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I'm an astro, landscape and wildlife photographer from Bristol. If I'm outside I'm happy!

08/11/2026

A few from this morning at Stockhill Wood up on the Mendips, perfect conditions!

01/11/2026

A moody, foggy, Brunel's Suspension Bridge this morning, the conditions deserving B&W processing!

23/10/2026

An image (panorama) that slipped through the net, back from 2019!
The only cloud inversion I've witnessed in Bath, with the cloud breaking to reveal the spires below.

18/10/2026

Last night's Moonset over Clevedon Pier!

A shot which almost didn't happen, with the moon revealing itself from behind the cloud just at the perfect moment!
Shot from around 1km away with a 400mm focal length lens.

Canon R6 mk3 with 100-400 EF mk 2 . Benro Mach3 tripod and geared head.

07/10/2026

My latest, widefield view of the North American Nebula (left) and Pelican Nebula! (right)
Shot at 200mm focal length (using the Askar ACL200 200mm f/4) from here from the garden in Bristol. 10hrs of 5 min, f4 exposures stacked, iso 1600. Astromod Canon 80D.
Hydrogen Alpha/Sulphur2 filter used to cut through the light pollution.
The nebula are in the constellation Cygnus, approx. 3000 light years away....

26/09/2026

New camera day, play in the garden....the eye detection autofocus is bonkers good! 🤯
Canon R6 mk3, 1/1000s, ISO 3200. EF 100-400 mk2. Lightroom.

26/07/2026

I've returned to this image- my original 2023 post didn't do it justice- I somehow didn't process the MW very well back then, but I feel I've done it well now! 😊

What a night! Early-season Milky Way Arch and Moonrise captured from a very windy 2,400m altitude on La Palma (April 2023)

There was quite a lot of Saharan dust in the atmosphere whilst I was there, hence the orange colouration, but the MW rose just enough to clear most of it. I had to be really careful with my timing as the moonlight very soon after washed the MW out entirely. The spring flowers add some vibrancy to the volcanic foreground.
This is my biggest panorama to date- 38 individual panels. Each shot at 24mm (Samyang 24mm f1.4) with astro-modified Canon 80D- I had to halve the resolution just to process it!
Sky shots were at f2, 1.5mins each, iso 800, tracked with Fornax Lightrack 2 mount, sat on Benro Mach 3 tripod..heavily ballasted with rocks!

22/07/2026

Thought I'd have another go at this famous one, the 'Pillars of Creation'.

I've added more data with a different filter, and my processing has improved.
This time rendered in SHO palette.

This is the heart of the Eagle Nebula, Messier 16, see second image for wider view.

Around 7000 light years from Earth, the pillars are named so because the gas and dust are in the process of creating new stars, while also being eroded by the light from nearby stars that have recently formed. They're around 5 light years tall 🤯

12hrs of data now, taken through 125mm APO refractor, combining HaO3 and S2O3 filters, shot with astromod Canon 80D.

29/05/2026

Another image from my wild camp on Dartmoor this week.
Canon EOS R with Samyang 24mm f1.4.
Untracked, shot at f2, ISO 6400. Two shot 'Verterama'

27/05/2026

Isolated lightning storm, a giant lightsaber, stars, and setting moon.
That's what you get on fabulous Dartmoor on a wild camp! 😅
(Oh and transpires quite a lot of ticks to dig out, but some things are worth it..)
Single exposure, 13 seconds, ISO 6400, f2.
Canon EOS R with Samyang 24mm f1.4.

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