sky at night – photography by Gabor Kovacs

star trails – and the ISS

26 July 202124 July 2021Posted in lens: 8-25 f4, Live Composite, Olympus EM1, sky at night, stargazing

a 1 hour composite image – 240 x 15 second exposures combined using Olympus’s ‘live composite’ function

more star trails

13 December 2020Posted in Live Composite, Olympus EM1, sky at night

Last night was really clear – and cold. For this image I left the camera on the tripod for about 2 hours 30 minutes. The camera also caught a couple of satellites and a few aircraft crossing the sky.

star trails – with 3 meteors

26 November 202025 November 2020Posted in light painting, Live Composite, Night, Olympus EM1, sky at night

Star trails

25 November 202025 November 2020Posted in Live Composite, Night, Olympus EM1, Painting with light, sky at night

My first ever attempt at star trails.

Image taken using the ‘live composite’ feature on my Olympus EM1 with 25 mm lens (50mm equivalent). just over 30 minutes of 5 second exposures f1.8 ISO 1600. Post processing with Luminar 4 to make the colours pop a little.

My aim – if the sky is clear on Friday – is to capture one of these with the ISS crossing the sky. Here you can see a meteor; unfortunately I was not looking up at that time.

S

11 June 2014Posted in sky at night, skywatching, stargazing, SwanmoreLeave a comment

about 10.20pm. S shaped cloud, with Mars above.

f4; 2 seconds; ISO 1600.

by jove

2 February 2013Posted in sky at nightLeave a comment

Trying to take a photo of Jupiter and 3 of its moons through a telescope with my mobile phone. I forgot to turn the flash off. Oops!

full moon

31 January 201327 January 2013Posted in sky at nightLeave a comment

I was looking at the full moon through a telescope on Sunday 27 January. Then I took a few photos (not through the telescope). This image has been digitally enhanced.