Ian Williams Photography in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory | Tour agent
Ian Williams Photography
Locality: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Phone: +61 491 096 810
Address: Calwell 2905 Canberra, ACT, Australia
Website: https://www.ianwilliamsphotography.com/
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25.01.2022 Tips for imaging the great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn Obviously use of a telescope is likely to produce potentially better results, but this is to show what can be achieved bu using a DSLR camera with a telephoto lens, preferably longer than 400 mm. Using this equipment the rings of Saturn can be seen. This post is based upon two nights experimenting with settings (as the first night was marred by cloud at the start). The two gas giants were imaged with my Nikon D850 ...Continue reading
25.01.2022 Another beautiful snow gum with a commanding view over Lake Eucumbene. Back lit against the last vestige of sunset to bring out the texture of its trunk.mb
25.01.2022 It was a beautiful but very chilly night to be out taking a Milky Way pano. The moon was a bit of an issue allowing an hour window after it set to capture the setting core. This pano comprises 20 stacked images (6 for each) in Stary Landscape Stacker. Each image was exposed for 5 seconds at ISO 5000 using. 24 mm Sigma Art lens on the Nikon D850. The pano was stitched using PT GUI further edits in PS I luded star minimalisation
24.01.2022 A nice walk this morning on a stunning winter morning with Leisa Williams. We climbed Big Monk in Rob Roy Nature Reserve and one of the highkights was this amazing old Jurrajong growing oblivous to the stunning view.
22.01.2022 I set the alarm for 1.00 am to see if the solar wind gauge readings had improved and noticed they had so headed out to try and see if I could get any aurora, got the smallest smidge which could be arguably classified as airglow. After this I headed to a site a friend and I had imaged before to capture the rising core for the first time. It was a beautiful night out, shirt sleeves even though I was higher than 800 metres. My only company were some young deer startled as I dro...ve in and heaps of Kangaroos who kept banging into a fence when I shone a torch or my camera back lit up. This image was created by stacking 18 shots taken at ISO 5000 for six seconds on the Sigma Art 24 mm lens set at f2. The foreground was created from 7 foreground light painted shots combined together in photoshop and merged with the background. Eact of these shots were taken at f5.6 for 25 seconds at ISOn 500. Tpoaz noise reduction was then applied to the final image after it had been finished in Photoshop. It was quite green up there! Well worth the early rise and tiredness now! (NB I reloaded this image and reposted this as the wrong RGB format was accidentally saved) Ian
21.01.2022 My quick trip to Lake Eucumbene to get some shots of this magnificent snow gum under the Milky Way has provided endless satisfaction. This image comprises 9 background images (of the stars) stacked in Starry landscape stacker. Each shot was taken with a Sigma 14 mm Art lens set at f2.8 for 10 seconds ate ISO 5000. Threee foreground images focussed on the tree were combined with the background to create the image. Star minimisation was applied. The Zodiacal light was also striking in the dark skies of the Snowy Mountains in the Lake Eucumbene area
21.01.2022 Last weekend I climbed Big Monk which overlook's Canberra's southern most urban fringe. I was asked by a person if I could up load a photo of the view, this is the pano I shot. Mt Tennent is the big beak behind the Kurrajong tree to the left. Banks is the suburb in the foreground to the right. Lake Tuggeranong can be seen in the distance. It is worth viewing on the big screen.
20.01.2022 Still recalling those brilliant dark nights in western NSW at Lake Mungo with great satisfaction!. I captured this image of the rising Milky Way over the eastern fringe of the lunette that forms the eastern shore of the lake (now filled with low scrub!). 8 images were stacked in Starry Landscape Stacker. Each image was shot with a 24 mm lens set at f1.8 and exposed for 15 seconds at ISO 2500. The images were then combined with a foreground image taken of exactly the same sce...ne immediately after the star shots at Iso 400 for 30 second illuminated by a video and a lime cube off to the side to light up the amazing dunes. It was tempting to go onto the dunes, but access is limited due to its archaeological value. Somewhere out there rests Mungo man and women dated to around 40000 years old. Ian
19.01.2022 Another image of the magnificent Snow gum overlooking Lake Eucumbene backlit with light to bring out the beautiful markings on the trunk.
19.01.2022 The moon imaged with a 200-500 mm lens set to f8 at an ISO of 64 at 1/160th of a second, 9 shots were stacked to create this image.
