Steve Paxton's photos

The Fishing/Prawning Spot on the estuary, just dont get here late...... Home of the Aboriginal birthing springs where they traditionally came to give birth. This is just a very small part of the other wise Huge Mandurah Estuary. www.westernaustralia.com/en/Attraction/Mandurah_Estuary_and_Peel_Inlet/56b267b12cbcbe7073ae190f#

The huge Expanse of the Mandurah Estuary.

It was not much of a night try the tracker with everthing for the first time a lot did not work as it should. I turned the camera to Jupiter I thought at first I was getting very bad vibrations from the plate all the dots in a line. From the Top Io, Jupiter, Europa, Ganymede And Callisto. If you look at the setting that was trying to dim the planet Jupiter down but lost all the stars in the sky at ISO 64 and F13

22 Floors up.

I was stuck on the beach no gear and 5 meter waves just rolling in one after the other . The Perfect left hander.....and an off shore breeze as well to slow the break down even further.

I always know when the winter solstice(June 21) is past this tree comes out in leaf. The tree is being reshaped after loosing branches when we where in the cafe as you can see by the missing branches on the trunk. A week more and the tree will have its first trim on the new growth. Tree stands 50 cm high. The tree is close to 34 years old and always been a fav of mine. PIP shows the tree let to just grow before restyling.

Crassula ovata one of the few times we have seen this flower one of Clara plants that sits next to the bonsai stand.

My Bonsai Bougainvillea on a rare sunny patch of late. The warn colour of the shed wall at the back.

The end of the walk I turned around and the camera let me take the photo. Look at the ISO 12800, the shutter speed and the camera let me take it. never in my right mind would I ever use those settings.

I went for a walk on the Beach at sunset, but not a nice day. Just before the storm came in.

After Last night attempt I thought I would try again in the city from home. I was foiled by clouds 36 shots 3 min subs ISO 500 and back files Edited in Lr. these are not guided YET just set up and tracked. finally feel I am getting some where. PIP shows where Carina is in the sky.

One of the single shot too see the capability of the camera. With the Clear night Filter

While the tracker was working I took the D810 out to try with the Milky Way. The remotes are different so I could not use the camera for deep space work. This Is a double Row Bow as it was so high but it shone so brilliantly in the night sky . This was shot with the clear night filter. So far I am impressed. PIP Just past the "tree" line , no clear night filter.

Could not help smile at the box the camera came in. For deep space shots once I have all the bits to make it work.

Something so true we all need to think on.

We clean an Apartment on the 22nd floor this is the view down in winter I can imagine this packed out in Summer.

On an early trip to Fremantle we watched the Lawn tennis set up in front of our car.

A Garden Orb spider made a wed between two tree at the front of our house. The web is close to 1m and was thankfully lite up by the light at the front of the house but to get the shot I had to turn the light out and turn down the flash just to lite the web.