Raspberry Pi Zero DSLR Camera Control
I have been working for a while now on a Raspberry Pi based DSLR control system. This post is about my efforts to miniaturise it so that I can easily mount it to the hot …
Pink Flannel Flowers in Mount Victoria
The very lovely display of pink flannel flowers that are bursting in the Blue Mountains at the moment are a beautiful side effect of the devastating bushfires and then flooding of just over 12 months …
CANOLA FIELDS
On a recent nightscape trip with photographer friend Mike Salway, we passed this field of canola and were absolutely unable to drive past without stopping to take a whole heap of photos. The colour of …
EVEN GOOD PLANS CAN FAIL
I have really put in the research on this location.I’ve poured over topographical maps, researched star and milky way and moon locations and visibility times and done a daytime reconnaissance to see what the location …
HARTLEY COURTHOUSE
This was the last capture of the night. Illuminated by the moon, and one lonely streetlight up the road, this panorama is made up of 8 separate images stitched together, with 20 seconds of exposure …
LEURA CASCADES
This was the first waterfall shot that I have taken in over 20 years, and I am pretty happy with this unedited, straight from the camera version. I am still getting used to the Canon …
MOTION CONTROLLED DOLLY
It sounds like a such great idea, a two axis motion dolly, sure, I can build that, but ends up adding a tonne of complexity into your life. I have seen quite a few nightscapes …