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Pillbox Camera Obscura

When I first visited a pillbox along the Thames at Appleton (OSGB grid reference SP 413011) I noticed that the view was being very … more

Lunar Eclipse September 2015

I’ve only once photographed a lunar eclipse before but this time I stayed up half the night from penumbral encroachment until full red eclipse. … more

Pluto atmosphere

Amazing panorama back from New Horizons here. I had to apply the ‘polar coordinates’ tool in Photoshop to see what the atmospheric layers looks … more

Fractal photocopy

Simple experiment with feeding rotated copies back into the feed tray. 9 iterations of flower picture: This ‘fern’ was cut out … more

Partial Solar Eclipse Oxford 2015

It just so happened that I had my camera while a great big bite was being taken out of the sun on my walk … more

300mm lens astrophotography

It’s amazing what you can see with a CCD camera and a 70-300mm lens.

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Paper Folding

After exploring a few paper folding techniques from Paul Jackson’s book “Folding Techniques for Designers” I decided to make a light shade from one … more

Brill Hill Windmill

All the newspapers said that the Aurora Borealis would be visible tonight because the sun had recently spewed out a coronal mass ejection. Armed … more

Pinhole SLR photography

Been having unattainable fantasies about what lenses I want for my camera. Do I want a 500mm telephoto? a top of the range tilt … more

Perseid Meteors 2013

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Watereaton Grain Silo

I’ve visited this on a few occasions before it was demolished in October 2013, notably on the morning of the transit of Venus 2012, … more

RAF Abingdon control tower

The control tower’s front door was ajar so entering wasn’t a problem. A strange mixture of vandalism by human juveniles and squirrels with Cold … more