Gordon Payne Photography

Gordon Payne Photography Just somewhere for me to collect my photos in one place for now. Mostly weather/nature/astro photos.

About a year ago I posted the Carina Nebula but that was only about 6 hours of SHO data at the time. I’ve kept that but ...
02/03/2026

About a year ago I posted the Carina Nebula but that was only about 6 hours of SHO data at the time. I’ve kept that but added more over the past couple of weeks bringing it to about 25 hours total. I expect I’m probably finished with this one for a while now. If I ever add to it then it might be to do the stars in RGB as they come out fairly white in SHO.

As always, I’ve been gathering more data whenever I reasonably can and this one was collected over 3 nights. It’s the Se...
08/02/2026

As always, I’ve been gathering more data whenever I reasonably can and this one was collected over 3 nights. It’s the Seagull Nebula, shot and processed in SHO. I love that it really does look like a seagull that has spotted its next chip, right down to the beak and eye. I thought I might need an extra night to capture more oxygen due to the moon being fairly prominent however it came out good enough as is so I’ll leave it there. Perhaps I’ll add more detail to it next year or the year after, who knows.

About 4 months ago I shared an interim version of the Helix Nebula in HOO. It was so foggy that night which killed much ...
25/01/2026

About 4 months ago I shared an interim version of the Helix Nebula in HOO. It was so foggy that night which killed much of the data. I went and added another night a few weeks later so I ended up with about 11.5 hours total. I then never got around to reprocessing it until now, so here is the version I’m much happier with. I think I’ll come back to it one day as I suspect there’s more to be seen, but that could be in a year or 5 years…

It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything. I’m hoping to step up my game with better processing methods and spending ...
09/01/2026

It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything. I’m hoping to step up my game with better processing methods and spending longer on individual targets so here is my first “reboot”. This is the Large Magellanic Cloud. I spent about 18 hours on it capturing RGB, Ha and Oiii using my 135mm lens.

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