light pollution

Light pollution 

I was out photographing the stars around 2:30 Sunday morning, As I was returning home I noticed the shear amount of light pollution form one light sources up on the crest of the hill in the distance so I stopped to photograph the effect.

behind it and to the left you can see light pollution from Bathurst.

I found it interesting to see some of the impact we have had on the night sky.

 

Bathurst camera club Tarana night photography get together

Bathurst camera club Tarana night photography get together

The Bathurst Camera club went out to the Anglican church outside of Tarana for some Astronomy photography/painting with light.

We met at the Kelso Macdonald's at 6:15 leaving as a convoy at 6:30 to get to Tarana Anglican by 7:00 were we met other members from the area.

At first we were just painting with light off the church building before we tried using glow sticks to produce light trails before combining both.

 Light trails

 combining painting with light and the glow sticks.

 Painting with light on the church.

Over all it was an enjoyable night out with the Bathurst camera club.

The Bathurst camera club website can be viewed here, we meet every second Monday of the month with competitions for members held on the 4th Monday of the month.

 

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

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.

Looking forward to trying to spot the Quadrantids Meteor Shower

On the 3rd or 4th of January 2016, I will be trying to observe the Quadrantids Meteor Shower from my parents back paddock on both nights. I decided to mow around the back paddock so i will not be in patches of thistles this time (real fun).  

Though i might not be able to see the Quadrantids Meteor Shower over Bathurst, As it is better observed in the Northern hemisphere, but i will still try anyway because i can not expect to get any meteor photos if I don't put any effort.

I did have fun taking photos of the Geminids meteor shower on the 13th-14th of December, so I think I have a bit of a idea what settings to use, though there are always room to experiment with the settings.

More information can be found here and here.

(note I am an Amateur astronomy photographer and i don't have much experience in Astronomy photography, I would go to other photographers first for advice on taking Astronomy photography.)

Anyway i will have fun photographing the stars on the 3rd and 4th of January 2015 and if i get any meteors that will make it all the more better.