Astronomy, Astro Photography and Landscape Photography
Gallery – The Milky Way
Over the years I have enjoyed taking many photographs of the Milky Way, wide field photographs often incorporating landscape or foreground elements. Recent advances in technology have allowed me to take this a step further, producing nightscape astrophotography I have been very happy with.
Here is a small selection of some photographs of the Milky Way, our galaxy. Most are wide field and include silhouettes of foreground objects, these days called “Nightscapes”. I like using silhouettes to give a sense of scale, place and uniqueness to the photographs, and to make them more artistically appealing. The sharp defined edges of silhouettes appeals to me more than moonlit nightscapes. I started taking photographs like these in 1998, and introducing foreground objects in 2007.
Milky Way featuring Eta Carina with Large Magellanic Cloud, taken with the Fuji X-E2 camera.
Southern Cross, Pointers and Eta Carina amongst the stars ofthe Milky Way. Taken with the Fuji X-E2 camera.
The Milky Way (central region) over the Perth Observatory Meridian Dome (Transit Dome).
The Milky Way (The Emu) over Perth Observatory
The Milky Way (The Emu) over Perth Observatory
Southern Milky Way over Karalee with reflections in the rock pools.
Karalee Summit Milky Way – Golden outback of Western Australia and the spectacular night skies.
Red at Night – The Milky Way and Small Magellanic Cloud over gorges at Kalbarri National Park
Island Rock and Castle Cove at night with the northern Milky Way overhead
Venus Setting over the rugged cliffs and gorges of Kalbarri National Park
The Emu and Milky Way with Large Magellanic Cloud and Silhouettes
The Milky Way Overhead
The Pointers, Southern Cross and Eta Carina Nebula
The Milky Way with Iridium Flare
Milky Way Eastern Portrait
The Emu Framed
The Setting Milky Way with Moon
The Milky Way in Twilight
Scorpius in the Milky Way
Rho Ophiuchi in the Milky Way
The Milky Way
The Milky Way setting with Silhouettes
The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds with Silhouettes
The Milky Way. Canon 7D @ 1600 ISO, 9 x 120 second exposures with Canon 8-15 F/4L fisheye.
Taken in May 2013 in the hills to the east of Perth, the Milky Way rises over a valley visible in the distance and steep hillside with silhouettes in the foreground.
