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Abby is a dedicated astrophotographer who is mesmerised by the beauty of the night sky.

03/08/2026

I was absolutely thrilled to be contacted by astronomy royalty Nigel Henbest, asking permission to feature one of my images in the 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 2027 guide! 🎉

I rely on these annual guides to keep track of the astronomical events coming up each year—and now I’m actually in one! It feels rather special to see my own image among its pages.

The featured photograph captures the June full Moon passing over Stonehenge during last year’s Major Lunar Standstill. I photographed it using my Sony A7 III and Sigma 14mm F1.4.

Pick up a copy of this fantastic guide to discover what celestial gems lie in store for us in 2027. 💫

A huge thank you to Nigel Henbest for including my image.

01/08/2026

For today’s dose of stars, a delicate celestial alignment above Telescope Ridge in La Palma: a 2.4% waxing crescent Moon, accompanied by Venus, Jupiter and Mercury just peeping through the blue-hour glow. ✨

These are the quiet moments we can so easily miss while setting up for the night’s photography—but sometimes the sky has already begun its performance.

30/07/2026

One hour of star trails above the MAGIC telescope ✨

For this image, I left the camera running for an hour and 5 minutes with a fog filter fitted. The filter gently diffuses the brighter stars, giving them a soft glow and helping their colours stand out as they circle through the sky.

One of the most interesting details is the effect created by the telescope’s mirrors: the reflected star trails appear to run almost perpendicular to those moving across the sky.

Against the extraordinary structure of MAGIC, the result feels wonderfully futuristic — part science, part starlight and just a little otherworldly.

La Palma really is an astrophotographer’s playground 💫

26/07/2026

That got you looking! Two Milky Ways?! 💫💫

Well... almost!

Here's a comparison between an astro-modified Sony A7 III and a standard (stock) Sony A7 III.

One of my camera bodies has been astro modified, allowing it to capture a little more light in the Hydrogen Alpha (Ha) spectrum – those subtle pink and red tones often found in nebulae and parts of the Milky Way.

To compare them fairly, I photographed this view of the MAGIC telescopes in La Palma first with my modified camera and then, just five minutes later, with my stock camera. I've processed both images as identically as possible.

If you swipe through, you'll notice a little more reddish Ha detail just above the telescope structure in the modified image. Aside from that, the results are actually remarkably similar. I only process the Ha delicately, it's all personal taste.

The nice thing is that an astro-modified camera still works perfectly well for everyday photography too – you simply adjust the white balance. For me, it's just a lovely way of teasing out a little more of the colour that's already there in the night sky.

A huge thank you to for carrying out the modification.

Do you have a preference? Can you spot the difference? 💫

24/07/2026

A little love for La Palma’s incredible tajinastes. 🌸

Standing at around five feet tall, these extraordinary plants are native to the Canary Islands, with each towering flowering stem made up of thousands of tiny individual blooms.

They are at their best during April and May, when they transform the landscape, and they look especially beautiful in the soft evening light.

In the final image, you can see the edge of the plant almost glowing as we moved into blue hour. Such a lovely detail and an absolute delight to photograph.

More stars tomorrow, but I thought these remarkable plants deserved a special mention of their own. 😍

21/07/2026

This was one of those proper pinch-me astro moments ✨

As we drove higher up the mountain, we could see a cloud inversion beginning to build below us - and suddenly, the original plan needed to change.

That is one of the things I love most about astrophotography. You can plan every detail, but sometimes the most spectacular conditions appear unexpectedly, and you have to be ready to adapt.

Watching the Milky Way rise above a sea of cloud was completely extraordinary — the landscape disappearing beneath the inversion, the stars blazing overhead and everything feeling just a little bit otherworldly.

These are the nights I love the most. The ones that take planning, patience, flexibility and a little bit of luck, but reward you with something far more special than you imagined.

And somehow, sharing moments like this with a group of equally excited photographers makes them even better ❤️💫

19/07/2026

You don’t 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 a 40mm f/1.4 lens for astrophotography… but it’s pretty incredible what you can achieve with one 😍

The Milky Way core and the colourful Rho Ophiuchi region rising above the Isaac Newton Telescope on La Palma.

The extra reach of 40mm brings out so much structure and detail in the sky — that detail ❤️❤️❤️

Captured using my Sigma 40mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art.

18/07/2026

Trippy trails incoming! ✨

The Monumento al Infinito was created by artist César Manrique in 1985 to commemorate the opening of the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on La Palma.

It makes such a striking foreground for astrophotography. For this image, I positioned myself so that one of the prongs pointed towards Polaris, then hoped I had the alignment right before waiting 65 minutes for the star trail to build. I used my Sigma 14mm to get as much of the sky into the frame as possible.

It’s still a slightly trippy trail — if you know, you know — so not my absolute favourite composition, but I do love the bold, otherworldly result.

La Palma really does have the most extraordinary foregrounds for night photography 💫

17/07/2026

Oh, I do love these MAGIC telescopes! Their sweeping shapes create such a striking outline against the star-filled sky.

For this image, I used my astro-modified camera to bring out more of the beautiful hydrogen-alpha detail within the Milky Way as it arches overhead.

Look closely and you can also spot the Andromeda Galaxy beside the telescope on the left, while the bright core of the Milky Way sits close to the GTC — the Gran Telescopio Canarias — on the right.

Such an incredible view, combining some of the world’s most fascinating telescopes with one of the most beautiful skies I’ve ever photographed. 💫

16/07/2026

A dreamy view to start the day ✨

On the final night of our La Palma tour, we watched an incredible cloud inversion forming beneath us. From high up in the mountains, the clouds made it look as though tiny islands were floating below the stars.

I used a Tiffen fog filter to help the brighter stars glow and bring out their natural colours, which created this soft, dreamy effect above the blanket of cloud.

This is just one panel from a panorama, but I had to share it with you. Many more images to come 💫

Such a magical way to end the tour.

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