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It seems a bit of a tradition for photographers to compile their ‘best’ or ‘favourite’ photos in a calendar year. I'm a few weeks late, but I figured now is a good time to put together my ‘best’ photos from 2012. Continue reading →
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You know the skies are dark when you can see the Milky Way overhead, even when there's a more than half-moon shining brightly high in the west sky. And that's what it was like at the Bungle Bungles. Continue reading →
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I was photographing the Milky Way against the red rock cliffs of Cape Leveque, and had just started a 30 second exposure and was standing up looking around when an extremely bright "fireball" (bright shooting star) blazed across the sky from South West to South East. I raced back to my camera, and with the exposure now finished I quickly looked at the preview screen and saw that I'd captured the fireball in my exposure! Continue reading →
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OMG, I'm still gob-smacked - I still can't believe it's real.
I entered some photos into the Ken Duncan Photo Awards, and my picture "Surf Alone" was chosen as the major prize winner! I get to go on a 13 day Kimberley Adventure with Ken Duncan!! Continue reading →
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The Total Lunar Eclipse of December 2011 was a special one for me - it's the first one where everything went right. After days of rain, the skies cleared on the night of the eclipse. My equipment worked flawlessly and the seeing was rock steady, giving me my sharpest images of a Total Lunar Eclipse. Continue reading →
Posted on June 20, 2013
by Mike Salway
in Astronomy, Astrophotography
Any regular readers will know that Astronomy is my other passion, and IceInSpace is the amateur astronomy community website that I founded back in 2004. It’s now the biggest and most active amateur astronomy community in the Southern Hemisphere. Every … Continue reading →
Posted on June 17, 2013
by Mike Salway
in Articles, Articles & Reviews, Astrophotography, Photography
I love capturing beautiful nightscape photography, and I’m always happy to share what I know and what I learn. I’m keen to inspire others to head outside and look up at the sky, and to photograph the sky. So I’ve … Continue reading →
Posted on June 16, 2013
by Mike Salway
in Astrophotography, Photography
I previously posted a square version of this scene, which was taken with the camera in landscape mode moving from bottom to top. This panorama was taken with the camera in portrait mode, moving left to right. It’s been cropped … Continue reading →
Posted on June 14, 2013
by Mike Salway
in Astrophotography, Photography, Site News
I’ve decided to give away a 24″ print of “Within Reach“, valued at $120, to a lucky fan of my Facebook page. It’s the first time I’ve done one of these, so we’ll see how this works. All you have … Continue reading →
Posted on June 12, 2013
by Mike Salway
in Astrophotography, Photography
Wow this week has been getting better and better. Appearing in the Daily Telegraph and Central Coast Advocate was a great start, followed by an interview on NBN TV, and it’s been capped off by having my Ancient Arches image … Continue reading →
Posted on June 11, 2013
by Mike Salway
in Articles, Articles & Reviews, Astrophotography, Photography
I love capturing beautiful nightscape photography, and I’m always happy to share what I know and what I learn. I’m keen to inspire others to head outside and look up at the sky, and to photograph the sky. So I’ve … Continue reading →
Posted on June 10, 2013
by Mike Salway
in Astrophotography, Personal, Photography
I was contacted by the journalist from NBN News, who did the original story when I first won the Ken Duncan competition, for a follow-up after my Tourism WA win. He came around to my house yesterday, and asked some … Continue reading →
Posted on June 9, 2013
by Mike Salway
in Photography
I hope this image conveys the sense of speed, power and rushing water that I experienced while at Somersby Falls last weekend. Canon 6D, 17-40mm lens @ 17mm, f/11, 6s exposure @ ISO200. 3-stop ND filter. Thanks for looking. As … Continue reading →
Posted on June 9, 2013
by Mike Salway
in Astrophotography, Photography
I was delighted to see last week that a story I had done for the local paper about my Tourism West Australia win, was also ran in the national Daily Telegraph paper, in print and online! It was in the … Continue reading →
Posted on June 6, 2013
by Mike Salway
in Photography
A little off the usual beaten track at Somersby Falls, you can find these hidden gems. Captured at Somersby Falls on Sunday 2nd June 2013, after a day of heavy rain. Canon 6D, 17-40mm lens @ 14mm, f/11, ISO200, 13s … Continue reading →