Steve Paxton's photos

A night that was a trial to see if I could use the tracker as part of my normal night photography. Full 30 seconds on the Nikon timer not 20.

Setting up the polar alignment this shows that it works even 5 min exposure you could not tell till you looked full screen there was slight trailing. Setting show you how it changed From ISO 5000 15 sec exposure once you get it right.

sadly the train line is no longer used just getting rusty and fences To hold the public back.

This Rock 3.5m high and just about the same at the top, sits on nothing at all. it would be sad to see this Rock go its sitting on a knifes edge. it is not mapped for a reason. I would like to see the rock under the stars more than one more time. A little bit of the Magic revealed to the world.

Just try and resist....

Just a Shadow on the wall. portugal.com/portugal-blogs/barcelos-rooster

Perth Motorist are once again paying for poor planning. freeway that is Too small and to many cars and this is not peak hour then it a parking lot.

High up on Sullivan Rock so I was above the trees. At the very end of the night I took this at ISO 800 2 min time just look at the single shot detail. I have no bias files for this shot as it a one off but its been processed through Lr. Kind of as per-normal. I thank my wife who can out for an hour but left after Midnight as she saw the things unfold before her eyes like me to get to this shot. PIP well worth the look and the read.. PIP 2 The Horse. look out the next cloud free moon less night.

To all intense and purposes this is not much of a photo but think out side the square. In all my Time with the tracker it Was a case of not being able to line up so time to think out side the square. This a shot 200mm F4 For 9 min to get the stars to trail so I could then, see which way to adjust the head to get the circle in the center of the frame( lined up to the stars I cant see). This is the third shot and as you can see its perfect in the center- lined up to the southern point that I cant SEE. The rest of the night went down hill after I turned the Tracker on the stars raced across the frame and out of the picture. I racked my brain why could this be happening. NOT ALL BATTERIES are equal I had a new set of batteries with me 4x AA the tracker worked properly and I thought at the end of the night to prove all this works I have to up the time . 1 min perfect 2 min perfect. It is a case of never give in, trust yourself after all this time I have now bought a 16H storage battery so I can plug into the tracker and never rely on AA batteries. Look at the next shot the very last of the night 2min @ ISO 800.

The night was a total disappointment nothing worked the way it should. i saw the bow was very high but had to have a go. With the wrong tripod head I tried to make it into a normal head I would use to shoot a Milky Way Bow. This is a tracked shot @ 30 seconds where as I am shooting 20 sec - 25 sec for my normal Bows. it was cold just me stars and kangaroos. Pips are all the deep space photos from the sky this time of year.

A second look at the inconic clouds that we see all the time out in the "Dark". On a night of total disappointments I came away with this set of shots 61 photos 200mm lens tracked on Sky watcher unit.

the free piano in Fremantle markets one of the best Boogie Woogie sounds I have heard. Huge crowd it was that good.

While we where here I walked out into the trees. never been a fav of mine BUT YUM.

This is In Manjimup 3 Hours South of Perth Its way colder than Perth. very Cold start turned into a very nice warm day BUT very Prickly and a place of Cherries and fruits.

We got no rain the Hills got drenched lots of home no power from lightening.

A shot I have been trying to get for a long time For Peter _ Private Box www.ipernity.com/home/2247998 Steam trains exist only on signs a very sad part of modern life. Not bad for a shot at 110 km/h

The climb to the stars in the dark I took my Wife back to the spot for the great View from the top . This Is 3/4 The way down. PIP is the only night of stars I got the whole trip.