The four pinhole cameras I have had imaging the southern horizon for the past 6 months are due to be opened on June 21st 2010 in the evening. I will put new film in each camera and set them off … Continue reading
It says something about the desperate current financial situation we are in that I need to write this entry, and it makes me quite sad to do so. The New Forest Observatory is a dedicated picture-taking telescope (i.e. you can’t … Continue reading
Just went out and voted for one of the parties that does not wish to bring back hunting with dogs. Brian May has created an effective campaign to make people more aware which parties have the strongest links to the stone-age. And … Continue reading
I mentioned a while back that the HSF image of the shot egg went viral with something like 1700 hits on my Flick site – I clearly don’t know the definition of viral. The HSF image of the shot water-filled … Continue reading
I have recently given a series of talks in the Hampshire area titled “The Magic of Photography”. Based on the deep-sky images taken from the New Forest Observatory, I also discuss macrophotography and macromosaics, microphotography and micromosaics, creating panoramas using mosaics, Nature … Continue reading
Having just made a quick check of my Flickr site I see that another high-speed flash image is suddenly attracting a large number of hits. I have tracked down the link to the image which is pulling in the punters and it … Continue reading
The high speed flash image of the egg shot with an air rifle pellet: Has gone viral on my Flickr site with over 1700 hits and still increasing 🙂
So last night was another unexpectedly clear night and I imaged the M100 region. I did not expect that this frame would fit onto the ultra-mega-Markarian Chain mosaic, but of course it does – perfectly – at the top. I … Continue reading
Last night I managed to grab 3 hours worth of 5-minute subs on the final frame needed to add the M87 region to the already existing Markarian’s Chain mega-mosaic 🙂 Quite an unexpected achievement as the weather for the previous … Continue reading
If you look towards the Isle of Wight from the Milford on Sea area, you can clearly see the (recent?) massive Alum Bay cliff fall. I am pretty certain I heard about this on the local news just a few … Continue reading
