Steve Paxton's photos

This is a look at the same data from the first shot but using PixInsight processing first up. All the dust clouds show up that is around the two nebula's not see in the Ps edit. this was only ever a look see and trial only 28 shots. Even the very faint Nebula NGC 1999 shows up. One for the end of the year and out on the farm with horizon to horizon views all night long. This was shot with Nikon D300mm F4 lens and 1.4 converter on the D810 all Nikon. I will retry with the 600mm Skywatcher ED80 and D810 latter months of the year.

The top prize in the Perth Astro Frest 2021 Deep Space was Taken out by my mentor and Friend Carlos with his stunning photo of the Dragons Starless.. I have huge boots to fill and only had my phone. Saturday 6 of March Due to Covid related concerns it was kept to a very small Affair but will we hope be opened up to the full show in November this year.

The car allowed me to visit places the bus would never go. The water and the waves made the visit even more inviting...

This is the same data as the above shot but edited first in PixInsight and just finished off in Ps. The Use of PixInsight brings to the shot a far better amount of nebulocity and a far simpler way to edit the photo. Still learning I hope you agree much better and clearer.

This is a huge Rock formation beside the road what looks like it could be Aboriginal painting is in fact 100% nature at work. The colours come from the Algae (Black) and the water ways that keep the rock clear of the Algae that builds up in winter. this algae once wet is more treacherous that oil on concrete To get this shot this is 12 shot taken at 170mm from the road.

my first solo night with the CCD camera(red in the PIP) I chose some thing the Northern Hemisphere would know and was not too complicated for me. This is the Southern equivalent. This is my first time dealing with Fits files not the normal photo file most would ever see a pure Astro file. Apart from a glitch that turned the whole computer off when I first went inside at 9 pm. the 33 shot 10min 5.5 hours worth. Guided shots that make this up after midnight When I got up to watch over the flip. Camera is running at -10c no not your normal camera as there is no shutter on a CCD there is no sounds just the turning of the gears on the mount. I will add the shot from my phone so you can see why I was watching the flip, camera came within 1 1/2" of the leg of the mount. this is why I watched the flip.

Even now I still can not see any chicken or why it was called so. Part of the Milky way and Just below the very large Carina Nebula at the moment Just rising in the Southern Skies. Read the link below and look at the second photo you can see the same Chicken shape. www.thesun.co.uk/tech/11444109/nasa-running-chicken-nebula-photo-light-years-space-astronomy This as 3 night shooting 119 shots 10Min Subs just short of 20hours . the sad part is a lot of this is moon efected. But much better than my first try at this strange nebula.

A shot I could not resist

You cant better this bay for the over all water of Esperence.

Just as I was packing up I noticed the Moon on the fence, How could I resist.

This is 180 degres of view from the Northern end of Frenchman's Peak

Cape Le Grand National Park note read the second tab Activaties. parks.dpaw.wa.gov.au/site/frenchman-peak I saw this Last time I was here but was not at all prepared to Climb. This cave would swallow at least three of the home I live in. I ask you to compare the size of the people you see. 262 M climb on a fine day hot day but thankfully the strong winds subsided. I tightened my laces before I climbed the last time I had done any thing close to this was in NZ as a teenager. The one good point was nothing is loose on the Rock it washed away with the rain or blown away with the strong winds. I an effort to cut down the photos of the Climb its all as PIPS so you need to see less photos large. Worth noteing I had all my lens on the trip plus a water bottle in my camera bag plus I was hamstrung but the fact the lady that said she wanted to climb turned back so I gave her the keys to the car. I wanted more time at the top but left early to make sure she was alight in the heat. At this point I had to put the camera away and climb with both hands. Once I got to the first cave the three girls gave you some idea of the size of the first cave.

Looking into the Cave after I got down and made sure the Older lady was safe and cool. Note the size of the people about to enter the first cave.

The Mist came down as I went to work so stopped along the way to see some of the results.

The very last light of the sunset on the Right and in the middle the Moon coming up to the right the city lights of Esperance on the South coast of WA. A full 360 degrees of view a spot I found in the day that was worth the walk in the dark. I took out a fellow traveler to show him how to take night photos. I am happy to say they all came out very well once I worked out all the camera settings and how to set up.

A week away in freedom back in Perth under a lock down {:o(( . A teaser of Esperence and some of the things we got to see. The milky way is just to left of the middle, Southern Cross and Pointers give it away. I was able to hire a car so I had better freedom than the bus.

Took the Grand daughter out at night to learn to use her camera.