Steve Paxton's photos

This was taken over two nights and with the Skywatcher scope ED80 and an Auto focuser. Tracked guided 10min shots 28 shots in total. one night in moon light one night no moonlight but all taken in the city lights. this is just above Orion nebula in the southern hemisphere so it would be below in the northern hemisphere. Added data gave me some thing I tried to kill but in the end best to leave the Bight light of Rigel to shine on the Witch as a spot light. I have only cropped out the edges that show the stacking. enjoy the Witch.

Sunset from Charlotte's hill.

This is the tank that the water pipe line from Perth Flows into for the Supply of Kalgoorlie. the PIP shows the pipe that follows the road out there and ends up here with the water. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldfields_Water_Supply_Scheme Big thanks to see the site up and running as it will have been a big effort by every one behind the scenes.

Just below Orion is the horse head head , this will have to be retaken with out moon light and city lights to get a better photo. The two large stars are the bottom part of the pot or the Join of the belt to the Sword.

Deep inside the open mine this huge rock fall.

That is a person next to both machines even at 6'3" or 1.9m I could stand under the front tray cover with a lot of head room but was still dwarfed by that Tyre. These two are part of the www.hannansnorth.com.au/about-us

My biggest lens at work to get to the very bottom of the Pit. Compare just how big these machines are with the PIP and a person standing by them.

In Australia A Willy Willy is what the Americans call a twister(tornado). As I was changing from 150-600 to 24-120 I could see this move down the road to the truck. I finally got a shot as it passed the truck, yes it was a very hot day. www.australiangeographic.com.au/blogs/ag-blog/2013/11/aussie-lingo-willy-willy

This is a over view of the city of Kalgoorlie , taken from the high point that is the Museum. The city has a very rich selection of very old buildings that all dale from 1895. I may put a few as PIP's only for those who are interested. For those interested this was a very hard panorama to put together as it was taken right next to the Main frames of the Mine pulley frame. half to the left half to the right of the frame which changed the view point and hence angle of view. I chose to have the foreground out and keep the horizon straight. enjoy the over view.

This is simply put HUGE people look like ants. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Pit_gold_mine

PLEASE BE AWARE IT MAY NOT BE A GOOD IDEA TO UPLOAD A PHOTO FOR HFF BUT LOOK FOR ONE IN YOU BACK CATALOGUE. As the skis clear more blue. Taken out bus window 103km/H

On our trip out to Kalgoorlie We first had to leave the Perth rain storms behind. the contrast is the colour of the wheat fields still not yet harvested. Taken out the Bus window 103km/h

One of the beautiful swimming spots on Rottenest Island. next stop South Africa.....out west. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rottnest_Island An Island of Almost no cars the bring your own bike to ride around holiday heaven.

A shot I could not resist on the way home from the farm. An 8 shot panorama of this huge landscape.

A place that really makes you feel alive a shot from 82' Kodak ASA 200. The summer haze of Greece is very evident in this shot. The monastery on the left made famous by James Bond Movie "For Your eyes Only" . Quite a climb to get to the top and just what a view.

Passing Canola Fields at 105 km /h

Leaving Verona one of the sights we saw as we headed to into the Alps. A shot from Film 1982.

Passing Prossession Point on the way into Princess Royal harbour beyond. for those interested a three shot panorama each shot 150mm.