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Another frame from my night up at Slieve na Calliagh a few weeks back. This time, sitting above Cairn U and looking out ...
03/08/2026

Another frame from my night up at Slieve na Calliagh a few weeks back. This time, sitting above Cairn U and looking out towards the core of the Summer Milky Way.

For this edit, I backed off the intensity a bit. It’s still a 10-frame sky stack blended with a subtly light-painted foreground, but processed with a lighter touch to keep the final image feeling more natural and true to what it felt like standing up there in the dark.

Summer night shooting in Ireland always brings its own challenges. The wispy clouds were constant all night, even with stacking software, there was no hiding them. But while pass-through clouds can complicate a standard Milky Way workflow, I actually think they add a really nice layer of atmosphere and realism to the final frame.

📁 Type: Stacked and Blended
📅 Date: 17th July 2026
🗺️ Location: Loughcrew, Ireland
📷 Camera: Z8 (Unmodified) | .official 16mm f/1.8
⚙️ Sky: 1 panel, stacked from 10 images (16mm | 15s | f/1.8 | ISO 1600)
⚙️ Foreground: 16mm | 30s | f/5.6 | ISO 1250

💻 Workflow: Stacked in Starry Sky Stacker, edited in Lightroom, star separation via StarNet++, final blend in Photoshop (using David Boixo Photography 's ).

Yesterdays Sunset from The Great Windmill in Skerries
02/08/2026

Yesterdays Sunset from The Great Windmill in Skerries

01/08/2026

Two beautiful framed prints ready for the skins winners of tomorrow's Leinster Open Sea SwimmingScotsman's Bay Classic/Arthur Dunne Cup

Watching the beautiful crescent moon set at Loughcrew.Between sunset and darkness, was an outstanding crescent moon sett...
26/07/2026

Watching the beautiful crescent moon set at Loughcrew.

Between sunset and darkness, was an outstanding crescent moon setting on the horizon while there qas still colour in the sky.

The Milkyway Over LoughcrewAfter wrapping up my sunset and twilight shots at Loughcrew, I settled in to test out my new ...
23/07/2026

The Milkyway Over Loughcrew

After wrapping up my sunset and twilight shots at Loughcrew, I settled in to test out my new lens, the Viltrox 16mm f/1.8. Because it was mid-July, I had to wait several hours for true darkness to set in before any stars, let alone the Milky Way became visible.

While waiting out the light, I experimented with some subtle light-painting on one of the ancient stone circles to bring an interesting foreground into the shot.

Once true night arrived, I pointed the camera up and shot a series of untracked exposures. Passing clouds meant I had to shoot heavily to get enough clean frames, eventually taking 30 shots and using the best 12 to stack for noise reduction. No tracker, no massive panorama, just a clean, stacked single-frame composition.

📁 Type: Stacked and Blended
📅 Date: 217th July 2026
🗺️ Location: Loughcrew, Ireland
📷 Camera: Nikon Z8 (Non Modified), 16mm f1.8
⚙️ Sky: 1 panel, stacked from 12 images, 16mm, 15s, f/1.8, ISO 1600
⚙️ Foreground: 16mm, 30s, f/5.6, ISO 1250

💻 Edits: Stacked in Starry Sky Stacker, Edited in Lightroom, stars separated with Starnet++, final blend and processing in Photoshop. Milkyway edits helped by David Boixo Photography plugin

When the sun goes down, the magic continues.Another batch of images from Loughcrew Cairns. After the sun dipped below th...
22/07/2026

When the sun goes down, the magic continues.

Another batch of images from Loughcrew Cairns. After the sun dipped below the horizon, the moon made its appearance, gracefully blending into those warm, twilight skies.

📍 Loughcrew Cairns, Co. Meath

Loughcrew Cairns has been on my bucket list for a sunrise/sunset shoot for a long time. So when I saw the sky setting up...
19/07/2026

Loughcrew Cairns has been on my bucket list for a sunrise/sunset shoot for a long time. So when I saw the sky setting up for an epic sunset, I took my chance and made the 1-hour drive over towards Kells.

It was a quick drive, followed by a rapid sprint up the steep hill carrying all my camera gear, but catching the sun setting in the distance made every bit of effort worth it. What an evening!

If you’ve never been here, I highly recommend visiting. It’s an incredible spot rich with ancient history, surrounded by stunning Irish countryside.

📍 Loughcrew Cairns, Co. Meath

I’ve been watching the sun's path from my attic window lately, waiting for it to line up with the Moog MRO Services towe...
14/07/2026

I’ve been watching the sun's path from my attic window lately, waiting for it to line up with the Moog MRO Services tower near Garristown. Yesterday, the conditions and the alignment finally matched up perfectly.

This is a composite of four images capturing the sun's trajectory as it dipped behind the tower and the hills in the distance.

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