Category: Night Sky Photography

I love spur of the moment decisions. My last photo of Mt Roland was a surprisingly quick affair, and I had enough warmth left in my body to not want to end my night just yet. Of course, this meant that there was no hope for obtaining any golden/blue hour foreground shots, but as it…

On this night, I found myself the sole companion to a small dam and a handful of ducks as the sun went down. It was an incredible sunset too, but capturing sunsets is not what I was here to do. My intention was to capture a unique side to a very familiar postcard mountain that…

The difference between a supremely average photo and a great photo is planning – especially when it comes to night sky photography. I had this exact image in mind, and I knew what I needed to capture before I arrived. Golden and blue hour foreground shots, artificially lit foreground shots, and a crystal clear night…

I’ve spent the past few nights around Squeaking Point. During my last night there when I was photographing squeaking point pier, I noticed a yacht moored close to shore in the exact direction that the moon was rising. I checked out Photopills to see what time the moon was rising, and noticed that although it…

I’ve never stacked astrophotography images before, so this was my first attempt at it. I didnt even have any lights or bias images for this one, I just went ahead and stacked 40 images in Siril using a modified script, then stretched the resulting image. I mean… it’s not the best, but like everything I…

I’m not 100% happy with this photo, but I’m very happy to put my name on it and call it mine. I’m still very much an Astrophotography novice, but for someone who has learned everything I know from YouTube, it’s not bad. On this night, I was driving towards Sheffield in Tasmania, hoping to capture…