19.01.2022 Yesterday afternoon I headed off to find some canola fields to do some astrophotogrphy north west of Canberra. It was a fun night and I took a lot of images, with some unexpected surprises at my first spot. This was my last site I had located. The high mist was creating some wonderful drama with the stars, blowing them out. A passing truck nicely light painted the canola paddock and trees. I know there is a technical name for the distortion, I think Doug Ingram mentioned it as well as Mark Polson but for some reason I can't remember what it is called. Could be the 1 am return to home. My shoes were wet due to all the condensation on the ground. If you have not got out there its a lovely time of year to be out!
18.01.2022 Gymea Lilly, first flush of dawn and Summer stars from Governor Game lookout. Headed out on a beautiful winter morning with Doug Ingram to shoot the morning as it turned out it was Doug's birthday so it was a fabulous way to start his Birthday. One of the highlights was this beautiful Gymea lilly as well as the delicate peach colour of the dawn. We also witnessed a ISS pass over Orion before the start of astronomical twilight.... Just wonderful to be out! Ian
17.01.2022 Some birds of Mungo - the first is a Nankeen kestrel, No 2 is Horsfields bronze cuckoo, no 3 is a Black kite and No 4 is the Pallid Cuckoo.
16.01.2022 Lake Mungo pines and Milky way
14.01.2022 Mungo Woolshed Mungo Woolshed was built in 1869 from Murray River pine which is resistent to termites. This pano was created from 19 images shot at 14 mm for 10 seconds at ISO 2500 and combined in PT Gu. The shed was lit up by a video light and lume cub from the road to the left.... I was always a bit worried about the empty appearance of the foreground and whether I should have shot closer to the shed but there was very little room then to ensure there was adequate foreground. In the end I kind of feel the image conveys the feeling of space. I love the way Jupiter and Saturn beam down on the whole scene putting the whole thing into perspective. Cc welcome. Ian
12.01.2022 The travel highlight for me this year has been a trip to outback NSW including Lake Mungo. This image shows some of the old mature Murray Pines (Callitris columellaris) growing on a dune of light orange sand near an old Cobb and Co coach route which took the route west over the lunette to the east of Lake Mungo. Earlier I had photographed two speciies of cuckoo and Pink Cockatoos here. This image is shot with a 24 mm lens with the Nikon D850 at f2.2 for 15 seconds. * images w...ere combine in PT Gui to create the vertical panorama. Further eidts were made in PS including star minimalisation. Apart from the Milky way core, the two bright planets Jupiter and Saturn can be seen rising to the left f the trees. The skies were amazingly dark although a few clouds were lurking around. It was a real privilege being out under such dark skies. We are so, blessed to live in Australia.
12.01.2022 I have just returned from a trip out to various parts of western NSW including Lake Mungo. Out there the skies are truly dark and the phenomenom known as the Zodiacal light were really obvious. I turned my camera to photograph the ZL after the last red of the sunset had disappeared but this shot shows the lingering sunset and the Zodical light over the white and pink dunes of the lunette that forms part of the eastern shore of Lake Mungo. My understanding is that it is somewhere in the lunette that Mungo Man an Mungo Women were returned to their resting place. Mungo Man was dated back 45,000 years! Lake Mungo truly is a special site. More to come!
12.01.2022 Brayshaw Hut (1902) and setting Milky Way, September 2017, a reedit.
12.01.2022 This is another shot of the Milky Way setting over canola fields near Galong. The foggy misty conditions almost threatened to cover the whole sky. The image comprises 8 shots taken at f2.2 on the SIgma Art 24 mm lens at ISO 6400 and stacked in Starry Landscape stacker to create the background. The foreground comprised a single light painted foreground shot exposed for 13 seconds at ISO 400 with the same lens stopped down to f5.6. A layer mask was created and this image was merged with the background image. in Photoshop
11.01.2022 A quick stack of the Milky Way taken in conditions where fog/cloud was rolling over 11 light, 6 dark frames stacked in starry landscape stacker. Very impressed with the result. Now for a clear night on the tracker!
