Phone Home

A good old fashioned public pay phone. I can only just remember the last time I used one of these.

Letter Box

And now for something completely different. A letter box photo from downtown central Mount Isa.

Seven Sisters

One final astro image update of the Pleiades cluster, known in Australia as the Seven Sisters.  This constellation of stars is also used by the Subaru motor company on their grill badges.

Horsehead Nebula

Another reprocessed image.  This time it was my long attempted target of the Horsehead nebula, Barnard 33 in Orion (Original here).  Again the raw files were developed before processing and stacking. The improvements can be seen mainly in the more accurate colour reproduction and reduced blooming of the bright stars.  

Siding Spring Revisited

A reprocessed and improved version of the comet Siding Spring approaching planet Mars on the 18th October 2014 (Original post here).  This version has used Adobe Lightroom to first develop the raw images before stacking and processing in Nebulosity.  The difference a great piece of software makes to the data in an image is remarkable.

Blackstar Trails

Star trails over the Mount Isa Mines near the Blackstar open cut pit.  Light pollution is a challenge for taking astro photos in towns, fortunately the foreground bush has acted as a partial light block.

Sunspot 2192

The large sunspot 2192 crossing the face of the sun Saturday morning. This is quite spectacular to see, and fun to photograph, with the right solar filter (Never look directly at the sun!).

Take A Walk

Take a walk and save some fuel and carbon dioxide.

Burke & Wills

Imagine if Burke and Wills had this kind of luxury.  Perhaps they never would have gone exploring if they could stay indoors and watch TV back in the day.

Favourite Tree

An old favourite photo of mine rehashed using Adobe Lightroom. It is amazing what a little digital development can do to a photograph. See the original image from 2010 here.