Steve Paxton's photos

Carl and David were still setting up and my first Bow was painted red from the Red head lights they used. I took my gear and walked over and behind the ridge so they were blocked from view. Left side is the Hamlet of Lancelin and the orange light as the Major intersection . You can see in the center the headlights of a car in the dunes closer to the sea, and the Lights Of Cervantites and the orange light at the turn off. Enjoy some of our black nights. you can see the area has so many car tyre marks you can't get away from them.

This was to be my last colour photo . I framed in Nina in the afternoon then went out for a meal and left Nina to the Job. I framed two shot pano on the long side BUT I get a perfect 2 shot pano on the short side. The left side was the first and during editing I was struck by the Face that stares out at you ( the red Dot left side) once see you cant unsee the face PIP . With a lot of technical looking into the image header and finding out the RA and DEC values we were able to find out the head is GUM 85. we had to put those values in a search engine for space. Shot over two night was a very High target and finished about 1: 30 am . This in the milky way Far left in the shot the very last bit of red. QHY 183C -10c 60 shots 5 min each per panel over 2 nights. MeLE Mini PC Pegasus Astro Pocket Mini power box Prima Luce Essato Focus Optolong LeNhance filter, Skywatcher 200 F4 PREMIUM PHOTO QUATTRO REFLECTOR OTA Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned SVbony 50MM Guide scope QHY5L-II-M Guide camera Guided PHD2, Nina Pixinsight, PTgui, Ps .

We set out as clouds parted and we wanted to take advantage of no moon. We went to the Lancelin sand Dunes a Huge area. I was very reticent to go as I had the mount shooting the Helix nebula and the focus was not working as well as I would have liked. I did a dummy run of focus it worked so I let nina start it self at 9pm to start the night and night 3 saturday. You can see the position of the Helix nebula on the Milky way close to the planet Saturn. we drove into the dune in a 4x4 and first dune we got bogged in the soft powdered sand way down the end of the valley near the three white tops(exit of the dunes safety light). We got out by the use of tryer boards under the wheel. we arrived at this spot and the three of us started shooting. this was the very end of the night I walked into the "valley" right up close to the dunes to try and cover the lights from the small hamlet of lancelin ( left side). the dune to my left shoulder is bigger than a house you get no usable scale in the black of night. The Milky way was getting smaller and lower so I walked down the dune into the valley. we left a 3 am I got in the house at 4:30 am just in time to turn off the alarm then crawled into bed. It was a very cold night lots of layers on again. technically might be the first photo taken on the 19th only New Zealand is much ahead of australia. D810 ISO5000 Samyang 14mm F2.8 20Sec. 5 Vertical shots.

The Mirrors were aligned and this was the test target. This was shot over three nights one interrupted by rain that was not suppose to happen , the friday night and saturday night as total shots. The idea of getting more shots is to get better detail of the very faint red high brow and to some extent the very faint low brow. The only problem that many shots is a 5 hour computer stack so I draw the line there. I had to put faith in Nina to work on friday and focus not fail as it was set off at 9pm by itself as I would be way out of town. Deep in the sand dunes of lancelin . As I was so tired on Saturday I did the very same as it worked well on friday night. QHY 183C -10c 274 shots 5 min each over three nights. MeLE Mini PC Pegasus Astro Pocket Mini power box Prima Luce Essato Focus Optolong LeNhance filter, Skywatcher 200 F4 PREMIUM PHOTO QUATTRO REFLECTOR OTA Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned SVbony 50MM Guide scope QHY5L-II-M Guide camera Guided PHD2, Nina Pixinsight, PTgui, Ps .

The sadness in those eyes brought only one thing to me "release me". I guess an area for orphaned lambs as there was not a crowd of lambs here. I walked the farm as the others had a hot sweet coffee one thing I am not is sweet coffee.

