Empty dam at black springs NSW

Dry dam outside of Black springs, NSW.

I was fossicking for sapphires in the Vulcan state forest out at a small village on the Abercrombie road in the Oberon region called Black springs on the seventh of January 2014.

when I arrived, I decided to visit some of the Holes near the public dam in the state forest to see what condition they were in to deduce if it was worth spending the day fossicking there, as i have in the past chosen spots that have yielded nothing and i do not want to waste time and money returning to sites that yield little to no gains. 

When I arrived i found the dam pretty low and i decided that it was not worth staying there but before i went to my favorite spot i took some photos of the cracked clay, sadly i had to take the photos handheld as i had not brought the tripod i had at the time. 

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Photographing the eta aquarid meteor shower 2016

Hello everyone
The eta aquarid meteor  shower will be reaching it's peak on may the 5th and 6th and i hope to be out of town to photograph the shower.

Thankfully this time i have better planned for the meteor shower than last time as i got the time zone wrong.

more information on the meteor shower can be found here, here and here

getting back to blogging

Hi everyone
have not posted much on my blog lately as i have been adding a bit at a time to my posts as i have trouble when focusing on multiple tasks as i have been a bit busy as of late juggling fossicking for gems, merchandising at Bathurst bunnings and photoshop projects for my parents.

Looking forward to the Art unlimited competition at Dunedoo

Hi everyone
Just getting ready for the 2016 Art unlimited competition at Dunedoo.

no fingers crossed for winning any of the prizes but you have to be in it to win it anyway and i would not win anything if i did not enter anyway so i might as well try.

more information on the competition can be found Here

Entries close on the 23rd of April and art work has to be delivered by the 14th of May though  Artwork can be personally delivered on Saturday, 16 May 2015 from 9am to 4pm & Sunday the 17 May 2015  from 9am to 3pm.

Geminids meteor shower December 13 and 14 2015

Geminids meteor shower December 2015

On Monday the 14th we had the Geminids meteor shower occur and i was out in my parents back paddock photographing the meteor shower.

Had some fun with my Tamron 10-24mm and the usual camera takes photo and whilst the RAW file was processed by my Nikon, suddenly a meteor will appear, but oh well just my luck.

So far been happy with my Tamron lens but i will save up for the Tonika 11-16mm lens for future meteor showers.

Looking forward to the new years eve fireworks and the Quadrantids meteor shower on the 3rd and 4th of January 2016. It will be an interesting year for my blog + website as i plan to photograph as much Astronomy events as possible.

does anyone have any experience with the Nikon 70-300mm VR  or the Tokina 11-24mm as i am interested in getting the lens.
  Looking forward to trying to spot the the Quadrantids Meteor Shower on the 4th of January 2016.

I would like to thank Warwick Brown of the Bathurst camera club for reminding me about the Geminids meteor shower, if not there would have been no way I would have been able to have made any last minute preparations.

quadrantids meteor shower 2016

quadrantids meteor shower 2016

Looking forward to tonight, despite the weather and the poor chances of seeing any of the  quadrantids shower in the Southern hemisphere, I Will try to see what will happen in the limited clear sky on the 4th at 8pm Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT) so i will not likely see anything.

It looks like I will not be seeing much tomorrow evening with the weather forecast.

Sadly it was  to light and overcast to see anything today.
If not I will just have to go out and practice my Astronomy photography for the Lyrids meteor shower in April.

More information can be found here, here and here

Bibliography

http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/earthskys-meteor-shower-guide accessed 02/01/2016

 http://meteorshowersonline.com/quadrantids.html accessed 2/01/2016

http://www.spacedex.com/quadrantids/locations/quadrantid-australia-melbourne.php accessed 02/01/2016

http://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/meteor-shower/lyrids.html accessed 02/01/2016