IBImages

IBImages I am a hobbyist photographer based in Kent and prepared to work in and around the area.

Although I like many types of photography, I mainly shoot portraits, fashion and editorial. I also love to do dance-based work and in particular ballet themed shoots. I am a co-director of Rochester Studios, in Rochester, Kent, where I also run lighting and photography workshops. I can shoot anything from headshots through to family portraits at the studio or on location and even arrange hair styling and makeup through a number of excellent contacts I have worked with.

Can’t go on a cruise and not get few shots of the lovely dancing ladies …. and men (in the interest of fairness).
18/05/2026

Can’t go on a cruise and not get few shots of the lovely dancing ladies …. and men (in the interest of fairness).

Wizard Nebula in the constellation of Cepheus 10 hours 40 minutes of data capture over 2 nightsSkywatcher 72ED ProZWO AM...
02/05/2026

Wizard Nebula in the constellation of Cepheus

10 hours 40 minutes of data capture over 2 nights

Skywatcher 72ED Pro
ZWO AM5N mount
ZWO ASI 2600 MC Pro one shot colour camera
ZWO ASI mini controller

Lobster Claw and Bubble nebulae. 2.5 hours integration time processed in HOO palette highlighting the blue ionised oxyge...
17/04/2026

Lobster Claw and Bubble nebulae. 2.5 hours integration time processed in HOO palette highlighting the blue ionised oxygen.

Just for fun the other night I grabbed 30 minutes of M51, The Whirlpool Galaxy. Estimated to be between 25 and 31 millio...
27/03/2026

Just for fun the other night I grabbed 30 minutes of M51, The Whirlpool Galaxy. Estimated to be between 25 and 31 million light years away. This is heavily cropped but I will have another goat it sometime to get some more detail.

Tadpoles and Flamingo Star nebulae take 3! This is a total of 9 and a half hours integration time. 4 hours Hydrogen alph...
22/03/2026

Tadpoles and Flamingo Star nebulae take 3! This is a total of 9 and a half hours integration time.

4 hours Hydrogen alpha / Oxygen III
4 hours Sulphur II / Oxygen III
1 hour 30 minutes broadband light pollution for the stars

Combined as SHO Hubble palette

The Tadpole and Flaming Star nebulae. 4 hours integration time over 2 nights. The Tadpole nebula on the left is 12,000 l...
20/03/2026

The Tadpole and Flaming Star nebulae. 4 hours integration time over 2 nights. The Tadpole nebula on the left is 12,000 light years away and the Flaming Star nebula is 1,500 light years away.

Tadpole and Flaming Star nebulae, 12,000 and 1,500 light years away respectively. This is 4 hours (80 x 3min exposures) ...
20/03/2026

Tadpole and Flaming Star nebulae, 12,000 and 1,500 light years away respectively.

This is 4 hours (80 x 3min exposures) of integration time using a Ha/Oiii filter. Hydrogen alpha gives off the red gas whilst the Oiii is seen as blue light. Ha is the predominant gas and it takes much longer integration times to capture the weaker Oiii gases.

First ever attempt at a ‘Hubble Palette’ image using two dual narrowband filters - Hydrogen alpha/Oxygen iii and a Sulph...
06/03/2026

First ever attempt at a ‘Hubble Palette’ image using two dual narrowband filters - Hydrogen alpha/Oxygen iii and a Sulphur ii/Oxygen iii. This is actually a second edit though (first is on my page)

45 x 120 seconds Ha/Oiii
56 x 180 seconds Sii/Oiii

The Jellyfish Nebula needs more integration time really but it was good to be able to try the process (especially given the Sii/Oiii filter cost £290!

Not a great target to choose being right next to a bright half moon but clear skies are rare lately. 90 minutes on the J...
25/02/2026

Not a great target to choose being right next to a bright half moon but clear skies are rare lately. 90 minutes on the Jellyfish nebula, a supernova remnant in the constellation of Gemini.

The Veil Nebula saga continues. I managed to get a few more hours on it last night and it marks a bit of a milestone in ...
06/01/2026

The Veil Nebula saga continues. I managed to get a few more hours on it last night and it marks a bit of a milestone in the processing knowledge combining 2 sets of captures into one image. I’m only grateful that the software these days does a lot of the heavy lifting for aligning and stacking the image. This version is the result of 4.25 hours of image capture and is starting to pull out much more detail - although I think I have over ‘stretched’ it a little.

The Veil Nebula is a supernova remnant that occurred between 5,000 and 8,000 years ago, and is 2,600 light years away and about 100 light years across.

Sky-Watcher 72ED Pro telescope with 0.85 reducer
AM5N mount
ASIAir Mini controller
ASI2600MC Pro camera
Optolong L-Extreme light pollution filter
Optolong L-Pro light pollution filter

51 x 300s light frames - 4h 15mins total
30 x flat frames
20 x bias frames

Processed in PixInsight with RC Astro Blur, Star and Noise Exterminator, and Lightroom

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