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February 2018 Update: Star Trail Imaging on the Wild Atlantic Way coast

In February, I traveled to the Wild Atlantic Way coast in North Mayo. This was my second venture to the Sea Stack after a reconnaissance trip on a very wet November weekend.This time I had better luck with the weather and clear skies and I ended up spending 4 hours on the cliff edge taking 3min exposures to stack for Star Trails.As you can see below, I ended producing two versions from the nights outing.This is a superb location with very dark skies, and really highlights the diverse and rugged West Coast of Ireland.  

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November 2017 Update: Four nights in Iceland!

In November, I had another successful trip to Iceland. While only one of the four nights were clear, I headed out to Pingvellir and set up early in the night.At about 22:30, the skies lit up with a superb display!Here are two images taken from the front of the Church by the Lakeside and in front of the lake from the Bridge.  

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August 2017 Update: US trip to observe the Total Solar Eclipse!

Tom O’DonoghueAfter two unsuccessful attempts previously to see all the stages of a Total Eclipse, the prospects to view the American Eclipse in August were excellent. The path of the shadow was to cross the entire country, giving plenty of locations to view it from.PlanningI had booked accommodation in Wyoming a year in advance, at Fireside campside in Jackson Hole. This area has very good weather forecasts at this time of year. There was also the bonus of the stunning local scenery from the Teton Mountain range, and Yellowstone park just a short drive up the road.     My...

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July 2017 Update: Interview with French Photography Agency 'Alter-View'

In July, I did an interview with French Photography Agency Alter-View. They interview photographers who shoot unusual forms of photography, and those who go to great lengths to get the images they want.You can read the interview on their website here.

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May 2017 Update: My M22 Globular Cluster image

Following last Summer's trip to Les Granges in France, I finally got around to processing the first image I took on the imaging holiday.M22 is a Globular Cluster in Sagittarius approximately the same size as the Moon. At 10,000 light years from Earth, this is the brightest Globular visible from Mid and Northern Europe. Accompanying M22 is the much smaller globular cluster NGC 6642 in the top right corner.This image was taken in August 2017 with a TEC140 refractor, Atik 11000 CCD camera, and is 7 hours of LRGB images.

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