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Photography and Astrophotography

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Just been interviewd by “This is the Coast” radio

With all the aurora activity currently in progress, a presenter “Paddy” just phoned for an interview to be either today or tomorrow on the radio station.

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New antenna for 10m and 6m

A first chance to play with 6m and at the same time, a decent antenna for 10m. This is the Eantenna 2850MOX, a dual band Moxon antenna (2 + 3Continue readingNew antenna for 10m and 6m

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Holiday in Durness

Just had a wonderful holiday staying in a tiny bothy on a remote beach in the very north west of Scotland. Aurora played and it was spectacular !!!

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Just been interviewed Live by BBC Radio York

That was an interesting experience – possible audience of 50,000 !!!! Subject being the aurora.

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Nice visit to Bempton trying out AI-Servo on the Canon 5DS-R

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Gnarly wood + gold leaf = nice pen

Thanks to a wonderful photography friend up in the very far north of Scotland who sent me a fabulous selection of gnarly wood blanks and gold leaf, I put theContinue readingGnarly wood + gold leaf = nice pen

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New camera arrives

Could not afford to go mirrorless to picked up a Canon 5DS-R and absolutely blown away by the capabilities of this beasty. Here are a few macro photos using theContinue readingNew camera arrives

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Solar Outreach event at Filey Country Park

Fabulous afternoon doing solar outreach and allowing members of the public to look at surface detail and solar prominences on our closest star. Weather was fabulous – I will beContinue readingSolar Outreach event at Filey Country Park

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Filey Bay Today – in print

One of my local aurora photographs made the front page of the April 2023 magazine

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Massive aurora over Filey

Thursday 23rd March 2023 saw the tail end of a CME “whip” past the earth which triggered an auroral event that lasted 18 hours. The corona was seen over MorayshireContinue readingMassive aurora over Filey

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