. So what is this doing on a deep-sky imaging web site? I hope to use the same process … Continue reading