11.01.2022 A glorious morning showing the stunning fresh snow on the Tidbinbilla range ACT
10.01.2022 Fabulous history of Hargraves NSW a phone capture
10.01.2022 One of the treasures found on my recent road trip to Hill End/Mudgee with my son.
09.01.2022 In July 2020 I made a 800 km trip to Lake Mungo in the far west of NSW. After a wet start to the trip, clear weather started and I imaged in some of the darkest skies I have ever experienced. This shot shows the Zodiacal light beaming in the north west. Embedded in the centre of the Zodical light is the constellation Leo with its sickle shape. to the right of the light you can see the constellation Coma Berencies as a loss cluster of stars. It was an incredible experience - t...he skies so clear and I had the spot all to myself! Ian
07.01.2022 Flashback to July 2018 In July 2018, on a freezing night in the early hours of the morning, a total lunar eclipse occurred which was the longest to take place this century. The moon was fully eclipsed when it set, barely visible in the dawn sky. This image comprises 14 images stacked in starry sky stacker against the starry sky shows the fully eclipsed moon just after the Earth's shadow had fully covered it. this explains why the moon is brighter on one side. .
07.01.2022 Imagine you are out. It storms and rains heavily. Then the clouds clear to a perfect dark sky with no light pollution. Your dream shot is achieved - this is one I have dreamed about and thought why not put a composite shot together - the Milky Way core in all its glory setting over the Canberra Deep Space Tracking station.
06.01.2022 The two gas giants: Jupiter (the brighter one) and Saturn set to the right of the historic radio telescope which was used at Honeysuckle Creek during the Moon landings in the 1960s at the Canberra Deep Space Commuications Complex, 23 December 2020.
05.01.2022 This lovely snowgum stands watch over Lake Eucumbene. No doubt it was a good sized tree when the waters of the Lake filled for the first time in the 1950s before I was born. I wouldn’t be surprised if the farmer on whose land this was took a moment to enjoy the view from under the tree or shelter from a freezing day. The Milky Way core is rapidly entering the period of twilight with our Southern Hemisphere core season due to end in the next week or so. Things are lovely and green with a wet Summer predicted. The tree was back lit to bring out the interesting interplay of living bark and the trees core itself #snowy_photoclub #snowgums #snowgum #adaminabynsw #cooma #milkyway #milkywaychase #milkyway_challenge #star #stargazingabc #abcmyphoto #abcaustralia #abcnews #jindabyne #kosciuszkonationalpark #kosciuszko
04.01.2022 An update on Comet Neowise As you have probably seen, northeners have been treated to a fine display with the comet reaching max brightness of mag 1. We will hopefully get to see it from 26 July as it fades from mag 4. I suspect it will be an interesting challenge to capture it with the camera due to its lowness in the sky and twilight but I am going to have a go! Thanks for the Southern Comets Homepage for this information): http://www.members.westnet.com.au/mmatti/sc.htm
04.01.2022 Redbank Weir is situated on the Murrumbidgee River about 50 km upstream from Balranald. The stretch of the Murrumbidgee in this area with its fantastic red gums was a real draw card for me on my trip to Lake Mungo and I was keen to see some of the more hidden parts of the river. This shot a panorama of 12 shots reveals the rising Emu in all its glory in unpolluted skies over the Weir. Occasionally I heard the splash of fish and wondered if they were troubled by the presence of the weir.
04.01.2022 Last night it was a very clear night. I had been wanting to try out the new tracker that Skywatcher had sent me under warranty several months ago and I wa very pleased with how it was working. This image wa created by stacking 20 light frames and 6 dark frames in Starry Sky Stacker. Each image was exposed for 1 minute 45 seconds at ISO 400 with a Sigma 35 mm Art lens stopped down to f2.8. A median stack was used. The bright "star" to the top is Jupiter. In the Milky Way core you can see various nebulae.
02.01.2022 Another capture of the purple glow just at the end of twilight on a day when there was heightened solar activity and auroral activity occurring further south. A person a few hours later photographed auroral beams from Albany WA I wished I had moved to a better vantage point and stayed out later! Ian
01.01.2022 Two recent sunsets and two trees natures colours are amazing.
01.01.2022 A couple of nights ago I had set the alarm for 1.00 am, it was a very clear still night and the solar wind gauges showed some elevated activity. I headed out at first towards Tharwa to see if I could get any colour and this was the result. As part of my Introduction to night sky photo course I also include aurora forecasting. I am currently updating and developing a new website which I think I will have up very shortl with my courses.... The Sun is waking up from the minimus with aurorae occurring a number of times in Tas and Vic in the last couple of weeks. Poor weather has thwarted a number of possible opportunities to photograph it here.