The small group I have that are real wild plants and they get treated the very same as the plants out in the wild. This is a flower very few would ever see if ever as they are way out in the bush living on the wild rocks of the area. In the 5 years I have had this group this is the very first time its flowered. So what is different this has been a very wet less sunny winter than we have had for a very long time. flowers only last open for a "Day" bottom one I noted open on a day i went to work but was closed by the time I got home.hidden behind the left top petal is another slowly coming out. So three flowers. Sorry Ipernity only shows one PIP on the photos but you can open below and worth the read of this unique group of Natural bonsai's. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drosera_menziesii my flowers are 100% not pink but pure white. summer cloths they all but die in the heat of summer but sleep till the winter rains wake them up. This shows the growth this winter

As shot the first morning in London miles away from home. Shot 1982 On Film Enjoy Kodak ASA 100 50mm @ F1.8 Olympus OM-2N . What could be healthier orange juice or bourbon crackers and cheese with a vitamin C and a multivitamin.

this was after one hour try to get the mirrors lined up and they show it but there is still flare. I am told that could be wire or tape that is sticking out into the light. I make no apologies for the number of stars in the shot this part of the sky has just so many. You can pick these two nebulas out bottom right of shot. You have see these two before but not in quite as much detail. Its still a fight to get a clear night and no clouds or rain QHY 183C -10c 85 shots 5 min each over two nights. MeLE Mini PC Pegasus Astro Pocket Mini power box Prima Luce Essato Focus Optolong LeNhance filter, Skywatcher 200 F4 PREMIUM PHOTO QUATTRO REFLECTOR OTA Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned SVbony 50MM Guide scope QHY5L-II-M Guide camera Guided PHD2, Nina Pixinsight, PTgui, Ps .

Shot 1982 On Film One of my Favorite Buildings In Europe. Enjoy Kodak ASA 100 50mm @ F1.8 Olympus OM-2N All the PiPs are all film. the building and the surrounding park well worth a visit. www.schlosslinderhof.de/englisch/palace/history.htm www.schlosslinderhof.de/englisch/park/history.htm

Mist on Spiderwebs....

The day was not a very bright start with all the mist.

The clouds tell the story in New Norcia . Not too much later a few steps more below the PIP.

Frog dreaming ......... When things are not quite right it's best to leave home. I have had this set of rocks book marked for at least 5 year but my first visit. A little bit of moonlight, Carl Reid and I enjoyed the Cool of 6c under western skies out in the cold and under a crescent moon.. those Rocks are coloured by the moon. This will not be the last but it will require a full walk around to see the whole site. I thank the truck diver that I allowed to overtake me so I could use his head lights so we got home much earlier than expected Through the Mount Dale area......... Roos. Enjoy the DARK Western Australian skies. On a night when I took 10 bows I went for my fav at the end of the night, in front of the Rocks. That rock is higher than a house Carl was way around to the right and as my battery for the lens heater died this was the last panorama I took.

Frog dreaming ......... When things are not quite right it's best to leave home. I have had this set of rocks book marked for at least 5 year but my first visit. A little bit of moonlight, Carl Reid and I enjoyed the Cool of 6c under western skies out in the cold and under a crescent moon.. those Rocks are coloured by the moon. This will not be the last but it will require a full walk around to see the whole site. I thank the truck diver that I allowed to overtake me so I could use his head lights so we got home much earlier than expected Through the Mount Dale area......... Roos. Enjoy the DARK Western Australian skies. On a night when I took 10 bows I went for my fav at the end of the night, in front of the Rocks, that rock is higher than a house

On a day when it was Dark and rainy the sun broke through on the fences new cloths. See if you can pick the street pole on the fence. the cloths are now well over 400 mm deep on the fence. we encourage the flowers the other two side I am not so sure.

the wall of the earth dam is showing a lot of wear .

The fence wire that holds the vines had Extra help not that I can see why the size of the leaders is far healthier that the rope but than may have been a look back in time....

I have always wanted to see just how the camera would see a car trip in the dark at 5:40 am most cases I am the driver but on this occasion I was not. So this is an educated guess press the shutter button with the camera on the dash of the car for 30 sec @ 103 km/H following a car transport truck. Its the dark trees way out in the bush that line the roads. I am thinking I should have shot on high beam may be to get a more expanded view...