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After another trip to Oregon in August, I took some time off to sit out under the stars near Brookings on the Southern coast. The weather was clear for those nights, and I had the beaches and headlands to myself each night. Some of the locations were just a short hike from the main trails. Here is a stacked and tracked shot from Indian Sands. I added in some Ha data to bring out the Emission nebula clouds in our Milky Way.

Latest DSLR shots have been added to the shop. These include the Ireland Milky Way images, but also the Short Listed APOTY 2022, Crater Lake Pano Milky Way.

I m delighted to announce that my Crater Lake Panoramic shot is shortlisted in the Skyscapes category in the Astronomy Photographer Of The Year 2022 at the Royal Observatory Greenwich London. This is my 7th time being short listed, having previously won three Awards. The ceremony is being streamed live next week. You can watch at the following link  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyz1tEDhySI The Crater Lake Panoramic is a blend of a row of Foreground shots stitched together while the Moon was illuminating the scene, then later after the Moon set, a set of Sky exposed shots were stitched together. The sky and...

This is the second image from my night at Three Castle Head. In this shot, I tracked and stacked 27mins worth of images on the Milky Way, then blended it into a 30s foreground image which was taken during the "Blue Hour"

Following my talk at the Skellig Star Party in August, I spent a few days in West Cork, where I had a clear night. I went to one of my scouted spots to try a setting Milky Way shot, but the composition wasn't going to work as the Milky Way would have been just a bit too obscured by a hill. So I changed up my location and went back to Three Castle Head. I had problems getting a good photo here on a previous shoot, but this time I found a little rock ledge on the side of the...